Better late than never !?
Comparisons between 2011 and 2012:
Numbers of boxes used 2011 - 56 2012 - 62
Numbers ringed 2011 - 412 2012 - 263
Numbers fledged 2011 - 405 2012 - 293
Nests by species
2012: 20 Great Tit ( 2011 : 17 ) 4 Pied Flycatcher ( 1 ) 34 Blue Tit ( 31 ) 1 Redstart ( 1 ) ( same nest box ) 1 Marsh Tit ( 3 ) 2 Nuthatch ( 3 )
Sadly the Marsh Tit nest was predated just before fledging. One of the Pied Flycatcher nests was washed out, along with a number of the late broods for tits. Lilleshall was the poorest location with only 76% of eggs hatching and only 63% of hatched eggs surviving to fledge.
A poor season with smaller broods, some tits with one or two eggs, many chicks dead in nest. Dry spring, wettest early summer in c 100 years. Cold too.
Egg to fledge by site totals:
Lilleshall 2011 : 65 % 2012 : 48 %
Roman Bank 2011 : 94 % 2012 : 81 %
Wenlock FS 2011 : 81 % 2012 : 67 %
Wenlock NB 2011 : 90 % 2012 : 71 %
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