Following the cold snap, the weather has become unseasonably warm with wind, and from time to time rain too. We had spotted a couple of distant chances for completion of winter CES 4 but risked the weather changing and reaching the end of the allotted time without doing a session. Today we took our chance to complete the session despite the chance of gusty weather.
On arrival it was very misty and there had been rain as we drove there. We managed to complete the session although there were two rainy spells, but nothing that couldn't be handled by emptying nets and pushing up until the showers had passed.
The top slot, numerically, was a tie between Blackbirds and Blue Tits, both being 11 new and 4 retrapped. Four Redwing were a bit of a fluke since they didn't drop into feed, just alighting in the hedgerow before moving on. A large flock of finches was seen further along the hedgerow. These birds probably included Tree Sparrows too as a few were seen in the hedge. However, none were caught despite deploying an additional double outside of the usual winter CES nets.
Total: 33 (9)
Wren - 1
Dunnock - 3
Blackbird - 11 (4)
Redwing - 4
Long-tailed Tit - 1
Blue Tit - 11 (4)
Great Tit - 2