After a busy day at Stanwell on the 3rd we were hopeful of a good session, but there was a very quiet feel to the site and we didn't see many birds at all. We thought that the conditions may have been right to push birds on without many new arrivals into the site. The complete lack of Chiffchaffs was unusual and not a single double A was used. There seem to be a few Lesser Whitethroat passing through at the moment with two captured yesterday at Stanwell and another at Broadwater today.
3P Blackcap
Adult Reed Warbler
This is the second string that has rings so loose that rings slide right over each other. We have to put lots of knots in the string or they slip right to the bottom. Ringing with trainees or a large group would be a lot more open to errors than just the two of us. We'll be glad when they're used up.
Totals: 61 (9)
Robin - 2
Dunnock - 5 (3)
Blackbird - 1
Song Thrush - 1
Reed Warbler - 1
Lesser Whitethroat - 1
Whitethroat - 11 (13)
Garden Warbler - 10
Blackcap - 23 (3)
Blue Tit - 3
Great Tit - 1
Bullfinch - 1
Linnet - 1