Sunday 21st May 2023
Dave, James, Stu, Joe
Birds caught:
Whitethroat 1/0; Goldfinch 1/0; Blue Tit 2/0; Sedge Warbler 1/7; Blackbird 0/1; Dunnock 2/1; Reed Warbler 7/1; Robin 0/3: Cettis Warbler 1/2; Chiffchaff 1/3; Song Thrush 1/1; Kingfisher 0/1; Reed Bunting 1/3
Total birds: 41
Also seen / heard: Cuckoo, 2 Little Egret ; Mute Swan with 5 cygnets; Linnet
Previous years
2023: 31 2022: 55 2021: 41 2019: 40 ; 2018: 52; 2017: 36; 2016: 53; 2015: 28; 2014:33
Sunday 14th May 2023
Stu, Linda, Joe, Dave, James
Cool start, then sunny, mist til around 9am
Birds caught: Lesser Whitethroat 1/0; Goldfinch 1/0; Blackcap 1/1; Wren 1/0; Blue Tit 1/2; Sedge Warbler 9/3; Blackbird 3/1; Dunnock 1/2; Reed Warbler 3/0; Robin 2/0; Great Tit 1/1; Cettis Warbler 0/1; Chiffchaff 2/2; Garden Warbler 3/2; Song Thrush 1/0
Total birds caught: 45
Previous years 2022 : 42 2021: 48 2020: 54 2019: 40 2018: 52; 2017: 36; 2016: 53; 2015: 28; 2014:33
Monday 1st May 2023
Stu, Linda, Joe, Dave, Claire
Very wet along rides, scrape up.
Mink activity noted / sighted.
4 or 5 male Cetti's singing.
Birds ringed:
Blackcap 2/0; Lesser Whitethroat 2/0; Cetti's Warbler 2/2; Chiffchaff 7/1; Sedge Warbler 7/2; Blackbird 2/1; Reed Warbler 3/1; Wren 0/1; Song Thrush 3/0; Kingfisher 2/0; bullfinch 0/2; Dunnock 3/1; Garden Warbler 3/0
Total ringed : 49
Previous years CES 1: Previous: 2014: 33; 2015: 35; 2016: 31; 2017: 32; 2018: 37 2019: 39 2020: N/A (Covid) 2021: 43 2022: 41
Also seen: Gadwall 2, Coot 2, Swallow 1, Grey Heron 1, Tawny Owl 1, Mute Swan 2, Canada Goose 4, Greylag Goose 2, Oystercatcher 2, Skylark 1
CES 10
Sunday 27th August 2022
CES 9
Saturday 23rd July 2022
Reed Warbler 13/7; Blackcap 15/4; Blue Tit 1/0; Great Tit 1/0; Goldfinch 1/0; Kingfisher 2/0; Sedge Warbler 1/0; Robin 1/1; Long-tailed Tit 1/0; Chiffchaff 1/0; Blackbird 1/0; Wren 0/1; Reed Bunting 0/1; Dunnock 0/1
Total birds: 53 ( 14 species)
Previous years: 2021: 96 2020- no record 2019: 103 2018: 86 2017 - weather cancelled ; 2016 - 48 ; 2015 - no record ; 2014 - 86
CES 8
Sunday 10th July 2022
Dave, Stu, Joe, Claire
Birds caught: Blue Tit 1/1; Reed Bunting 5/0; Sedge Warbler 4/5; Blackcap 6/1; Song Thrush 3/0; Whitethroat 2/0; Reed Warbler 4/9; Chiffchaff 3/1; Wren 2/0; Robin 1/0; linnet 1/0; Goldfinch 1/0; Kingfisher 0/1; Great Tit 1/0
Total birds: 51
Previous years:2021: 81 2020: 57; 2019: 101; 2018: 109; 2017: 129; 2016: 55; 2015: 39; 2014: 44
Sunday 3rd July 2022
Dave, Joe, Linda
Last hour lost, just when it seemed birds moving ...
Birds caught: Long-Tailed Tit 3/1; Kingfisher 1/0; Blackcap 1/3; Reed Bunting 1/0; Dunnock 1/0; Reed Warbler 11/6; Robin 5/0; Garden Warbler 2/0; Blackbird 2/2; Song Thrush 1/0; Great Tit 5/1; Wren 2/1; Chiffchaff 5/0; Blue Tit 4/2; Treecreeper 1/0
Total birds : 61
Previous years: 2021: 89 2020: 65; 2019: 106; 2018: 58 ; 2017: 92 ; 2016: 90 ; 2015: 59; 2014: 48
CES 6 lost due to weather.
On Clee Hill - confirmed breeding pair of Black Redstart:
Stonechat numbers at record high - probably following two mild winters - so far 81 adults trapped for RAS, with double usual number of nests, totalling c100.
After many years of absence, 4 Wheatear have been ringed.
Sunday 18th June 2022
Dave, Stu, Joe
Birds caught: Sedge Warbler 0/5; Blackcap 3/0; Cetti's Warbler 0/2; Reed Bunting 7/2; Dunnock 2/2; Reed Warbler 5/7; Robin 1/1; Garden Warbler 1/0
Total birds: 38
Previous years: Total birds: 2021: 73 2020: 87 2019: 93 2018: 62 2017: 71 2016: 56 2015: 27 2014: 43 )
