I have done very little birding over the last few days due to taking part at an agility competition with "Spot the birdie twitcher Tor" and Jaeger "pirate in the skies". Both did well !!
There are still a couple of reeling Grasshopper Warblers near to Blueberry and a Barn Owl hunting below Hanging Houghton.

Dave Francis has been ringing at Pitsford Reservoir

Well the CES season has started!  Below are the overall totals for the first visit, which includes a very few birds caught while setting up on Sunday and the real CES catch on Monday.

Species  New   Retrap      Total

Blaca      10        1              11

Bluti        5          4                9

Wren      7          0                7

Treec      2          3                5

Chiff        5          0                5

Robin      4          1                5

Blabi        4          1               5

Lotti         1          3               4

Garwa     3          1               4

Dunno    4           0               4

Bullf        3           0               3

Wilwa     0           1               1

Reebu     1           0               1

Jay           0           1               1

Total       49         16             65

The overall total was 65 captures.  The species variety is typical of the CES site, comprising as it does, wet scrub and nearby mixed woodland/plantation.

The Garwa and Blabi re-traps were both originally ringed as adults in May 2015 and are thus 5+ years old.

The Jay was originally ringed in May 2013 and is thus 7+ years old.

The remaining re-traps are more recent.

This is a good start to the season but the catches will greatly increase in a few weeks with all the juvenile birds about!