Sunday, 7 June 2015

Sunday 7th June 2015

Today saw me out with the team from the North Wilts Ringing Group  (NWRG), for the fourth CES session of the season, a 4am start on site and it was already light!!

Much quieter today we think that the poor weather in May has had a negative effect on the early nesters, the beauty of the CES science is that it can monitor such an event.

There were a few highlights with young Robins, Dunnocks and Great Tits evident plus smart, recently fledged, Greenfinch, Reed Warbler and a family of four Chiffchaffs and best of all a Lesser Whitethroat which had clearly left the nest this morning.

Lesser Whitethroats are remarkable warblers spending the summers in the UK and Europe then migrating south of the Sahara for the winter, the entire world population is thought to follow the eastern Mediterranean coast into Israel/Jordan before hitting Africa... amazing



Tree Creeper fledgling

Reed Warbler Fledgling


Common Blue butterfly, female


Slow Worm, female

Lesser Whitethroat fledgling

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