Last night we caught Swallow again at Vallen and caught an impressive 183 Swallow, 3 Sand Martin, Yellowhammer and 5 Reed Warbler
This morning, we arose rather reluctantly and headed off to Ässön 3 hours after we had gone to bed! We caught 180 new birds and 10 retraps, which is mainly thanks to 42 Swallow and a large(ish) Tit-flock. Highlights came in the form of a smart juvenile male Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, juvenile Yellow Wagtail, juvenile female Goldcrest and a lot of Swallow! We also recaught an adult Sedge Warbler, which is my first I've seen for weeks!
Totals for the morning: (retraps in brackets)
Reed Warbler - 26 (2)
Sedge Warbler - 9 (1)
Willow Warbler - 14
Blackcap - 5
Garden Warbler - 1
Whitethroat - 1
Lesser Whitethroat - 1
Blue Tit - 23 (1)
Great Tit - 10 (3)
Swallow - 42
White Wagtail - 9
Yellow Wagtail - 1
Reed Bunting - 15 (3)
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker - 1
Greenfinch - 1
Goldcrest - 1
Song Thrush - 1
Robin - 18
Tree Pipit - 1
Weather permitting, we shall try again for Swallows and if last night was anything to go by, we could easily reach 300 birds today, which would be quite impressive!
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