Sunday Morning

The morning was going well until the rain, which wasn't really forecast, set in. It started  very light but soon things took a turn for the worse.
However 64 birds were trapped and ringed in just over two hours. Not a bad follow through from the previous evening.

First bird out of the nets was a Grasshopper Warbler. Other highlights were couple of Garden Warblers, Whitethroat and a steady stream of Willow Warblers up until the rain started.

Sedge Warbler weights are slowly increasing with fat scores regularly in the 30s and 40s

Whitethroat

Garden Warbler

This Garden Warbler had been feasting on Elder Berries. Hence the purple around the gape, the purple stain left on the bird bag and the purple hand left after the bird had been released.

 

Grasshopper Warbler