An improvement on our visit last week. Definitely heard more birds and also saw Buzzard, Red Kite and the first Hobby of the year overhead. We had some time to find a few more promising locations for nets and made a total of 19 captures with nearly half of these being retrapped birds. We were most pleased to recapture Garden Warbler Y195989 that had been ringed on 27 May 2013.
As usual, the resident birds were well represented. We caught this rather smart Bullfinch in exactly the same place as we got a female last time. Probably a pair and perhaps we'll catch up with their offspring soon.
It's amazing to think that this bird has been to sub-Saharan Africa and back since we saw it last.
5M Bullfinch
Total: 11 (8)
Wren - 3
Dunnock - 0 (1)
Robin - 2 (2)
Song Thrush - 1
Blackbird- 1
Garden Warbler- 0 (1)
Blackcap - 2
Long-tailed Tit - 0 (2)
Blue Tit - 1
Great Tit - 0 (1)
Jay - 1
Jay - 1
Bullfinch - 1