An exceptional month for the ringing team with 49 sessions held across the headland.
At Flamborough 1,151 birds were caught across the month, 996 newly ringed and 155 re-traps, while at RSPB Bempton 267 birds were caught with 239 of these being new and 28 re-traps.
Our October numbers are always boosted by our annual ringing and migration event, Migweek, which sees our ringers holding daily demonstrations to showcase the science behind ringing and explain the migration of birds (see previous blog for details of Migweek).
An excellent selection of scarcer migrants were ringed, at South landing ringers were rewarded with a Radde’s Warbler, Yellow-browed Warblers and a stunning Great Grey Shrike whilst a Barred Warbler and Cetti’s Warbler were caught at Thornwick. RSPB Bempton did well too with Red-flanked Bluetail, Barred Warbler and 7 Yellow-Browed Warblers.
The month saw 410 Redwing ringed, hopefully some of these birds will be caught elsewhere on their migration providing us and the BTO with valuable information about the route they take, where they winter and also survival rates.
At Flamborough birds ringed over the month also included 114 Tree Sparrow, 97 Goldcrest, 52 Blackbird and 38 Song thrush.
