96 HAYDOCK MELANERPE FORMICIVORUS ARNOLDI HASTINGS April 25 11:20 - Male guarding watch. Birds in group. B♂ 1212 (yellow paint) - B♂ 1026 (green paint) - B♂ 1027 (blue paint) B♂ 1222 (reddish orange) yellow/m H♀ 2034 - Red-orange(w)/L green √ seen H♀ 2462 - L-blue L green /m D blue-yellow(w)/Red Lpk(w) √ seen H♂ 2439 - Black-green/yellow m / black Not seen. See;♀ Dblue-yellow(w)/? (w) (2462) ♀ yellow/m (2034) ♂ ? / L-green (1027) paint job ♂ ? / dark/light (blue?) (1027) not very good. 1:50 - End obs - April 26 7:00 Male guarding observations continued. 10:00 End obs. May 2 7:20 - Started male guarding obs. at A1 again. - Ended obs. They do not seem to be guardings May 5 7:15 - Started male guarding obs. Breeding males and Females are staying together, but very difficult to observe. They are spending most of the time foraging on young leaves/ buds in oaks/thick foliage. 8:45 - End observations May 6 7:20 - Started male guarding observations. 8:30 - End obs. do not seem to be male guarding. Breeding♀ seen above for 8 min. May 9 7:20 - Started another attempt at a male guarding watch. 8:01 - They are still not male guarding.