2022 Totals

 It is once again time to share my personal ringing results for the previous year. As always, I'm quite late with this post, but I still think it's a good idea to share those stats, highlights, and personal observations with you all.

I will make a separate post about my nest monitoring results and observations of 2022, but my personal favorite was the clutch of Corn buntings(Emberiza calandra) that survived an intense hailstorm and still successfully fledged. I also managed to make a short film of a Red-backed shrike(Lanius collurio) pair feeding their young with different types of food. If you want to see this video please check it out on my Youtube channel.

For me, the highlights for 2023 were mainly the 8 Otus scops that I managed to ring, my first Caprimulgus europaeus, my first Turdus pilaris, the Ficedula species(which were also a first for me), the 11 Phylloscopus sibilatrix and the 43 Anthus trivialis.

In general, I had average ringing from the nesting season and fewer ringing days which resulted in fewer ringed birds compared to the previous year(for 2021 - total ringed: 691), but at the same time, I managed to ring 5 more species in 2022 compared to 2021(when I ringed birds out of 33 species).

Species

Sylvia atricapilla - 197

Parus major - 82

Anthus trivialis - 43

Cyanistes caeruleus - 38

Turdus merula - 22

Lanius collurio - 21

Phylloscopus trochilus - 20

Sylvia curruca - 19

Sylvia borin - 17

Sylvia communis - 13

Phylloscopus sibilatrix - 11

Parus lugubris - 10

Turdus philomelos - 10

Erithacus rubecula - 10

Muscicapa striata - 9

Otus scops - 8

Emberiza calandra - 5

Merops apiaster - 4

Emberiza citrinella - 4

Phylloscopus collybita - 4

Luscinia megarhynchos - 3

Sitta europaea - 3

Turdus pilaris - 2

Regulus ignicapilla - 2

Coccothraustes coccothraustes - 2

Aegithalos caudatus - 2

Phoenicurus phoenicurus - 2

Ficedula albicollis - 2

Streptopelia turtur - 2

Hippolais icterina - 1

Sylvia nisoria - 1

Dendrocopos major- 1

Ficedula hypoleuca - 1

Dendrocopos medius - 1

Regulus regulus - 1

Acrocephalus scirpaceus - 1

Garullus glandarius - 1

Caprimulgus europaeus - 1

Total : 577

Species: 38

Here are some of the photo highlights from 2022:

Turdus pilaris

Sylvia nisoria

Ficedula hypoleuca

Otus scops

Caprimulgus europaeus

Emberiza calandra nest

Streptopelia turtur hatchling

One of the 20+ Lanius collurio nests that I found

Merops apiaster

Phylloscopus sibilatrix