Visit 10 started at the usual time of 05:30. Very unusual for only 2 of us to manage along this morning. However, nets were duly erected and the first round of the morning began as soon as the last net was in position. Anticipation was high especially after visit 9 produced our best catch of the season. We were soon left wondering if this was going to be our worst session so far, by 10:45 over 5 hours later we had only caught 8 birds. The others that usually come out with us must have had some kind of premonition that this was going to be one of those days. The coffee out the flask was about empty when I suggested that we should really go and do another net round. Hallelujah, we more than doubled our tally of what we had caught all morning, this net round produced a grand total of 13, taking us to 21. We only managed to add another 5 birds by the time we had packed up at 12.30.
Another 8 new Chiffchaff with all but one being Juvenile, this now brings our Juvenile Chiff's up to 52.
| Species | Total | Retraps |
| Blackcap |
1
|
|
| Blue Tit |
3
|
1
|
| Bullfinch |
1
|
|
| Chiffchaff |
8
|
|
| Dunnock |
3
|
|
| Robin |
5
|
|
| Wren |
5
|
1
|
| 7 Species |
26
|
2
|
Apart from 2013-14 being quite exceptional, I suppose there hasn't been a great deal of variation in totals over the years, since we started our CES back in 2008 visit 10 has produced:
2008 = 29
2009 = 30
2010 = 34
2011 = 28
2012 = 34
2013 = 68
2014 = 47
2015 = 26
2016 = 26
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