Goldcrests..........the even bigger view

To:
Pembs birds (pembsbirds@hotmail.co.uk)
The 2009 BirdTrack graph for Goldcrest is worth a look:-
http://blx1.bto.org/bt-dailyresults/results/s424-20-09.html
The 2009 percentage (of Goldcrest recorded in full species lists) values are consistently at levels around 50% of those recorded in either 2008 and 2007. This seems to have persisted throughout all months of 2009, and is quite unlike the BirdTrack graphs for Wren or Long-tailed Tit (species thought likely to have been hit by the relative severity of last winter) which seem to have recovered to '08 and '07 levels after the breeding season.
Gareth