Mid June 2020

June 20th. A morning ringing session in East Dunes provided 14 new birds: 2 Wren, a Chiffchaff, a Blackcap, 3 Whitethroat, a Lesser Whitethroat, a Blue Tit, a Great Tit, a Reed Warbler, a Dunnock, a Song Thrush and a Blackbird; and 5 retraps: 2 Great Tit, a Goldfinch, a Lesser Whitethroat and a Sedge Warbler.

June 19th. The fifth session of CES was done this morning. The 39 new birds were 4 Wren, 3 Chiffchaff, 3 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Sedge Warbler, a Robin, 3 Great Tit, a Linnet, 6 Whitethroat, a Blackcap, 9 Blue Tit, a Lesser Whitethroat, 3 Dunnock, a Blackbird and a Kestrel. The 21 retraps were a Wren, 5 Sedge Warbler, 2 Blackcap, 2 Robin, 4 Whitethroat, 2 Chiffchaff, a Chaffinch, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, a Long-tailed Tit and a Blue Tit.

June 18th.

June 17th. A morning ringing session in East Dunes resulted in 11 new birds: a Chiffchaff, a Robin, 3 Whitethroat, 2 Meadow Pipit, 2 Great Tit and 2 Dunnock; and 6 retraps: 2 Lesser Whitethroat, a Whitethroat, a Great Tit, a Chiffchaff and a Dunnock.

June 16th. A morning ringing session in East Dunes produced 4 new birds: a Linnet, a Meadow Pipit, a Whitethroat and a Starling; and 7 retraps: 4 Whitethroat, 2 Lesser Whitethroat and a Dunnock.
 A morning ringing session at Aylmer Avenue by Jenni Godber produced 13 new birds: a Chiffchaff, 3 Sedge Warbler, 5 Whitethroat and 4 Blackcap; and 14 retraps: 5 Sedge Warbler, 2 Whitethroat, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 3 Dunnock, a Chiffchaff and a Wren. 

June 15th. A morning ringing session in East Dunes produced 12 new birds: a Lesser Whitethroat, a Meadow Pipit, a Great Tit, a Linnet, 4 Blue Tit, a Whitethroat, a Blackbird and 2 Starling; and 7 retraps: a Robin, a Great Tit, a Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Whitethroat, a Wren and a Blue Tit.

June 14th. A morning ringing session in East Dunes provided 5 new birds: a Blackcap, 3 Whitethroat and a Linnet; and 6 retraps: a Sedge Warbler, a Dunnock, 2 Great Tit and 2 Whitethroat.

June 13th. A morning ringing session in East Dunes yielded 10 new birds: a Chiffchaff, a Linnet, 3 Whitethroat, a Robin, a Sedge Warbler, 2 Great Tit and a Dunnock; and 3 retraps: a Great Tit, a Whitethroat and a Lesser Whitethroat.

June 12th. Birds around, including those trapped, were a Red-backed Shrike and a Cetti's Warbler.
 A morning ringing session in East Dunes produced 18 new birds: a Sedge Warbler, a Chaffinch, 3 Great Tit, 3 Linnet, 4 Meadow Pipit, 4 Whitethroat, a Cetti's Warbler and a Red-backed Shrike;and 10 retraps: 4 Great Tit, 5 Whitethroat and a Dunnock.
Red-backed Shrike, ringed 12 June 2020.
Photo - George Gregory
Red-backed Shrike, ringed 12 June 2020.
Photo - George Gregory
Cetti's Warbler, ringed 12 June 2020.
Photo - George Gregory

June 11th.