Aylesbury Vale - visit 3

They weren't there when we drove in; mind you, it was dark, but even so, I think we would have noticed them! (Sheep)

Our third visit to this 15 year old, "wet", ash/oak woodland. Today was a touch on the blustery side and the nets blew, even though they were somewhat sheltered from the SW'ly wind.
We had our first re-traps today, namely 6 Bushtits, 2 Marsh Tits and a Great Tit, all being birds of the year from our previous visits.

Best bird today was another young Lesser Whitethroat on its way south.

Altogether, we are now up to 118 new birds of 18 species for the site since mid-August.
Today, we added:-
Blue Tit 7 (0) [18]
Great Tit 6 (1) [14]
Marsh Tit . (2) [3]
Long-tailed Bushtit 9 (6) [26]
Lesser Whitethroat 1 (0) [2]
Chiffchaff 2 (0) [14]
Wren 2 (0) [9]
Dunnock 1 (0) [6]
Brackets [] are the individual grand totals to put this catch in context.

I'm afraid the Chiffs, which I find endearing, took backstage today after the Sylvia.

We netted in some different locations today. Our "miss" of the day was a Great Spotted Woodpecker, which would have added another species. It hung on the upper shelf string until we moved to get it. Our intention is to return again in mid-October; maybe another chance?