Photo: yellowhammer (Richard Dann).
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Species number 64 for Gower Ringing Group at Oxwich has been a long time coming.
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Excellent productivity for many residents in 2018, an eight-year old reed warbler, and a nice range of species captured, including yellow wagtail, willow tit, whinchat, yellow-browed warbler (4), firecrest (2), jack snipe and brambling.
Photo: yellow-browed warbler (Amy Schwartz)
Saturday news: firecrest (male), blackcap, chiffchaff (3)
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Three yellow-browed warblers (photo by Alex McCubbin below), nine chiffchaff, jack snipe, and a substantial movement of skylark yesterday. Ringing report HERE.
Reed warbler, sedge warbler, passage of skylarks, goshawk yesterday.
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Below, snipe on release (photo credit Richard Dann)
Apologies for non-sighting post
Gower Ornithological Society winter talks and field trips itinerary is now HERE.
The first talk will be by Paddy Jenks at 19:15 on Friday 28th September at the Environment Centre, Pier Street, Swansea. £1 on the door.
Title: Monitoring nightjars at Welsh Wind Farms; an illustrated talk.
Photo credit: James Garside
Latest bird ringing news HERE. Photo of sparrowhawk by Bethan Dalton below.
Yesterday 1 whinchat and 5 tree pipit (of which 2 ringed). Latest ringing news HERE. Photo of whinchat by Alex McCubbin below
Yellow wagtail last night, and a garden warbler this morning.
Latest ringing news here. Photo of yellow wag (Richard Dann) below.
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Includes first autumn passage tree pipits over the past few days. Pic by Amy Schwartz below.
Willow tit and three garden warblers this morning
Evidence that reed and sedge warblers are starting to move.
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Nice pic of treecreeper by Amy Schwartz
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Highlights have included an 8 year old reed warbler and the first young grasshopper warbler of the year (see below – photo Bethan Dalton)