12/5/16 - CES 1 - Another Season Begins

Dave and Chris arrived on what was a perfect morning for ringing. Overcast and no wind at all.

Kenfig from the car park

CES Ride.

We set about putting up the standard run of 6x18m nets on the CES ride. After the previous days rain the already high water level was a challenge. Waist waders only just up to the challenge at the far end of the ride. Even though we had spent a few hours earlier in the month setting up the poles we still had to make a few minor adjustments.
As can be seen we will have to do some "gardening' along trhe ride in the near future.










Next we set up the additional 2x18m run of nets at WPS ride, as we were not expecting too much in the CES nets.

As the observant will note this ride too is very wet.

 

With everything ready.

 Let's get  this session going.









We were soon ringing birds.
But not to get everyone too excited we did only end up with a fairly modest total but a selection of species. The session was marred by a short sharp downpour at about 7am but luckily we had the two birds out quickly and furled the nets.
It only lasted about 5 minutes and then the rest of the morning was a mixture of bright and hazy sunshine.

Some highlights

 A Cetti's Warbler displaying its trademark tail.









  



Then a favourite bird the Lesser Whitethroat.

White crescent in iris shows the bird to be an adult.

Totals for the day: