06/08 Thatcham Marsh LNR CES visit 10

Location:Thatcham Marsh LNR visit 2017.10
Session: 06-Aug-2017 05:30 to 10:45hrs
Headlines: Weather conditions were quite good for CES 10 so a poor capture is disappointing but not unexpected. 23 is below the average of 40 for visit 10; range 2016-14 1995-85. Most acrocephalus warblers have left the reed bed along with many other migrants due to the wet weather in recent weeks; having just come back myself from the Med I am inclined to follow. As can be seen from the tables below 2016’s matching visit was even worse. Just two more visits to go before we can used lures to see what is passing through the site.
Weather: Sunny periods, warm, calm
Present: JL, IW, DL, JHW
Nets: 108metres in one standard net ride; no additional nets; up from 06:15 to 10:15hrs
Lure (none): 
Capture (New/Recapture)

23(14/09)	18(13/05) CES visit 10, 06-Aug-2016
Species New Rtp Juvs Adults BLUTI 1 1 BULLF 1 1 1 1 CHIFF 3 3 DUNNO 1 1 2 REEWA 5 4 5 4 ROBIN 1 1 SEDWA 1 1 WREN 3 1 4	Species New Rtp Juvs Adults BLUTI 1 1 1 1 CHIFF 3 1 3 1 REEWA 4 1 4 1 ROBIN 1 1 1 1 WREN 4 1 5

Recaptures: (09) all recent except: Reed Warbler 3y 11d, 2y 61d Bullfinch 2y 123d

Sightings 37 Species: Buzzards quite noisy calling frequently through the morning; still a few Swifts over; Cetti's Warblers relatively quiet; three Green Sandpipers over the best birds