It was blowing a hoolie at the allotted start time and the rain due to move across country was just about starting. There was no sense in dropping nets as heavier rain was forecast for the whole morning.
Chris braved the wind and rain to watch the sea for a while and I collated some data on Chiffchaffs from our Cyprus trip in November 2014. The rain kept going for a good few hours.
We dropped some nets just before 1pm, hoping to catch a few of the passerines flitting around the garden and had some success but many of the birds were recaptures, showing that there had not been any significant influx of migrants and the retrapped birds were sitting tight for the time being.
Chris braved the wind and rain to watch the sea for a while and I collated some data on Chiffchaffs from our Cyprus trip in November 2014. The rain kept going for a good few hours.
We dropped some nets just before 1pm, hoping to catch a few of the passerines flitting around the garden and had some success but many of the birds were recaptures, showing that there had not been any significant influx of migrants and the retrapped birds were sitting tight for the time being.
Spotted Flycatcher (Grå Fluesnapper)
A Painted Lady was noticed among the many Red Admirals.
Red Admiral butterflies
Totals: 16 (25)
Robin - 2 (9)
Redstart- 1 (1)
Song Thrush - 1
Song Thrush - 1
Lesser Whitethroat - 1 (10)
Garden Warbler - 0 (1)
Blackcap - 0 (1)
Blackcap - 0 (1)
Chiffchaff - 1 (1)
Willow Warbler - 8
Spotted Flycatcher - 2 (1)
Great Tit - 0 (1)
Willow Warbler - 8
Spotted Flycatcher - 2 (1)
Great Tit - 0 (1)