Sylvia bonanza

Ringing has been good the last days with a clear change in bulk species: Lesser Whitethroats seem to have overruled the Chiffchaffs  in numbers. Sylvia's are doing well already, with for example 68 Lesser Whitethroats ringed today. The ringing is making us all pretty tired so this will be just a short blog post. Today was our best day so far for the season with 272 birds being caught today, including the swallow catches from tonight. The totals will be added later.

 Tawny Pipit

Northern Wheatear, female

 Subalpine Warbler, 2cy male (bird nr. 1)

Subalpine Warbler, 2cy male (bird nr. 2)

 Eastern Orphean Warbler, adult male

Quiz bird!

One of the three Little Green Bee-eaters we caught today.

13th of March:

Balkan Warbler 4 -

Barn Swallow 18 -

Blackcap 7 -

Bluethroat 1 -1

Chiffchaff 47 - 4

Common Whitethroat 4 -

Eastern Olivaceous Warbler 2

Eastern Orphean Warbler 1 -

House Sparrow 2 -

Laughing Dove 1 -

Lesser Whitethroat 23 - 2

Menetries's Warbler 1 -

Northern Wheatear 1 -

Palestine Sunbird 2 -

Penduline Tit 1 -

Red-rumped Swallow 13 -

Sand Martin 2 -

Sardinian Warbler 2 - 1

Savi's Warbler - 2

Segde Warbler 2 -

Silverbill 2 -

Spanish Sparrow 1 -3

Tawny Pipit 1 -

White-spectacled Bulbul 1 - 1

TOTAL 139 - 16 = 155

24 species

14th of March

Balkan Warbler 15 - 1

Barn Swallow 65 - 1

Blackcap 8 - 1

Bluethroat 1 - 1

Chiffchaff 17 - 5

Common Whitethroat 8 - 1

Dead-sea Sparrow 1 - 1

Eastern Olivaceous Warbler 1 -

Eastern Orphean Warbler 2 - 2

Graceful Prinia 1 - 2

House Martin 1 -

House Sparrow 1 -

Laughing Dove 1 -

Lesser Whitethroat 68 - 4

Little Green Bee-eater 2 - 1

Quail 1 -

Red-rumped Swallow 29 -

Redstart 1 -

Reed Warbler 6 -

Rueppel's Warbler 1 -

Sand Martin 7 -

Sardinian Warbler 2 -

Savi's Warbler 1 -1

Segde Warbler 2 - 1

Spanish Sparrow 2 -

Subalpine Warbler 2 -

White-spectacled Bulbul - 3

TOTAL 251 - 21 = 272 27 species