Historically the quietest time for ringing across the Flamborough headland, with the weather often being too windy or wet.
In January only 5 ringing sessions were held with a total of 35 birds caught of which 25 were new and 10 were re-traps.
In February 7 sessions in a village garden yielded 20 birds of which 14 were new, the highlight being a lone Redwing.
March was a more productive month with 17 sessions across 4 sites seeing 107 birds caught of which 86 were newly ringed. The first returning or overwintering warblers were caught with 2 Chiffchaff and 2 Blackcaps, 6 Redwing were also ringed.
Early march saw the ringing team carrying out work on some of our ringing sites in preparation for the ringing ahead.
