Compared to week 1 of the winter CES visit at Broomfield College it was certainly a lot quieter. A number of species were seen flying around the site with flocks of Goldfinch, Long-tailed Tits, a handful of Redwing and even a Peregrine Falcon made an appearance. However not many ventured down to the feeders or tape lures that were out.
Kev, Alex, Holly and I managed to process a total of 22 birds including 5 retraps, comprising: 6 Long-tailed Tits, 2 Goldcrest, 7 Blue Tits, 3 Great Tits, 1 Chaffinch, 1 Dunnock, 1 Greenfinch and 1 Redwing.
Christine had kindly baked us some banana, walnut and almond loaf cake which went down a treat.
Hopefully some colder weather might bring a higher numbers of birds to the feeding stations as the year comes to an end and food gets scarcer.
Laura
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| Chaffinch (LG) |
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| Greenfinch (LG) |
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| Great Tit (LG) |
