European Nightjar - Nattskärra (Caprimulgus europaeus)

Den här bloggen kommer att handla om mitt projekt med Nattskärror i mellersta Kalmar län. Projektet går ut på att fånga och ringmärka Nattskärrorna för att studera flyttvägar, ortstrohet, övervintringsområden, biotop samt inventering av befintligt bestånd. -------------------------------- This blog will be about my project with Nightjars in central Kalmar county. The project aims to capture and ring Nightjars to study the migratory routes, local loyalty, wintering areas and habitat.

måndag 3 september 2018

A new hotspot is found.

Yesterdag evening I went out to same place at last and put up two net in same places. After 15 minutes when it be a little darker I do the first check of the mistnets. When I put on my headtorch it hanging 5 nightjars in the nets and I start to take them in for ringing. Next check it hang 2 more nightjars and after that no more. 6 of them was newringed and one was a recover from yesterday
This is a hole new trapping place in the bushareas with big open fields around and I think it´s a hotspot for migration nightjars. Several of them has wet tailfeathers and I think they are roosting on the open field at the days.