11/08 Thatcham Marsh LNR

Location: Thatcham Marsh LNR

Session: 11-Aug-2019 07:00 to 10:50hrs

Notes: As it was a non-CES week we decided to tidy up some of the scrub rides, this took about 40 minutes. At 08:00 we erected a couple of nets and ran some audio lures, result a good capture of species for this site in recent times. The first full round after nets up produced mostly Blackcaps with some acrocephalus, Chiffchaffs, a Dunnock and a Bullfinch. The next round produced a similar number of birds and the following round just prior to the intended nets down time produced five birds. After processing these we expected to return and find the nets empty, except the second of the two nets was full of birds including a few tits. It was a good session, made more enjoyable as we were joined by Jone from the Nature Discovery Centre and were able demonstrate our knowledge and test her ID skills and who provided coffee and muffins, nice

Weather: sunny periods, overcast, breezy, cool

Present: JL, IW, DL, JHW, JA

Nets: 36m in 1ride (1A) up from 08:00 to 010:30hrs

Lure (audio): misc. migrants, warblers intermittently 

Capture (New/Recapture) 51(50/01) 13 Species	Matching Visit: none
Species New Rtp Juv Adult BLACA 17 17 BLUTI 5 5 BULLF 1 1 CETWA 2 2 CHIFF 14 13 1 DUNNO 1 1 GOLDC 1 1 GRETI 1 1 REEWA 3 3 ROBIN 1 1 SEDWA 3 3 WHITE 1 1 WREN 1 1	Species New Rtp Juv Adult

Recaptures: (1) recently ringed Wren.

Sightings 37 Species: Green Sandpipers quite active flying about, no hirundine seen otherwise much as expected.

Blackbird Blackcap Black-headed Gull Blue Tit Bullfinch Canada Goose Carrion Crow Cetti's Warbler Chaffinch Chiffchaff Collared Dove Cormorant Dunnock Goldcrest Goldfinch Great Spotted Woodpecker Great Tit Green Sandpiper Green Woodpecker

Grey Heron Greylag Goose Jackdaw Jay Kingfisher Lesser Black-backed Gull Long-tailed Tit Magpie Mallard Moorhen Nuthatch Reed Bunting Reed Warbler Robin Sedge Warbler Whitethroat Woodpigeon Wren