Summary of 2016

The spring season 2017 is approaching and it's long overdue to give a summary of the 2016 season.
Last year was the best since 2010 at Revtangen BO, much because of the untypically pleasant and calm September and October, allowing us a lot of trapping time during favourable conditions. The wader trapping season was a disaster though, it may seem as our trapping site at Revtangen has already fallen vicim to climate change, since repeated episodes of high water and strong winds have removed lots of sand from the area. As a result, rotting seaweed is not piling up as usual, but removed by the sea before they get productive.

The table below has two columns: The left one is the result for Revtangen bird observatory, the right is our ringing results from other sites, mainly in connection to our urban gulls project "URBPOP".
Four species were ringed for the first time at Revtangen: Stock dove, feral pigeon, oriental turtle dove and pine bunting. The alder flyctcher was a first for Norway, trapped on the island Kvitsöy by Björn Mo to collect biometrics and a DNA-feather sample for identification.

Species	Revtangen BO	Other sites	Total
Greylag Goose		1	1
European Shag		1	1
European Storm Petrel		7	7
Mute Swan		4	4
Mallard		77	77
Eurasian Wigeon		1	1
Mandarin Duck		1	1
Tufted Duck		10	10
Coot		19	19
Moorhen		10	10
Water Rail	2	1	3
Herring gull		194	194
Lesser Black-backed Gull		306	306
Great Black-backed Gull		103	103
Common Gull		191	191
Black-headed Gull		147	147
Iceland Gull		1	1
Sparrowhawk	14	2	16
Common Kestrel	1		1
Merlin	1		1
Peregrine	1		1
Lapwing		2	2
Bar-tailed Godwit	7		7
Dunlin	140		140
Little Stint	5		5
Red Knot	13		13
Sanderling	12		12
Turnstone	1		1
Green Sandpiper	24		24
Common Ringed Plover	3		3
Oystercatcher		1	1
Woodcock	5		5
Great Snipe		9	9
Common Snipe	5	1	6
Wood Pigeon	6		6
Feral Pigeon	1		1
Stock Dove	1		1
Collared Dove	46		46
Oriental Turtle Dove	1		1
Tengmalm's Owl	1		1
Tawny Owl		2	2
Eurasian Eagle Owl		1	1
Black Woodpecker	1		1
Great Spotted woodpecker	4	1	5
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker	1		1
Wryneck	3		3
Alder flycatcher		1	1
Skylark	1		1
Sand Martin	45		45
Barn Swallow	53		53
Rock Pipit		1	1
Tree Pipit	149		149
Olive-backed Pipit	2		2
Meadow Pipit	805	3	808
White Wagtail	28		28
Pied Wagtail	1		1
Grey Wagtail	92		92
Wren	215	3	218
Bohemian Waxwing	45	100	145
Dunnock	26	3	29
Robin	380	7	387
Redstart	44		44
Black Redstart	1		1
Thrush Nightingale	1		1
Bluethroat	2	2	4
Whinchat	4		4
Northern Wheatear	29		29
Greenland Wheatear	11		11
Song Thrush	113		113
Redwing	219	5	224
Fieldfare	195	11	206
Blackbird	248	34	282
Ring Ouzel	1		1
Icterine Warbler	1		1
Blackcap	561	3	564
Common Whitethroat	61		61
Lesser Whitethroat	19		19
Garden Warbler	137		137
Barred Warbler	2		2
Grasshopper Warbler	12		12
Reed Warbler	36		36
Blyth's Reed Warbler	2		2
Sedge Warbler	46		46
Wood Warbler	2		2
Willow Warbler	363	2	365
Chiffchaff	221	1	222
Siberian Chiffchaff	12		12
Yellow-browed Warbler	9		9
Goldcrest	455	1	456
Firecrest	1		1
Spotted Flycatcher	22		22
Pied Flycatcher	13		13
Long-taild Tit	408		408
Great Tit	149	256	405
Coal Tit	28	2	30
Blue Tit	1156	132	1288
Eurasian Nuthatch	3	7	10
Tree Creeper	15		15
Starling	106	1	107
House Sparrow	355	17	372
Tree Sparrow	203	20	223
Spotted Nutcracker	1		1
Eurasian Jay		1	1
Magpie	5	3	8
Hooded Crow	2		2
Jackdaw	1		1
Chaffinch	162	17	179
Brambling	295	27	322
Greenfinch	379	69	448
Siskin	11	11	22
Linnet	161		161
Twite	10		10
Lesser Redpoll	96		96
Mealy Redpoll	270		270
Arctic Redpoll	5		5
Common Rosefinch	4		4
Common Crossbill	3		3
Bullfinch	2		2
Hawfinch	1		1
Goldfinch	29	3	32
Reed Bunting	24	3	27
Yellowhammer	260	1	261
Pine Bunting	1		1
Total	9129	1840	10969