Monday 13 September 2010

13th September 2010 Beachy & Whitbread Hollow NW3 increasing 4-5

RDME went ringing with lots of common migrants again present with birds trapped in brackets:
Swift 1
Swallow 150+
House Martin 200+
Grasshopper Warbler 1
Sedge Warbler 1 (1)
Reed Warbler 1 (1)
Lesser Whitethroat 1 (1)
Whitethroat 20 (3)
Garden Warbler 1 (1)
Blackcap 200 (76)
Chiffchaff 150 (52)
Willow Warbler 2
Pied Flycatcher 1 Belle Tout Wood
Spotted Flycatcher 2

Adonis Blue 1
Forest Bug 1

Bob was told that there was no sign of the Icterine Warbler or Ortolan Bunting today.

Adonis Blue in Chat Vale (Roger Haggar)

Forest Bug Pentatoma rufipes at Belle Tout (Roger Haggar)