Winter casualties??

Re John M's comment about lask of small passerines in the woods at Glynaeron, we have just done two Atlas tetrads in an area which is usually swarming with Wrens - but recorded only 1 in one tetrad and 2 in another. OK so the Wrens may not have been very visible - not singing much yet - but it will be interesting to see what we pick up in the summer surveys.

There were, however, huge numbers of Blue Tits and a couple of flocks of Long Tailed Tits as well as Chaffinches everywhere, so there does not seem to be a general problem.

Greenfinches were postively rare though - one in one tetrad and 2 in another. We are currently seeing more Bullfinches than Greenfinches.

Rosemary