Revtangen BO August 26th

Very weak easterlies in the morning, a few light rainshowers and a quite heavy cloudcover. Nets open 06-13, netmeter hours approx. 2500. Playback on Reed Warbler, Grasshopper Warbler and Garden Warbler throgh the night, later Green Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, Greenshank, Tree Pipit and Meadow Pipit. 7 Walk-in traps at Revtangen from around 14-19, in part to prepare for "Open day" at Revtangen BO tomorrow. 

Ringed: Dunlin 82, Curlew Sandpiper 1, Sanderling 5, Green Sandpiper 1, Common Redshank 1, Red Knot 3, Common Ringed Plover 1, Tree Pipit 1, Meadow Pipit 6, Northern Wheatear 2, Fieldfare 1, Gresshoppesanger 3, Reed Warbler 3, Common Whitethroat 5, Garden Warbler 4, Willow Warbler 8, Great Tit 1, Eurasian Nuthatch 1, Common Starling 8, Chaffinch 1 and Common Linnet 2. Total = 140. Also a control of a Norwegian 1cy Dunlin not from Revtangen. 

Ringmerket: Myrsnipe 82, tundrasnipe 1, sandløper 5, skogsnipe 1, rødstilk 1, polarsnipe 3, sandlo 1, trepiplerke 1, heipiplerke 6, steinskvett 2, gråtrost 1, gresshoppesanger 3, rørsanger 3, tornsanger 5, hagesanger 4, løvsanger 8, kjøttmeis 1, spettmeis 1, stær 8, bokfink 1, tornirisk 2. Total = 140. En fremmed norsk myrsnipe ble kontrollert på Revtangen.

Renate Berg, Espen Helgesen and Alf Tore Mjös