One more year, the Monitoring Team of Natural Processes belonging to the Biological Station of Doñana (CSIC) organises the ringing programme of passerines during the postnuptial migration in the Ringing Station of Manecorro (National Park of Doñana, South-west Spain). The campaign comes developing every autumn from 1994 and has a duration of 11 weeks (from September 1 at November 15).

From 1994 to date, more than 65.000 birds have been captured of 106 different species, being the mean of the campaign upper to 3.700 birds. The most abundant species trapped are: Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla), Common Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita), Pied Flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca), Garden Warbler (S. borin), Robin (Erithacus rubecula), Willow Warbler (P. trochilus) and Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus).

A special attention is lent to the Iberian Chiffchaff (P. ibericus), on which we are working in its identification in hand to split it from Common Chiffchaff, as well as its phenologic pattern in the Doñana area, capturing in the last years a large number.

Some species that have also been captured are considered as rare birds in Spain such as Dusky Warbler (P. fuscatus), Yellow-browed Warbler (P. inornatus), Red-breasted Flycatcher (Ficedula parva), Collared Flycatcher (F. albicollis) and Common Rosefinch (Carpodacus erythrinus). 

To carry out the ringing programme the collaboration of expert ringers is requested, as well as people that has some experience in scientific ringing and want to participate as assistant. Lodging for the collaborators of this campaign will be facilitated in El Rocío village, distant only 1 Km. of the ringing station. Daily ringings run on from dawn until the setting of sun in a marshy place.

Interested in participating in this campaign download application form.