25th and 28th July 2019

It’s always been more difficult to write this blog when the ringing hasn’t produced anything out of the ordinary. Two baking hot days at the end of the recent heatwave resulted in 109 new birds of 12 species: 5 Blackbird, 10 Blackcap, 1 Bullfinch, 1 Cetti’s Warbler, 8 Chiffchaff, 3 Dunnock, 3 Great Tit, 28 Reed Warbler, 3 Robin, 25 Sedge Warbler, 10 Willow Warbler and 12 Wren. I suppose I should be grateful for 82 warblers in two days!