Six hours at Hilly Piece and we finished with 42 birds on the sheet. There were no retraps at all and apart from a couple of Dunnocks, all were juveniles. There were rather too many tits for our liking. However, one was showing an unusual colour aberration.
The head and upper body did not show the usual colours for Blue Tit. It was just a shame that post juvenile moult had not begun in these areas, as it would have been interesting to see what the emerging feathers were like.
Lesser Whitethroat
Total: 42
Blackcap - 4
Blue Tit - 14
Chiffchaff - 3
Dunnock - 5
Great Tit - 6
Lesser Whitethroat - 1
Robin - 3
Whitethroat - 2
Wren - 4