The new year is upon us and it's time to analyze the results and achievements. For me personally, this was the most successful year in terms of the number of ringed birds and new species.
In this post, I'll include only the bird ring at my usual site in NW Bulgaria.
Most of the ringing was during the autumn migration, but I also put some effort into nest monitoring/ringing which gave good results(compared to previous years). Unfortunately, my nestboxes had very low success and I couldn't ring any Semicollared flycatchers (Ficedula semitorquata).
Species
S.atricapilla - 294
T.merula - 88
E. rubecula - 41
Ph. trochilus - 38
L. collurio - 26
P. caeruleus - 22
P.major - 21
A. trivialis - 21
A. caudatus - 16
T. philomelos - 15
S. curruca - 13
P.lugubris - 12
S. borin - 11
S.communis - 9
L. megarhynchos - 9
Ph. sibilatrix - 8
C.coccothraustes - 6
S. europaea - 5
E.citrinella - 5
Ph.collybita - 5
F.coelebs - 5
P. palustris - 5
C. chloris - 5
M. striata - 5
D. minor - 2
M. apiaster - 2
Ph. phoenicurus - 2
H. icterina - 1
O. scops - 1
D. major - 1
R. ignicapilla - 1
T. troglodytes - 1
A. schoenobaenus - 1
Total: 691
Species: 33
In the pictures below you can see the highlights of 2021.
I wish you all very successful 2022!
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| Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella) |
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| Turdus philomelos nest |
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| Sitta europaea nest |
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| Turdus merula nest |
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| Male Turdus merula |
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| Otus scops |
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| Otus scops |
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| Fringilla coelebs nest |
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| Turdus philomelos hatchling |
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| Parus lugubris hatchling |
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| Coccothraustes coccothraustes hatchling |
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| Cyanistes caeruleus nest |
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| Sylvia atricapilla nest |
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| Alauda arvensis nest |
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| Emberiza cirlus nest |
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| Lanius collurio nest |
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| Sylvia atricapilla hatchlings |
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| Lanius collurio nest |
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| Sylvia atricapilla nest |
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| Sylvia atricapilla hatchlings |
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| Lanius collurio hatchling |
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| Lanius collurio hatchings |
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| Male Lanius collurio |
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| Phylloscopus trochilus and Phylloscopus sibilatrix |
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| Phylloscopus trochilus and Phylloscopus sibilatrix |
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| Muscicapa striata |
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| Phylloscopus sibilatrix |
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| Birds ready to be processed |
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| Male Sylvia atricapilla with very pale plumage |
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| Male Sylvia atricapilla with very pale plumage |
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| Merops apiaster |
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| Merops apiaster |
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| Erithacus rubecula |
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| Muscicapa striata with strangely colored legs |
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| Regulus ignicapilla |
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| Troglodytes troglodytes |
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| Parus major |
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| Male Coccothraustes coccothraustes |
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| Emberiza citrinella |
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| Chloris chloris |
