Sussex Ornithological Society Firecrest Survey Crowborough 27/06/2018

This morning I completed my final visit to TQ52## for the Firecrest survey.  The sun was shining brightly, even penetrating the dense canopy. Of all of my visits, this was the one on which I hoped to see if any young had been raised. For the first half an hour of my walk, I only noted three Goldcrest territories, and one Firecrest, which I determined to investigate further later on. I walked into the compartment that had held the most last time I visited. Walking quite deep in, I found a small family group of Firecrests, with at least two young amongst them. On the other side of the path there was another territory, and this I discovered had four young Firecrests, as well as the two parents. The rest of the hour was rather an anti-climax, but I found at least two more young, out of the nest. This means that this square has got at least three Firecrest territories, which have so far brought up at least eight young this year so far!