Visit 5 was made on 14 June and produced 42 birds, much improved catch and timed perfectly for the visit of Jenny from Manchester University to take blood samples from some of the birds. Unfortunately, the recent strong winds had brought down a tree into the ride where net 5 is sited so we had to leave that net out for this visit. Blackcaps made up the majority of the catch, but it was nice to get 4 juvenile Treecreepers. A Blackcap from 2022 was the oldest retrap. We also had a control blackcap from Northamptonshire.
Visit 6 was made on 21 June and we were back to a low catch despite Emmeline and the volunteers from NWT clearing the fallen tree prior to our visit. We had just 19 birds, the usual mix, and the oldest retrap was a Reed Warbler from 2024.
Kev
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