Although it seemed fairly quiet at Skylarks with not much song or movement of birds, we had
another decent mid-week catch with a total of 68 birds caught including 6 retraps. The surprises
were the high number of Chiffchaffs and the low number of Blackcaps. It was good to see a
few Sedge Warblers and Lesser Whitethroats.
We saw a good example of a fault bar in the Cetti’s Warbler - a dark line across the tail
indicating that when the bird was growing in the nest it experienced a period of poor weather.
Also, some castellations in the tail of a young Willow Warbler - tiny chips out of the ends of the
tail feathers from when the bird was growing in a domed nest.
The final totals were: Chiffchaff 27, Blackcap 8, Reed Warbler 8, Willow Warbler 3, Robin 3, Lesser
Whitethroat 3, Garden Warbler 3, Wren 2, Long-tailed Tit 2, Sedge Warbler 2, Blue Tit 2, Great
Tit 2, Dunnock 1, Cetti’s Warbler 1, Bullfinch 1.
Our adventures in baking continued this time with a strawberry and rhubarb pie.
Holly
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| Cetti's Warbler growth bar (JP) |
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| Sedge Warbler (SL) |
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| juvenile Willow Warbler tail showing castellations (HJ) |
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