Four Lapland Buntings have been ringed two males, two females, they continue to appear at the site feeding on seed oblivious to interested watchers.

The weather conditions are still challenging but we've had some success with Whoosh netting* Snow Buntings on the beach with 13 ringed.

At the end of this month a Water Rail was caught in the Heligoland Trap** a species not often found on the reserves but increased water levels must have attracted it.

* Whoosh netting a catching method powered by elastic where the net goes over the top of feeding birds.

**Heligoland Traps are a walk-through catching method where birds are driven in from a large open end of a funnel towards a catching box.