After some heavy rain in the night it was quite still at 6am, but soon began to get windier as forecast. Despite the light showers that affected us between about 08:30am and 10:00am, that had not been in the forecast, we managed without any problems and finished on 31 birds.
Recaptures included a Chiffchaff ringed as a 3J in 2022 and caught every year since and a male Yellowhammer ringed in 2022 and not seen since its recapture in June of that year.
Known age Yellowhammer, hatch year 2021
A new Yellowhammer, aged 5, had changed part of its tail.
There were some nice captures of juvenile Long-tailed Tit and Robin, out in largish groups and without any apparent parental supervision.
Red Kite nest, probably with chicks from the behaviour of the adults, also located.
Total: 26 (5)
Blackcap - 1
Blue Tit - 2
Chiffchaff - 5 (2)
Dunnock - 2
Goldcrest - 0 (1)
Long-tailed Tit - 9
Robin - 6
Whitethroat - 0 (1)
Yellowhammer - 1 (1)