Tuesday 7 August 2018

Wendover CES 10 - 7th August 2018


7 August 2018, 
560ft nets (standard CES pattern), 
nets open from 04:34 to 10:34
Calm, dry, mostly clear sky.

Species
Total
New Bird
Retrap
Blackbird
4
2 (3J = 2)
2
Blackcap
5
4 (3J = 3)
1 (3J = 1)
Blue Tit
1
1 (3J = 1)

Bullfinch
3
1 (3J = 1)
2
Chiffchaff
2
1 (3J = 1)
1 (3J = 1)
Dunnock
1
1 (3J = 1)

Garden Warbler
2
2 (3J = 2)

Great Tit
3
3 (3J = 3)

Long-tailed Tit
1
1 (3J = 1)

Robin
5
1 (3J = 1)
4 (3J = 4)
Song Thrush
4
4 (3J = 3)

Whitethroat
4
4 (3J = 4)

Total
35
25
10

A below average catch for CES#10 (mean 46) but made up for by 2 x GARWA (our first since 2015) and 4 nice juvenile WHITE (our first for 2018).  We have seen juvenile WHITE first appear as early as the 1st week of June (2005) and as late as the 3rd week of August (2013).  No June appearances have occurred since 2011.  The annual numbers of that species captured since 2011 have fallen noticeably and that trend looks set to continue.  A single LOTTI was surprisingly the first for this year.
Mike did well to successfully extract a Black-tailed skimmer from Net 5 and also a large Bumblebee species from Net 1 – only to get a stung finger for his trouble.

Ringers Mike, Ginny & Pete

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