A hard frost, but minimal breeze to start the morning. The birds were sparsely spread all around the orchard as the apple crop had been a bumper one and windfalls were still present in several areas of the site. We got five doubles up, mostly larger mesh nets and covered three rides where there were apples on the ground.
We finished on 31 birds, 20 being Fieldfare. This is the best yearly total that we've ever had there, and there is still the possibility of more captures, if the weather stays cold. Redwings were conspicuous by their absence.
6M Fieldfare
Adult male Green Woodpecker
Total: 31
Blackbird - 3
Blue Tit - 2
Chaffinch - 2
Fieldfare - 20
Green Woodpecker - 1
Goldfinch - 2
Robin - 1
Blue Tit - 2
Chaffinch - 2
Fieldfare - 20
Green Woodpecker - 1
Goldfinch - 2
Robin - 1