Our ringers marked a total of 19285 birds in 2018. A significant ammount (93%) of the birds belonging to 146 species were ringed at the ringing camp restarted after 17 years of absence and organized consecvently since 2014 on the Chituc Spit, while the remaining 7% comes from various species protection programmes, educational activities and the ringings of the rehabilitation center. This years’s catch is a new annual record of birds ringed by our ringers! Scientific name English name Other ringing activities Chituc Ringing Camp Total

	Scientific name	English name	Other ringing activities	Chituc Ringing Camp	Total
	Total		1396	17889	19285
1	Acrocephalus schoenobaenus	Sedge Warbler	4	3476	3480
2	Acrocephalus agricola	Paddyfield Warbler	1	2483	2484
3	Acrocephalus scirpaceus	Eurasian Reed Warbler	5	2399	2404
4	Ficedula parva	Red-breasted Flycatcher		1050	1050
5	Emberiza schoeniculus	Common Reed Bunting		924	924
6	Phylloscopus collybita	Common Chiffchaff	18	904	922
7	Acrocephalus arundinaceus	Great Reed Warbler		821	821
8	Phylloscopus trochilus	Willow Warbler		782	782
9	Locustella luscinoides	Savi’s Warbler		714	714
10	Erithacus rubecula	Robin	20	533	553
11	Lanius collurio	Red-backed Shrike	5	533	538
12	Coracias garrulus	Eurasian Roller	375		375
13	Riparia riparia	Sand Martin		331	331
14	Sylvia curruca	Lesser Whitethroat	3	318	321
15	Ciconia ciconia	White Stork	294		294
16	Panurus biarmicus	Bearded Reedling		226	226
17	Motacilla flava	Yellow Wagtail		224	224
18	Sylvia atricapilla	Eurasian Blackcap	10	192	202
19	Troglodytes troglodytes	Winter Wren		197	197
20	Acrocephalus palustris	Marsh Warbler	15	180	195
21	Turdus philomelos	Song Thrush	13	174	187
22	Alcedo atthis	Common Kingfisher	3	129	132
23	Phoenicurus phoenicurus	Common Redstart		113	113
24	Sylvia borin	Garden Warbler	20	80	100
25	Turdus merula	Common Blackbird	7	90	97
26	Luscinia luscinia	Thrush Nightingale		88	88
27	Phoenicurus ochruros	Black Redstart	9	79	88
28	Parus major	Great Tit	85	1	86
29	Iduna pallida	Eastern Olivaceous Warbler		82	82
30	Falco tinnunculus	Common Kestrel	75	0	75
31	Musicapa striata	Spotted Flycatcher	1	73	74
32	Hirundo rustica	Barn Swallow	27	42	69
33	Acrocephalus melanopogon	Moustached Warbler		69	69
34	Fringilla coelebs	Common Chaffinch	11	55	66
35	Sylvia communis	Common Whitethroat	10	53	63
36	Sturnus vulgaris	Common Starling	10	38	48
37	Falco cherrug	Saker Falcon	46		46
38	Sylvia nisoria	Barred Warbler		37	37
39	Cyanistes caeruleus	Eurasian Blue Tit	23	12	35
40	Saxicola rubetra	Whinchat		32	32
41	Athene noctua	Little Owl	30		30
42	Motacilla alba	White Wagtail	7	20	27
43	Carduelis carduelis	European Goldfinch	27		27
44	Ixobrychus minutus	Little Bittern	1	23	24
45	Regulus regulus	Goldcrest		23	23
46	Passer montanus	Tree Sparrow	21		21
47	Hippolais icterina	Icterine Warbler	1	18	19
48	Chloris chloris	European Greenfinch	4	15	19
49	Asio otus	Long-eared Owl	4	14	18
50	Jynx torquilla	Eurasian Wryneck	2	15	17
51	Falco vespertinus	Red-footed Falcon	14	2	16
52	Phylloscopus sibilatrix	Wood Warbler	1	15	16
53	Spinus spinus	European Siskin	4	12	16
54	Anthus trivialis	Tree Pipit	13	2	15
55	Sterna hirundo	Common Tern	11	1	12
56	Luscinia svecica	Bluethroat		12	12
57	Ficedula albicollis	Collared Flycatcher	4	8	12
58	Fringilla montifringilla	Brambling	1	11	12
59	Sturnus roseus	Rosy Starling	12		12
60	Cuculus canorus	Common Cuckoo	7	4	11
61	Lanius minor	Lesser Grey Shrike	1	10	11
62	Luscinia megarhynchos	Common Nightingale	10		10
63	Oriolus oriolus	Eurasian Golden Oriole		10	10
64	Porzana parva	Little Crake		9	9
65	Otus scops	Eurasian Scops Owl	8	1	9
