A quiet morning's ringing at Cissbury featured a few interesting sightings. First of all, I was surprised to see two
Shelducks on the downs opposite our ringing station, in the distance. A short while later, they were gone. Once it was starting to get quite hot, a
Spotted Flycatcher made a brief appearance by our table, and a
Cuckoo which had been singing in the distance flew past us then resumed proclaiming itself a little nearer. A
Red Kite and four
Buzzards got up towards the end of the session and other sightings included singing
Yellowhammer, three
Skylarks, a
Kestrel, two
Bullfinches,
Red-legged Partridges, a singing
Whitethroat, the Willow Warbler-mimicking
Blackcap, a
Mistle Thrush, a
Swallow,
Green and
Great Spotted Woodpeckers, and perhaps most unusual of all for Cissbury, a
Coal Tit.
In terms of ringing, we didn't make double figures, even including retraps but it was nice to handle a couple of
Song Thrushes and my first juvenile
Robin of the year.
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| Spotted Flycatcher |
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| Shelducks |
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| juvenile Robin |
