3rd August 2012 Whitbread Hollow Cloud 7/8 (rain later), wind SW3 (with gusts), warm

Bob & Sarah went ringing in Whitbread Hollow and finally a few passerine migrants were on the move. Birds ringed in brackets:

 

Green Woodpecker 2 (1)

Grest Spotted Woodpecker 1
Grasshopper Warbler 1 (1)
Lesser Whitethroat 1 (1)
Whitethroat 1 (1) – the only one?!
Garden Warbler 1 (1)
Blackcap 15 (10) – 70% of those ringed were adults – worrying - perhaps an early indication of a poor breeding season?
Chiffchaff 2 (1)
Willow Warbler 15 (7)
Bullfinch 1 (1)

Small Copper 3

Gatekeeper 4
Dark Arches moth 1