66	Turdus pilaris	Fieldfare	9		9
67	Parus palustris	Marsh Tit	9		9
68	Nycticorax nycticorax	Black-crowned Night Heron		8	8
69	Charadrius dubius	Little Ringed Plover		8	8
70	Upupa epops	Hoopoe	4	4	8
71	Coccothraustes coccothraustes	Hawfinch	2	6	8
72	Vanellus vanellus	Northern Lapwing	8		8
73	Larus michaellis	Yellow-legged Gull	6		6
74	Dendrocopos major	Great Spotted Woodpecker	6		6
75	Locustella fluviatilis	River Warbler		6	6
76	Ficedula hypoleuca	European Pied Flycatcher		6	6
77	Emberiza citrinella	Yellowhammer	5	1	6
78	Calidris falcinellus	Broad-billed Sandpiper		5	5
79	Gallinago gallinago	Common Snipe		5	5
80	Prunella modularis	Dunnock	2	3	5
81	Regulus ignicapillus	Common Firecrest		5	5
82	Passer domesticus	House Sparrow	3	2	5
83	Buteo buteo	Common Buzzard	5		5
84	Ardea purpurea	Purple Heron		4	4
85	Calidris ferruginea	Curlew Sandpiper		4	4
86	Saxicola rubicola	European Stonechat		4	4
87	Garrulus glandarius	Eurasian Jay	4		4
88	Passer hispaniolensis	Spanish Sparrow	4		4
89	Carpodacus erythrinus	Common Rosefinch	2	2	4
90	Dendrocopos syriacus	Syrian Woodpecker	4		4
91	Oenanthe pleschanka	Pied Wheater	4		4
92	Sitta europaea	Eurasian Nuthatch	4		4
93	Accipiter nisus	Eurasian Sparrowhawk		3	3
94	Glareola pratincola	Collared Pratincole		3	3
95	Merops apiaster	European Bee-eater	3		3
96	Oenanthe oenanthe	Northern Wheater	1	2	3
97	Turdus iliacus	Redwing		3	3
98	Turdus viscivorus	Mistle Thrush		3	3
99	Turdus torquatus	Ring Ouzel	3		3
100	Phylloscopus inornatus	Yellow-browed Warbler		3	3
101	Remiz pendulinus	Eurasian Penduline Tit		3	3
102	Certhia familiaris	Eurasian Treecreeper	2	1	3
103	Aegithalos caudatus	Long-tailed Tit	3		3
104	Carduelis cannabina	Common Linnet	3		3
105	Dryochopus martius	Black Woodpecker	3		3
106	Picus viridis	European Green Woodpecker	3		3
107	Tringa erythropus	Spotted Redshank		2	2
108	Caprimulgus europaeus	European Nightjar		2	2
109	Delichon urbicum	House Martin	2		2
110	Periparus ater	Coal Tit	2		2
111	Emberiza hortulana	Ortolan Bunting	2		2
112	Aquila heliaca	Eastern Imperial Eagle	2		2
113	Aquila pomarina	Lesser Spotted Eagle	2		2
114	Dendrocopos minor	Lesser Spotted Woodpecker	2		2
115	Strix uralensis	Ural Owl	2		2
116	Podiceps nigricollis	Black-necked Grebe		1	1
117	Pelecanus onocrotalus	Great White Pelican		1	1
118	Phalacrocorax carbo	Great Cormorant		1	1
119	Botaurus stellaris	Eurasian Bittern		1	1
120	Falco subbuteo	Eurasian Hobby	1		1
121	Rallus aquaticus	Water Rail		1	1
122	Tringa glareola	Wood Sandpiper		1	1
123	Tringa ochropus	Green Sandpiper		1	1
124	Actitis hypoleucos	Common Sandpiper		1	1
125	Tringa nebularia	Common Greenshank		1	1
126	Tinga stagnatilis	Marsh Sandpiper		1	1
127	Lymnocriptes minimus	Jack Snipe		1	1
128	Chroicocephalus ridibundus	Black-headed Gull		1	1
129	Streptopelia turtur	European Turtle Dove		1	1
130	Anthus campestris	Tawny Pipit		1	1
131	Motacilla citreola	Citrine Wagtail		1	1
132	Tarsiger cyanurus	Red-flanked bluetail		1	1
133	Locustella naevia	Common Grasshopper Warbler		1	1
134	Phylloscopus orientalis	Eastern Bonelli’s Warbler		1	1
135	Phylloscopus nitidus	Green Warbler		1	1
136	Phylloscopus humei	Hume’s Leaf Warbler		1	1
137	Pica pica	Common Magpie		1	1
138	Loxia curvirostra	Red Crossbill		1	1
139	Emberiza melanocephala	Black-headed Bunting		1	1
140	Emberiza calandra	Corn Bunting		1	1
141	Anas plathyrhynchos	Mallard	1		1
142	Pernis apivorus	European Honey Buzzard	1		1
143	Serinus serinus	European Serin	1		1
144	Streptopelia decaocto	Eurasian Collared Dove	1		1
145	Strix aluco	Tawny Owl	1		1
146	Cygnus olor	Mute Swan	1		1