We were hoping to fare better than last year when we had the
lowest number of birds ever on our CES – 3!
lowest number of birds ever on our CES – 3!
It was a good day
with low wind and broken cloud and the first bird was a juvenile Treecreeper.
with low wind and broken cloud and the first bird was a juvenile Treecreeper.
In all we had 25 birds including 2 Blackcaps and 2 Chiffchaffs.
The total was as follows:
|
Species
|
New
bird |
Retrap
|
|
Treecreeper
|
1
|
|
|
Wren
|
2
|
1
|
|
Chiff Chaff
|
2
|
|
|
Blackcap
|
2
|
|
|
Cetti’s warbler
|
1
|
|
|
Blackbird
|
1
|
1
|
|
Bullfinch
|
|
1
|
|
Blue tit
|
|
1
|
|
Robin
|
4
|
|
|
Goldcrest
|
1
|
|
|
Long tailed tit
|
6
|
|
|
Great tit
|
|
1
|
|
Total
|
20
|
5
|
Thanks to Phil Mead (trainee), Gail Cobbold and Wendy
Hall (helpers) for their assistance and company.
Hall (helpers) for their assistance and company.
Heather Coats
