Tuesday 15th April 2025

 

 

Finally a few April showers to break the dry spell and even a couple cracks of thunder for added effect. Today marked the first Lesser Whitethroats of the year of which we had 4. Plenty of other migrants to accompany; 15 Blackcap,1 Black Redstart, 10 Chiffchaff, 1 Brambling, 1 Chaffinch, 9 Meadow Pipit, 2 Redwing, 2 Song Thrush, 5 Swallow, 8 Wheatear, 4 Whitethroat and 6 Willow Warbler. 

Numbers of moths and diversity of species is still really poor this year. The Light Brown Apple Moth is considered an invasive species from Australia and probably colonised here around the 1930s. 

Ringing: 2 Blackbird, 6 Blackcap, 8 Chiffchaff, 1 Willow Warbler, 1 Wren