We were back at the Grange end of Holme Pierrepont on Sunday after finishing at Attenborough last week. Thankfully there had been little disturbance at the site. The weather was quite calm and overcast for the first half of the session but the breeze did pick up slightly later. The team consisted of Gary, Alex, Tom, Jake, Trish and myself.
The catch was steady but it did take quite a bit of ride clearance to get the nets up first thing. We ended with a catch of 78 including 8 retraps, made up of (new/retrap): Blackbird 3/1, Song Thrush 1/0, Dunnock 2/0, Robin 3/1, Blackcap 15/0, Garden Warbler 1/0, Chiffchaff 3/0, Reed Warbler 13/5, Lesser Whitethroat 1/0, Whitethroat 3/0, Cetti’s Warbler 2/0, Blue Tit 8/0, Treecreeper 1/0, Long-tailed Tit 1/0, Goldfinch 2/0, Bullfinch 5/0, Reed Bunting 3/0.
The oldest retrap was a Blackbird from 2013. There were no Willow Warblers around but Reed Warblers seem to be in numbers similar to last year, Buzzards were in the air most of the morning.
Kev
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