08/09 Thatcham Marsh LNR

Location: Thatcham Marsh LNR

Session: 08-Sep-2019 07:00 to 11:10hrs

Notes: A steady session with lots more Blackcaps on the move again, and included a 80mm winged individual and one the weighed 22.6 grams. We missed a couple of Reed Buntings that were able to get out of the nets before we could get to them. Many birds stayed in the scrub and did not venture out on the reed bed. Although a good capture not as good as last year’s matching visit.

Weather: sunny period, cool warm in the sun, calm.

Present: JL, IW, DL

Nets: 28metres in two rides of 198m, 30m, up from 07:30 to 10:30hrs

Lure (audio): misc. migrants, warblers, aquatic warbler, reed bunting intermittently 

Capture (New/Recapture) 55(59/05) 10 Species	Matching Visit: 09/09/2018 88(78/10) 17 Species
Species New Rtp Juv Adult BLABI 1 1 BLACA 26 26 BLUTI 4 4 CETWA 1 1 CHIFF 10 9 1 DUNNO 1 1 REEWA 2 2 ROBIN 5 3 7 1 TREEC 1 1 WREN 1 1	Species New Rtp Juv Adult BLACA 27 27 BLUTI 8 1 9 BULLF 1 1 CETWA 1 3 CHIFF 16 16 DUNNO 1 1 GOLDC 1 1 GRSWO 1 1 GRETI 3 1 2 2 KINGF 1 1 LOTTI 2 1 REEBU 3 3 REEWA 8 1 9 SEDWA 1 1 SONTH 1 1 WILWA 2 2 WREN 2 2 4

Recaptures: (05) recent except Cetti’s Warbler ringed as an adult female 05/05/2019

Sightings 32 Species: the Green Sandpipers flew over, first two calling then a "quiet"singleton. We have not had a pheasant here for a while also still the odd Reed  Warbler about.

Blackbird                                   Blackcap                                   Black-headed Gull                   Blue Tit                                      Canada Goose                         Carrion Crow                            Cetti's Warbler                         Chiffchaff                                  Coal Tit                                      Cormorant                                 Dunnock                                   Goldcrest                                  Goldfinch                                  Great Spotted Woodpecker   Green Sandpiper (3) Green Woodpecker

Grey Wagtail                            Jackdaw                                    Jay                                             Little Grebe                               Long-tailed Tit                          Magpie                                      Mallard                                      Moorhen                                    Nuthatch                                   Pheasant (1)                             Reed Bunting                           Reed Warbler                           Robin                                         Treecreeper                              Woodpigeon                             Wren