|
Bough
Beech
- Breeding Sucess 2006
The
nestbox monitoring team produced the following figures:-
TITS
| Species |
Blue
Tit |
Great
Tit |
Marsh
Tit |
Total |
| Boxes
monitored |
24 |
7 |
1 |
32 |
| Boxes
predated/abandoned |
10 |
3 |
1 |
14 |
| Eggs
laid |
234 |
65 |
9 |
308 |
| Dead
eggs |
24 |
|
|
24 |
| Dead
young |
|
3 |
9 |
12 |
| Estimate
of young fledged |
129 |
36 |
0 |
165 |
OTHER
SPECIES
| Species |
Nestboxes |
Eggs
laid |
Eggs
hatched |
Young
fledged |
Remarks |
| Kestral |
1 |
5 |
3 |
1 |
|
| Mandarin |
8 |
45 |
12 |
12 |
3
boxes takenover by Jackdaws |
| Jackdaw |
12 |
56 |
15 |
3 |
1
box taken over by Stock Doves |
| Stock
Dove |
2 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
|
| Tawny
Owl |
1 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
|
It
is thought that the large discrepancy between eggs laid and young fledged
in both the above tables may be due to the activities of the Tawny Owls.
Other
breeding activity was as follows:-
| Species |
Remarks |
| Little
Grebe |
1
pair bred and produced 1 or 2 young. |
| Great
Crested Grebe |
4
pairs nested and produced 8 young. |
| Grey
Heron |
There
were 25 occupied nests this year a considerably greater number than
previously |
| Cetti's
Warbler |
A
pair probably nested close to the road at the Oasthouse end of the
Causeway |
| Common
Tern |
At
least 6 pairs nested, and produced 8 or 9 young. |
| Nightingale |
Although
only occasionally seen or heard it is likely that 4 pairs nested.
|
Other
species known to have bred included:-
| Mallard |
Moorhen |
Coot |
| Stock
Dove |
Woodpigeon |
Swallow |
| House
Martin |
Grey
Wagtail |
Pied
Wagtail |
| Wren |
Dunnock |
Robin |
| Blackbird |
Song
Thrush |
Reed
Warbler |
| Lesser
Whitethroat |
Whitethroat |
Garden
Warbler |
| Blackcap |
Chiffchaff |
Long-tailed
Tit |
| Nuthatch |
Magpie |
Jackdaw |
| Rook |
Crow |
Starling |
| Greenfinch |
Goldfinch |
Linnet |
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