Early start pays off.....
Well it wasn't that early really, on site for 06:00 and just two nets set in the Sea Buckthorn/Gorse scrub near the information shelter., with a distinct nip in the air and a real autumnal feeling.
A steady run of birds including, Willow Warbler, Dunnock, Blackcap and Whitethroat, with the star bird of the session being a Pied Flycatcher, not only the first ringed at Pembrey Burrows, but the first I have ever ringed.
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| Common Whitethroat |
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Pied Flycatcher, aged on a combination of features
but middle tertial clinched the age as a 3, hatched
this year (hard to see in the photo's) |
This bird was different to the bird I saw on Wednesday, which after discussing the photo with a friend was most likely and adult bird, while today's was definitely a bird of the year BTO code 3.
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| Pied Flycatcher |
With Wednesday's bird being the first for the site and then today a second I wonder how many of this under recorded, (away from its breeding woods) summer migrant pass along the coast.
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| Pied Flycatcher |
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