Ringing at Afdis 28 April

One of the first catches of the morning was a Common Waxbill, which pretty much set the tone for the rest of the day. Blue and Common Waxbills, Bronze Mannikins and Jameson's Firefinches made up about half of the birds ringed during the day!
Some more exciting birds were caught, however. Two Black Crakes were caught in spring traps, along with two Bar-throated Apalises in the nets. There were still a few waders around - about 10 Three-banded Plovers (caught one), four Blacksmith Lapwings (caught one), 25 African Wattled Lapwings and 3 Wood Sandpipers (caught one).

Three-banded Plover

Blacksmith Lapwing

Bar-throated Apalis

The other good catch was a young Dark-capped Yellow Warbler with strange primary moult.

Starting from the outer primary, working inwards: 3 old feathers, 1 pin, 1 half-emerged and 4 feathers successfully moulted.
The inner primary, instead of being in the same state as the four on its right, is also half-emerged.
It would be interesting to have caught it a week later, to see the changes...