Saturday's weather really wasn't in our favour with early sunshine followed by gusty breezes bringing the ringing session in Paul's garden to an early close.
The short duration of the session clearly had an effect on the number of birds and diversity of species caught with two Blackcaps being the lowest for number caught over the last few sessions. It was interesting to note another 3J Cetti's Warbler being trapped as well as an errant Reed Warbler that must have strayed from the nearby dykes.
As can be seen from this weeks totals the majority of new birds caught are juveniles of the year with many of the re-traps being adult birds.
Totals - 35 new, (9) re-traps
Wren - 3 all 3J
Robin - 3, (1)
Blackbird - 4, (1) all 3J
Song Thrush - 1 3J
Cetti's warbler - 1 3J
Reed Warbler - 1
Blackcap - 2 with one being 3J
Lesser Whitethroat - 2, (1) one new and one re-trap 3J
Whitethroat - 1 3J
Chiffchaff - 5 all 3J
Great Tit - 1
Chaffinch - 3
Goldfinch - 8, (6) all new 3Js, re-traps mostly adult
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