Teifi

Teifi;- early afternoon,
Jewsons, 9 Common Sandpipers.
St. Dog's Quay, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Redshank, 60 Curlew.
Marshes, 1 Green Sandpiper flying about, 2 present last night.

CES ringing today,
Of 18 Reed Warblers trapped today, 15 new birds -only 2 adults.
Also 11 of 14 Chiffchaffs were new.
Most of our breeding adult warblers have gone.
Other interesting trapped birds, --
Juvenile Water Rail,( in post juv. moult) & Cettis Warbler almost definitely bred here.
But the 2 juv. Kingfishers could be from elsewhere.

A couple of interesting retraps of Reed Warblers;
An adult ringed on the Marshes in May 2001 (Tony Cross) we retrapped 13 June 2009.
An adult ringed on the Marshes in July 2000 (Tony Cross) we retrapped 20 June 2009.
These sound very old?(need to check) for Reed Warblers, & have travelled a few! thousands of Km's in their life.
(Teifi RG)