Sunday 2 January 2011

Priory totals for 2010

All newly ringed birds plus "incomers" in brackets.

Mute Swan (2), Pochard (1), Red Kite (1), Woodpigeon 1 (1), Green Woodpecker 1, Gt. Spotted Woodpecker 4, Wren 33, Dunnock 39, Robin 29, Blackbird 53, Song Thrush 14, Redwing 9, Sedge Warbler 3, Reed Warbler 37, Lesser Whitethroat 3, C.Whitethroat 29, Garden Warbler 27, Blackcap 97, Chiffchaff 39, Willow Warbler 6, Goldcrest 7, Long-tailed Tit 15, Marsh Tit 2, Coal Tit 1, Blue Tit 79 + 117 pulli, Great Tit 55 + 73 pulli, Treecreeper 2, Magpie 1, House Sparrow 4, Chaffinch 23, Greenfinch 9, Goldfinch 9, Bullfinch 10, Reed Bunting 2.

The Marsh Tits were the 2nd & 3rd ever, the Coal Tit was the 1st, the Blackcap total was the 2nd highest (in 20+ years), and this year's total is the highest apart from 2004 when we ringed over 400 Sand Martins.

The Red Kite was identified as an ex Chiltern's pulli released at Harewood, West Yorkshire in 2000, there were at least 3 Dunnocks from 2004, a 2003 male Blackbird ringed the following year and a group record breaking Garden Warbler ringed on its return from Africa in 2003.

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