Varanger Ringing: Siberian Shrooms

14/09/16

The group were unable to ring at our Nyrud site this morning, so we again concentrated on ringing at our basecamp at Pasvik camping. Here the team managed a very respectable total of 30 birds visiting our increasingly large feeding station (with the addition of some fatballs and some extra feeders). Great Tits continue to predominate, however we are still managing seeing good numbers of both House Sparrow and Greenfinch, so hopes are still high for more of these species.

A White Wagtail was a new bird for our ringed on site list.

Totals are below

Great Tit	13
House Sparrow	7
Greenfinch	6
Willow Tit	2
Brambling	1
White Wagtail	1
Totals	30Totals are below:

We were back on our main ringing site at Nyrud this evening in an attempt to catch some pre roosting Thrushes. This was mainly targeted at Fieldfares and Redwings. Despite a few hours effort, the majority of the flocks managed to avoid the nets, however we did manage a single Redwing as the very final bird caught and ringed. Another Robin managed to find its way into the nets, a scarce bird up here. To add to the variety, a Willow Warbler and a single Great Tit were caught, providing us with 4 birds caught, of 4 species.

Totals are below.

Robin	1
Redwing	1
Willow Warbler	1
Great Tit	1
Totals	4

The team spent a while birding away from the site today, with one of the main highlights being a brief view of a Three-Toed Woodpecker, located while trying to find a drumming Black Woodpecker, a superb couple of additions to the day list. A walk from the campsite at to the nearby lake provided a few Great Grey Shrikes, Waxwings and good numbers of Siberian Tits. A male Blackcap and a Garden Warbler were located along the same path, proving that migrants are still present within the forests of Pasvik