CES Visit 8 21/07/2018

Visit 7 + 8 as in the past heralds most adults that we're catching starting to go through post breeding moult, we notice that visit 8 produces the majority of species starting to moult. This session we had Song Thrush, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, Blue Tit all going through post breeding moult.

With 40 birds caught, this visit it kept us slightly busier than previous sessions with some moult scoring taking place!

Species	Total New	Retraps
Blackcap	2
Blue Tit	7	2
Bullfinch	1
Chaffinch	1
Chiffchaff	6	1
Common Whitethroat	4
Dunnock		1
Great Tit	2	1
Robin	2
Song Thrush	1	2
Treecreeper	1
Willow Warbler	1	1
Wren	3	1
13 Species	31	9

CES Visit 7 06/07/2018

CES Visit 7 - 06/07/2018

Visit 7 just became the top visit with 34 birds surpassing Visit 6 by 1 bird!

Although we had 2 more Chiffchaff on this visit compared to last years we were still down overall with this species which is usually our most abundant breeding migrant at Hadfast Valley.

Species	Total New	Retraps
Blackcap	4
Blue Tit	5	1
Chiffchaff	4	3
Dunnock	1
Great Tit	5	1
Robin	3
Treecreeper	1	1
Willow Warbler	1
Wren	4
9 Species	28	6