Females on the nest, males in the net

This was very apparent today, as it should be during this time of year! Our majority of birds today - during a ringing session in the Ooijse Graaf with Bram - were males. It was a calm session with many retraps but also a good variety of species. We caught 57 birds spread over 18 species. 

Totals:

Great Spotted Woodpecker	1	1
Barn Swallow	1
Blackbird	-	1
Blackcap	3	-
Blue Tit	1	1
Yellow Wagtail	2	-
Bluethroat	1	-
Chaffinch	1	-
Chiffchaff	-	5
Garden Warbler	2	2
Grasshopper Warbler	1	-
Great Tit	1	2
Marsh Warbler	11	2
Reed Bunting	2	1
Reed Warbler	4	7
Whitethroat	1	1
Willow Tit	-	1
Willow Warbler	-	1

Total 32 - 25 = 57

 White-spotted Bluethroat (Luscinia svecica cyanecula), 2cy male

 Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava), male; rather dark head with some greenish feathering

 Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus), male

 Willow Tit (Poecile montanus)

 Marsh Warbler (Acrocephalus palustris)

 Grashopper Warbler (Locustella naevia)

Sleepy head Bram!