Today was the fourth winter CES visit to the NTU Brackenhurst site. It was a calm and misty morning resulting in 51 birds, of which 32 were retraps. We had the usual feeder nets and then two extra nets in the field with a Redwing sound lure. These nets caught 3 new Redwing, a new Song Thrush and a flock of Long-tailed Tits. At the feeders we caught mainly retrap tits, mostly adults. This is the same as previous visits and the lack of first-year birds is worrying.
The highlights were a Song Thrush and a few large Blackbirds. We also caught the third Jay of the winter. This isn't regular for Brackenhurst, with 5 being caught in 2021 and 2 in 2012.
The catch comprised (new/retrap): Long-tailed Tit 5/2, Great Tit 2/7, Blue Tit 0/13, Robin 0/4, Dunnock 3/5, Redwing 3/0, Song Thrush 2/0, Blackbird 3/1, Jay 1/0.
Alex T
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| Long-tailed Tit |
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| Jay |
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