As at Holme Pierrepont, the extent of the scrub is also diminishing rapidly as the trees get bigger, which is affecting the site's productivity. In the period covered we made 4 visits, getting 216 total captures. As you would expect species such as Willow Warbler, along with Whitethroat and Lesser Whitethroat are much scarcer now. Again the only warblers maintaining reasonable/good numbers are Blackcap and Chiffchaff.
13 July – 48 birds caught, mostly Blackcap and Chiffchaff along with a few other Warblers and a Linnet amongst a few residents caught.
2 August – 56 birds caught, again Blackcap and Chiffchaff dominated but 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Common Whitethroat and 5 Willow Warblers added a little variety. Limited nets this time as I was operating the site alone.
6 September – 73 birds caught, Blackcap and Chiffchaff making up the bulk of the catch but along with a few resident species caught was the first Nuthatch caught at the site.
21 September – 39 birds caught, mostly Blackcaps and Long-tailed Tits with just 3 Chiffchaffs. Limited nets again as I was operating the site alone.
Kev
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| Nuthatch, Ramsdale, 6 Sept (KJH) |
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| Goldcrest, Ramsdale, 21 Sept (KJH) |
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