It's now been 2 weeks since my last check of the nestboxes at Linacre, so I went down this morning with 2 other members of
Sorby Breck Ringing Group (thanks Sarah and Robin), to see how things had progressed. We found a total of 25 active nests (24 with eggs, and 1 with the first chicks of 2019; 8
Great Tits). Unfortunately, they weren't quite big enough to ring. The other nests were a mixture of
Blue and
Great Tits and contained between 5 and an impressive 14 eggs. A minimum of 2, possibly 3
Pied Flycatchers were also present and singing. The
Mallard nest I found on a wall at the start of the month had, unfortunately, but not surprisingly, been predated. A
Nuthatch was seen taking food into a natural cavity, possibly feeding a sitting bird? The results of today's visit will be entered into the
BTO's Nest Record Scheme.
Nest with 14 eggs
Whilst on site, we also recorded a couple of
Canada Geese (still quite uncommon for Linacre), a pair of
Raven flying over,
Siskin (heard in the conifer woodlands by the top reservoir), 2
Buzzards and a new micro moth species
Adela reaumurella.
Adela reaumurella
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