Back to the records again and I discover, not only how variable our reporting has been but that Tree Pipit, like Ring Ouzel, are much commoner in the autumn period at a ratio of 4:1 in favour of return migration. I think the figures below are somewhat awry in that pipits tend to hang around for longer and this could mean an underestimate for "bird day" numbers.
To have one singing, albeit sub-song, is wonderful, but from the records I believe it's not the first.
Year
|
Total
|
Spring
|
Highlight
|
2009
|
10
|
1 on 25/4
|
On the 29/8 2 by Alex and a possible further 6 by Jubilee
|
2010
|
8
|
4 with the first on the 20/4
|
|
2011
|
11
|
1
on the 8/4
|
|
2012
|
7
|
0
|
|
2013
|
6
|
3, with the first on the 31/4
|
|
2014
|
10
|
1 on the 10/5
|
|
2015
|
16
|
4, first on 10/4
|
3 on the 10/8
|
2016
|
24
|
4 all on 14/4
|
|
2017
|
8
|
3, first on 25/4
|
|
2018
|
1
|
13/4
|
|
101
|
22
|
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