We caught the first summer migrant for the site this year, this Chiffchaff is the first of five captured and so keen it didn't even wait until the net was fully set.
Chiffchaff
All other captures were of resident species although there were definitely Blackcap singing in the woodland. Amongst the residents caught was a male Linnet, the first we've caught here.
5M Linnet
There was much activity on the scrape with Redshank, Little Ringed Plover (5), Lapwing, Oystercatcher, Shelduck, Egyptian Goose, Mute Swan, Great White Egret, Black-headed Gulls and Lesser Black-backed Gulls all present when we arrived at 6am. It looks as though there are gulls intending to nest this year, and that will be deleterious to the nesting waders.
Total: 14 (4)
Wren - 1 (1)
Dunnock - 0 (1)
Chiffchaff - 5
Long-tailed Tit - 3 (1)
Coal Tit - 1
Great Tit - 2 (1)
Bullfinch - 1
Linnet - 1
Dunnock - 0 (1)
Chiffchaff - 5
Long-tailed Tit - 3 (1)
Coal Tit - 1
Great Tit - 2 (1)
Bullfinch - 1
Linnet - 1