16/09 THatcham Marsh LNR

Location: Thatcham Marsh LNR

Session: 16-Sep-2018 07:30 to 11:15hrs

Headlines: Another audio powered session today, produced a reasonable capture of Blackcaps, bolstered by a tit flock, a few Chiffchaff and three late-ish Reed Warblers. But, the bird of the day was a sprite of the forest, an immaculate male Firecrest. 

Weather: sunny with cloud, calm early, breezy later, cool

Present: JL, IW, JHW, VG, RGS, RDW

Nets: 216metres in two rides of 198m (reed bed), 18m (scrub) up from 08:00 to 10:45hrs

Lure (A): Playlists: Warblers, Miscellaneous Migrants, Reed Bunting, shuffled intermittently.

Capture (New/Recapture) 62(51/11)	Matching Visit: none
Species New Rtp Juv Adult BLACA 17 1 18 BLUTI 8 3 8 3 CETWA 2 2 CHIFF 5 5 FIREC 1 1 GOLDC 2 2 GRSWO 1 1 GRETI 2 1 2 1 LOTTI 5 2 full grown REEBU 2 2 3 1 REEWA 3 3 ROBIN 1 1 TREEC 1 1 WREN 2 1 3	Species New Rtp Juv Adult

Recaptures: (11)  all recent except:
Blue Tit ringed 05-Oct-2014
Long-tailed Tit ringed 04-Sep-2014, 08-Oct-2017

1st Summer Male Firecrest

Sightings 31 Species: Ian’s list, nothing notable, a trickle of hirundine through south, mostly House Martins with a few Swallows