CES 2 - more Cetti's, a Paris ring, 2 Yellow Wagtails headline

Sunday 8th May 2022

Stu, Joe, Dave, Linda, Claire

Cool, overcast, still.  

Birds caught:  Reed Warbler 2/4; Cetti's Warbler 2/2 (including a third female with brood patch);  Yellow Wagtail 2/0 (a pair in same net, female with brood patch);  Garden Warbler 1/1;  Dunnock 0/4;  Reed Bunting 2/4;  Sedge Warbler 3/2;  Blackcap 1/0;  Chiffchaff 1/2;  Bullfinch 1/0;  Wren 1/0;  blue Tit 1/1;  Kingfisher 0/1;  Blackbird 2/0;  Great Tit 1/1

Total birds 42

Previous: 2021: 48 2020: 54  2019: 40 2018: 52; 2017: 36; 2016: 53; 2015: 28;  2014:33

Also seen : Red Kite 1;  Coot 1;  Green Woodpecker 1;  Common Sandpiper 1;  Sparrowhawk 1

CES 1 - nice variety, Cetti's and an aged Reed Warbler caught for 5th time

 Sunday 1st May 2022

Stu, Joe, Dave, Linda, James

Cool, grey (as per previous weeks).  Scrape flooded, ponds dug, reeds shooting from controlled fire

Nice dawn chorus ...

Birds caught: Dunnock 0/2, Chiffchaff 1/1,  Reed Warbler 5/3* (including a bird ringed as a juvenile in July 2014),  Wren 1/1,  Blackcap 1/0,  Song Thrush 1/0,  Linnet 2/0,  Cetti's Warbler 2/0 (male and female with brood patch),  Kingfisher 0/1,  Robin 1/1,  Sedge Warbler 7/0,  Reed Bunting 2/5,  Blackbird 2/0,  Garden Warbler 0/2,  Willow Warbler 0/1 - 41 birds

Previous:  2014: 33;  2015: 35;  2016: 31;  2017: 32;  2018: 37  2019: 39  2020:  N/A (Covid) 2021: 43