Since we finished at the winter feeding site, we've not been resting on our laurels. We carried out the usual pre-CES sessions at Attenborough.
On the first (22 March) we had 144m of net up and caught 35 birds. These included 4 Blackcaps, 3 Chiffchaffs and 5 Treecreepers.
The next visit was on 29 March and we had 228m of net up and caught 43 birds, this time with 2 Blackcaps, 6 Chiffchaffs and 4 Treecreepers.
The third visit on 6 April - we had 144m of net again but with just 25 birds, including 2 Blackcaps and 3 Treecreepers.
The final pre-CES visit, with 132m of net, produced 24 birds including 3 Blackcaps, 1 Chiffchaff but no Treecreepers.
The 3 visits that produced Treecreepers involved 9 individuals: a healthy population. Parakeets were very vocal on each visit, so it's perhaps only a matter of time before one ends up in a net!
Yesterday we paid the first spring visit to Holme Pierrepont and with the usual nets set we had just 19 birds. These included 3 Blackcaps, 2 Chiffchaffs, a Cetti's Warbler and two rarities to our nets.....a Reed Bunting and a female Emperor Moth.
Kev
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| Female Emperor Moth, HPP (KJH) |
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