April was a better month for our ringing team with migrant warblers beginning to return. We ran 14 sessions at 3 sites, including our first CES (constant effort site) at Thornwick, 122 birds caught over the month with 89 new and 33 re-traps.
This month we returned to a site that hasn’t been used for a number of years, Thornwick roost – a small damp, scrubby and reedy area that attracts Warblers, Wagtails and Hirundines.
Warblers caught over the month included:
13 Chiffchaff
9 Blackcap
6 Sedge Warbler
5 Lesser Whitethroat
3 Willow Warbler
2 Reed Warbler
