Tuesday 3 May 2016

Cors Caron Breeding Bird Survey

We do 3 years on, 3 years off BBS for Cors Caron NNR and we've just started a new set of three years this Spring. First visits were last week - the reserve is divided into four sections and I did my two visits on Tuesday & Thursday. Roy Bamford does the other two and his were on Monday & Tuesday.
Highlights for me were a few whitethroats and double figures of grasshopper warbler on both visits and nine whinchat singing on Thursday, just a couple of sedge warblers on Thursday - as Liz says, the bulk seem to be arriving at the moment; also a couple of whimbrel calling on the West side of the bog somewhere on Thursday and my first two cuckoos.
Despite the cold weather, two broods of mallard and two of Canada geese as well.