In time for Easter...

Hooray....2 male Blackcaps on site today.....together, so im guessing they have just arrived.

0915 - 1145 overcast, cool, NW f1-3

Schools out....and so am I for a few days.  I was going to set up my new ringing site this morning, but the wind was still too much to be holding out mist nets....so this would have to wait till later when the wind is less...er....windy!

So I decided to pay a visit to the pits to see if there was any progress to be had on warblers.....the Blackcaps were being ushered along by a Chiffchaff...couldnt really make out if it was showing them round, like an estate agent...or helping them on their way.....maybe they had all arrived together...?

So...what was around the pits today....

Great Tit, Robin, Woodpigeon, Dunnock, Blackbird, Wren, Yellowhammer, Chaffinch, Goldfinch, Skylark, Green Woodpecker, Song Thrush, Feral Pigeon, Reed Bunting, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Bullfinch, Magpie, Crow, Blue Tit, Sparrowhawk, 3 Grey Wagtails, Long Tail Tit, 3 Meadow Pipit, Buzzard, Starling, 

Warbler count:

28 Chiffchaff
2 Blackcap

On the pits:

38 Coot, 70 Tufted Duck, 18 Mallard, 6 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Little Grebe, 5 Mute Swan, 11 Shoveler, 2 Pochard, 8 Cormorant, 2 Gadwall, 3 Moorhen, 2 Teal, 3 Grey Heron, 5 Canada Geese, 4 Greylag Geese, 9 Black Headed Gull, 2 Lesser Black Back Gull.