June 11th (New Hythe)

 06:00 - 09:00 2X40 1X40 (West Scrub)

I was ringing this morning,clear and warm from the start.

Just six birds caught.

Blackcap  1 juv

Whitethroat 1 (5) M 

Dunnock  1 juv

Wren  1 juv

Chiffchaff  (6) M ringed,West Scrub as a juv 01 08 21 (retrap)

Wren  (5) M ringed West Scrub as a (3) 24 10 22 (retrap)

Four Red Kites,followed by a single past over Tesco lake during the morning.Last week several pairs of Nightingales were seen with food for their young  and a drake Teal was seen on the river in the area of Eccles Island Creek,an unusual record for June.Although Teal have been recorded as breeding in the past.