14 April 2018

Tree Pipit



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


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