New species at the Ringing Station

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New species at the Ringing Station

This first week, after our good fellow ringers left Nesseby, we have tried to cope as best as we can to keep up the outstanding results while you were here. It is not possible to get the same numbers of birds, but we have managed to widen the species list with 3 new species ringed; Hobby, Tree pipit and Marsh warbler, which we are very proud of. Marsh warbler is a very rare bird in Finnmark with, in fact, the only two recorded in the counties Troms and Finnmark so far this year are the two we have ringed.


Hobby


Marsh Warbler


Tree Pipit

The total number of birds we have ringed last week was 1032. We would like to point out the increasing number of Reed bunting, which reached 268 birds last week. We are also getting a small number of retraps of Reed bunting from last September, virtually on the same day we ringed them last year.



The Redpoll is still dominating at the top with the total of 552 ringed birds.

This week, we will have assistance from bird ringers from Bergen-area, so we hope to be able to cover more ground after their arrival.

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