Readers from previous years will know that Stanstock is our annual celebration of bird migration, ending on the August bank holiday, or thereabouts. Thanks to the kindness of Park Farm we camp out on the railtrack which butts onto Stanford Reservoir and ring for essentially one solid week. This year it actually started early, as MJT was ringing on Friday 15th when a number of us arrived to put up our tents, so we incorporated his session too. Unlike last year, the weather was pretty decent, although typically getting to be quite windy in the afternoons, so we did ring every day! Nets were put up between Safari ride and the Northants Reedbed at Point, a total of 34, although not all were open every day, depending on the wind. Two ringing stations were in operation.
So, some notable birds, such as:
Getting rarer, Wood Warbler only three ever ringed at Stanford. Imagine a Willow Warbler that has been plugged into the mains!
This is a Juvenile Barred Warbler. With a wing of 88 mm, in the world of warblers, this is a really big bird; Blackcaps for example have a wing of c. 75mm.
So that is 2025's Stanstock over, but there are still birds being ringed every week, so do keep track of us via this blog, and look out for the annual report posted by the end of January.
PMN
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