A combined effort for CES and RAS projects today, covering part of C4 that is not ringed regularly and a few extras on C6 and beyond the regular CES nets. There was a high proportion of recaptured birds, never a bad thing for data collection or training and quite a few Whitethroats. Of the nine retrapped Whitethroats, three had not been seen previously this year and so became part of the RAS data. Before the end of May we have almost met our adult recapture minimum quota of 25. This has no doubt been helped by the way in which the site is recovering having not been cut at the start of this year, unlike 2017 & 2018 when vetch eradication was underway. We hope that such clearance will not be necessary again.
Totals: 48 (38)
Robin - 10 (1)
Dunnock - 3
Blackbird - 1 (2)
Songthrush - 1
Reed Warbler - 1
Sedge Warbler - 0 (5)
Lesser Whitethroat - 1 (2)
Whitethroat - 3 (9)
Garden Warbler - 7 (3)
Blackcap - 2 (4)
Chiffchaff - 1 (3)
Long-tailed Tit - 11 (6)
Blue Tit - 7 (1)
Great Tit - 0 (2)
There were a number of Brimstone present, together with a few Orange Tips, single tatty Small Copper, Holly Blue and a fresh male Cluded Yellow flew through.
A very large number of Common Blue Damselflies were present alogn with single Hairy and Emperor Dragonflies.
Brimstone
Female Orange Tip
