Attenborough CES, Visit 2 - Sunday 13 May

The second CES visit of the season was carried out by Sue, Fiona, Ellen, Alex, Duncan, Mick T, Gary, and I. The site vegetation was saturated after heavy overnight rain but the day started, and continued, with mainly clear skies and little to no wind. Unfortunately the catch was again slow throughout but this time we could not blame it on the heat. Where are all the birds - particularly the warblers? Total catch was only two better than last week at 25, including 10 retraps, made up of (new/retrap): Great Spotted Woodpecker 0/1, Blackbird 3/3, Song Thrush 2/0, Dunnock 1/2, Robin 1/0, Blackcap 2/0, Blue Tit 2/0, Great Tit 2/0, Treecreeper 1/2, Bullfinch 0/2, Jay 1/0. The oldest retrap was a Blackbird from 2010 that we had not caught in the intervening years.

Kev

 Jay being processed (S. Lakeman)