Breeding Season CES 1

 Gareth and young prodigy, Hadyn, opened the breeding season CES on 01 May in excellent weather conditions (calm, dry and overcast). Jerry joined to assist mid-morning.

The session resulted in the 8th highest catch in some 40 years of CED at the lake (the 7th highest in the last 10 years) with a total of 21 ringed and 19 retraps.

The inclusion of a whitethroat was the highlight. This species has not been ringed annually during the group’s history (generally only 1 or 2 per year) although more regular in recent years (with 30 in the last 10 years). Whitethroat are typically caught in autumn following beeeding at the nearby Caeau Ty Mawr meadows.

Bird of the day, whitethroat

The bird list (retraps in brackets) was as follows:

WILWA 3 (4)

CHIFF 1

CETWA (2)

REEWA 1

GARWA 2 (4)

WHITE 1

BULLF 4 (1)

GOLDF 5

ROBIN (1)

DUNNO 2 (1)

SONTH 1

BLABI 1 (1)

WREN (2)

BLACA (2)

BLUTI (1)