So to the end of the 2018. December could not match November
for numbers and variety but we still had a reasonable amount. There were six new Chiffchaffs, one of which was retrapped, 42 Redwings and a single Fieldfare and a
selection of the usual suspects (see table below).
Intriguingly, we did catch a Female Cetti's Warbler that seems
to be choosing Wilstone as an over-wintering site. First ringed as an adult
during the winter of 2013, she has been retrapped on at least one occasion every winter since. There has not been a territorial male at Wilstone for the
intervening years so I think it unlikely that the female has been living in the
reed bed all year round and just venturing into the study area in the winter.
|
|
New
|
Retrap
|
Total
|
|
Blackbird
|
2
|
2
|
4
|
|
Blue Tit
|
2
|
2
|
4
|
|
Bullfinch
|
|
1
|
1
|
|
Cettis Warbler
|
|
3
|
3
|
|
Chaffinch
|
2
|
|
2
|
|
Chiffchaff
|
6
|
1
|
7
|
|
Dunnock
|
2
|
1
|
3
|
|
Fieldfare
|
1
|
|
1
|
|
Goldcrest
|
3
|
3
|
6
|
|
Goldfinch
|
1
|
|
1
|
|
Great Tit
|
3
|
1
|
4
|
|
Kingfisher
|
1
|
|
1
|
|
Long Tailed Tit
|
7
|
10
|
17
|
|
Redwing
|
42
|
|
42
|
|
Reed Bunting
|
2
|
|
2
|
|
Robin
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
|
Siskin
|
2
|
|
2
|
|
Song Thrush
|
1
|
|
1
|
|
Treecreeper
|
|
1
|
1
|
|
Wren
|
3
|
4
|
7
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
81
|
31
|
112
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