Landsort diary 31st May 2016

Well the month ended a bit quietly for birds in nets - just 6 new today for 8 hours effort from 0400-1200. Ended the month with just over 1000 birds, with over 2000 for the year.

The day was improved in the afternoon when we started on the smaller nest boxes, with 34 Great Tit and 2 Tree Sparrow young ringed. Many more nest boxes to check over the next two days.

A bit of a surprise when opening one nest box - face to face with a Viper, looking very full of nestlings!!!

Pelle and his daughter Kari, arrived yesterday so it was four at the Obs last night and tonight

Wind strength:	Calm, <1 m/s Light wind, 1-3 m/s Moderate wind, 4-7 m/s Strong wind, 8-13 m/s Very strong wind, 14-19 m/s Gale, 20-24 m/s Storm, 25-32 m/s Hurricane, >=33 m/s
Wind:	North Northeast East Southeast South Southwest West Northwest
Temperature:	40 39 38 37 36 35 34 33 32 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 -1 -2 -3 -4 -5 -6 -7 -8 -9 -10 -11 -12 -13 -14 -15 -16 -17 -18 -19 -20 -21 -22 -23 -24 -25 -26 -27 -28 -29 -30 -31 -32 -33 -34 -35 -36 -37 -38 -39 -40 -41 -42 -43 -44 -45 -46 -47 -48 -49 -50 -51 -52 -53 -54 -55 -56 -57 -58 -59 -60
Visibility:	Very good, >20 km Good, 10-20 km Moderate, 4-10 km Haze, 1-4 km Fog, <1 km
Cloud cover:	Clear skies, 0/8 Almost clear skies, 1-2/8 Partly clouded, 3-5/8 Cloudy, 6-7/8 Overcast, 8/8 Scattered clouds, 0-8/8
Precipitation:	Dry weather Light rain Moderate rain Heavy rain Showers Light snowfall Moderate snowfall Heavy snowfall Snow flurries Hail showers

Landsort diary 30th May 2016

19 nets opened at 0400 with a further 3 opened at 0500 as the wind dropped slightly. All 22 nets closed at 1230. A grand total of 10 new birds of 9 species.

 

Our target now is to catch 11 tomorrow to try and get to 1,000 birds for the month - will we do it???

 

Just about finished off preparing a sheet that shows the main capture periods through the year for migrant species, based on ringing data from 1978 to 2015.

 

This afternoon am helping Roger with the demolition of the rest of the shower room. The Obs is now without water and will be for some time. Please consider this when booking to stay for the next 2-3 weeks.

Wind strength:	Calm, <1 m/s Light wind, 1-3 m/s Moderate wind, 4-7 m/s Strong wind, 8-13 m/s Very strong wind, 14-19 m/s Gale, 20-24 m/s Storm, 25-32 m/s Hurricane, >=33 m/s
Wind:	North Northeast East Southeast South Southwest West Northwest
Temperature:	40 39 38 37 36 35 34 33 32 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 -1 -2 -3 -4 -5 -6 -7 -8 -9 -10 -11 -12 -13 -14 -15 -16 -17 -18 -19 -20 -21 -22 -23 -24 -25 -26 -27 -28 -29 -30 -31 -32 -33 -34 -35 -36 -37 -38 -39 -40 -41 -42 -43 -44 -45 -46 -47 -48 -49 -50 -51 -52 -53 -54 -55 -56 -57 -58 -59 -60
Visibility:	Very good, >20 km Good, 10-20 km Moderate, 4-10 km Haze, 1-4 km Fog, <1 km
Cloud cover:	Clear skies, 0/8 Almost clear skies, 1-2/8 Partly clouded, 3-5/8 Cloudy, 6-7/8 Overcast, 8/8 Scattered clouds, 0-8/8
Precipitation:	Dry weather Light rain Moderate rain Heavy rain Showers Light snowfall Moderate snowfall Heavy snowfall Snow flurries Hail showers

Chris & Kay the week ened 29th May 2016

(Yet another) quiet week for birds on Landsort with only 188 new birds caught, of 25 species. New species for the year were: Blyth's Reed Warbler (1), Sedge Warbler (2) and Barn Swallow (1).

 

Plenty to keep us busy though, including finishing off ringing the young Starlings in nest boxes - a total of 48 chicks ringed, together with the first brood of great Tit - 7 chicks ringed today. Yesterday the first of the Starling chicks were seen outside their nest box, looking a bit lost and confused.

 

On Tuesday we were given a 6kg Salmon by Tore, one of several caught in the week, with one of 16kg! The salmon made great steaks for the big event of the week, Sorcha arriving for an over-night trip with five of her mates. Arrived on the 1000 ferry on Thursday and we all spent some time walking around the south part of the island, enjoying some sporadic sunshine. Next morning, before they caught the 0925 ferry they saw what 'Momma-K' does for a living - catching and ringing birds.

 

Not a lot else to report, except a quiet weekend with no over-night stays by Members on Saturday or Sunday.

Chris & Kay birds caught w/e 29th May 2016

	w/e 29th May 2016
Species	As at 22nd	Kay	Chris	Total
Blackbird	29			29
Blackcap	21	1	2	24
Black Redstart	1			1
Bluethroat	10			10
Bluethroat cyanecula	1			1
Blue Tit	3			3
Blyth's Reed Warbler	0		1	1
Brambling	6			6
Bullfinch	2			2
Chaffinch	62	5	2	69
Chiffchaff	110	7	3	120
Collared Flycatcher	2			2
Common Redpoll cabaret	1			1
Common Rosefinch	1		1	2
Dunnock	39			39
Fieldfare	1			1
Garden Warbler	6	4	4	14
Goldcrest	188			188
Goldfinch	6			6
Great Spotted Woodpecker	13			13
Great Tit	13	7		20
Greenfinch	20		2	22
Icterine Warbler	2	5	1	8
Jackdaw	2			2
Lesser Whitethroat	80	13	6	99
Linnet	23			23
Magpie	1			1
Marsh Tit	1			1
Marsh Warbler	2	2		4
Meadow Pipit	1			1
Nightingale	1			1
Pied Flycatcher	10	1	1	12
Red-backed Shrike	6	7	3	16
Red-breasted Flycatcher	1			1
Redstart	43	3		46
Redwing	1			1
Reed Bunting	23			23
Reed Warbler	2	4	5	11
Robin	518	2	1	521
Sedge Warbler	0	2		2
Siskin	29			29
Song Thrush	59			59
Spotted Flycatcher	2	7	1	10
Starling	50	7		57
Swallow	0		1	1
Thrush Nightingale	12	5		17
Treecreeper	1			1
Tree Pipit	1			1
Tree Sparrow	1			1
Wheatear	12	1	1	14
Whinchat	1	1		2
Whitethroat	16	3	11	30
White Wagtail	8			8
Willow Warbler	211	43	11	265
Wren	34			34
Wryneck	7			7
Yellowhammer	4	1		5
Total	1700	131	57	1888