Tuesday 7 August 2018

05/08 Thatcham Marsh LNR CES visit 2018.10

Location: Thatcham Marsh LNR CES visit 2018.10
Session: 05-Aug02018 05:30 to 10:30hrs
Headlines: Numbers down on last year indicating that departure from the reed bed is early in 2018 also, the scrub area capture was way down, particularly on last year. so far, this season captures from the scrub are sometimes good or as last week none. Whitethroat once regular here are now scarce visitors to the reed bed. Apart from a few stragglers (late fledging?) the local acrocephalus warblers appear to have gone. The matching 2017 visit was relatively busy in comparison to this year, a similar number of Reed Warblers though. A total of 17 in the standard nets is surprisingly not the worst capture for this visit, the average for visit 10 is 39; range 2016-14, 1995-85. Just two more visits to go.
Weather: Good ringing conditions, perhaps a little too bright on the nets, cooler than of late until the sun came over the trees, calm.
Present: JL, IW, DDL, JHW
Nets: 216metres of net in three rides of standard reed bed nets, 180m, addition scrub nets 18m, 18m up from 06:05 to 10:00hrs 
Lure (none): 
Capture (New/Recapture)
20(14/06) CES visit 2018.10
Matching Visit: 06-Aug-2017
39(30/09) CES visit 2017.10
Species
New
Rtp
Juv
Adult
BLACA
2

1
1
CETWA
1

1

GRETI
1
1
2

REEWA
3
3
2
4
ROBIN
1

1

WHITE
2

2

WREN
3
1
4

Species
New
Rtp
Juv
Adult
BLABI
1

1

BLACA
10

10

BLUTI
1
1
2

BULLF
1
1
1
1
CHIFF
4

4

DUNNO
1
1
2

GARWA
1

1

REEWA
5
4
5
4
ROBIN

1
1

SEDWA
1

1

WREN
5
1
6

Recaptures: (6) All recent except: Reed Warbler ringed 12-Aug-2017 as juvenile

Sightings 40 Species: Ian’s list: a good species count, best bird Kingfisher; general perception is that this species is illusive this year so far, otherwise much as expected but low numbers for some species.






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