This morning the skies were clear and bright with a light wind and the day quickly became very warm. We caught 23 birds, 8 of which were re-traps. However is was good to have juvenile Blackbird, Robin, Dunnock and Long tailed tit.
|
Species
|
New
|
Re-trap
|
Total
|
|
Blackap
|
4
|
|
4
|
|
Blackbird
|
2
|
1
|
3
|
|
Robin
|
1
|
|
1
|
|
Dunno
|
3
|
|
3
|
|
Cetti Warbler
|
|
1
|
1
|
|
Great tit
|
|
1
|
1
|
|
Long tailed tit
|
2
|
5
|
7
|
|
Chiffchaff
|
3
|
|
3
|
|
Total
|
15
|
8
|
23
|
There have been a number of flocks of Long tailed tits hanging about in our ringing area for CES 1 to 4 this year. In total 38 birds a mixture of adults and juveniles have been caught. Of the 38 birds 23 were new and 15 were re-traps. The juvenile of the species is on the left in the picture.
Many thanks to Heather Coats, Charlie Sargent, Phil Mead and Dan Rouse for running the session today,
