Landsort diary 30th June 2016

All nets opened at 0400 after a shower of rain passed by at 0300, with almost calm conditions. Very overcast to start with a small amount of rain at 0600 but lasted a few minutes

 

All nets closed at 1100 with 19 new birds of 12 species, including the first Woodpigeon of the year (7th for the Observatory) and a ringing tick for Kay.

 

Also caught the first fledged Common Whitethroat of the year.

 

Best bird though was the female Serin, first caught on 5th June. This 2cy bird was found to have a very pronounced brood patch, indicating definite breeding condition.

 

Checked the final nest box of the year, a late clutch of Great Tit. Sadly, 7 cold dead eggs found.

 

Today is the half-way point of the year and we have finished with 2640 birds, far above the average for this time of year.

 

End of month paperwork planned for this afternoon.

 

Just Chris & Kay tonight at the Obs

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