Scouse Ringer & Moxey's 2010 Totals

I have finally managed to get the totals together for 2010, a year that can only be considered to be a success in birding terms, from mine and Moxey's point of view anyway! From the cold snap early in the year, bringing Moxey the Pochard and Tufties, to the heat of the summer, ringing warblers at Brook Vale, back to the cold depths of winter, catching thrushes in the woods.

Here are the totals:

Teal	1
Mallard	2
Tufted Duck	31
Pochard	1
Red-crested Pochard	1
Coot	9
Mute Swan	2
Moorhen	3
Woodcock	1
Kestrel	14
Sparrowhawk	7
Barn Owl	33
Tawny Owl	2
Black-headed Gull	2
Lapwing	6
Stock Dove	7
Wood Pigeon	3
Swift	322
Swallow	52
House Martin	206
Great-spotted Woodpecker	9
Grey Wagtail	1
Wren	58
Dunnock	56
Robin	130
Blackbird	166
Fieldfare	3
Song Thrush	17
Redwing	43
Cetti’s Warbler	1
Sedge Warbler	7
Reed Warbler	29
Lesser Whitethroat	1
Whitethroat	5
Garden Warbler	1
Blackcap	105
Chiffchaff	43
Willow Warbler	11
Goldcrest	67
Firecrest	2
Long-tailed Tit	103
Coal Tit	45
Blue Tit	606
Great Tit	394
Nuthatch	5
Treecreeper	7
Jay	5
Magpie	3
Chaffinch	274
Brambling	1
Greenfinch	219
Goldfinch	142
Linnet	2
Bullfinch	12
Reed Bunting	20
TOTAL	3328

Here are some of the personal highlights:

Goldcrest (Regulus regulus) & Firecrest (Regulus ignicapillus) at Crosby Hall

Lesser Whitethroat (Sylvia curruca) at Brook Vale

Cetti's Warbler (Cettia cetti) at Rimrose Valley - the first for SWLRG

During 2010, I started ringing at two new sites, Brook Vale and Fulwood Marsh, both on Rimrose Valley. Both have been productive, Brook Vale started in May and finished on 908 birds ringed with Fulwood starting much later in October and in six sessions, almost 200 birds were ringed.

Two trips to Portugal in the summer and in October were also very successful, with a record number of birds being ringed at Santo André by ourselves during August (2814 birds ringed, 15 foreign controls).

Many thanks are due to all the landowners and organisations that have cooperated and allowed us to operate on their land. Cheers guys!

2011's ringing campaign is already well underway, with a couple of additional sites to start this year (keeping them under wraps for the time being) and a few new trainees on the go and three trips to Portugal already booked...watch this space!