Location: Thatcham Marsh LNR
Session: 24/04/2022 07:30 to 11:30hrs
Notes: The first Reed Warblers of the year today included a returnee
ringed as an adult 12/06/2021. More Sedge Warblers including two that were still
around after being ringed last week. No
sign of last weeks bird that had been ringed as a juvenile at Barcote Farm, Bampton, Oxfordshire, on the 12/08/2021, 40Km away. Two Treecreepers amongst several birds from the scrub nets; probably a pair, one had a CP and the other had a BP.
Present: JL,DL,JHW,IW,NC
Weather: Overcast with sunny periods, cold, breezy north-easterly.
Nets: 228metres in 3 rides, 18Mx11 reed bed plus 18m and 12M scrub
nets up from 08:00 to 10:30 hrs
Lures: None 
Reed Warbler just back from south of the Sahara Desert
Recaptures:(10)Chiffchaff ringed: 25/04/2021x2,
03/04/2022,17/04/2022Dunnock ringed:
23/05/2021Great Tit ringed:
10/04/2022Reed Warbler ringed: 12/06/2021Robin ringed:
18/05/2019Sedge Warbler ringed: 17/04/2022x2Treecreeper ringed: 10/04/2022
Sightings: 39 Avian Species A few more Sedge and Reed Warblers singing today, TheRaven flew West harassed
by two Carrion Crows, a few moments latter it flew back East withthe same
pursuers. The Garden Warbler was singing by the green gate and just one distantbubbling
call from a female Cuckoo heard. A team from the BBOWT bird race phoned from the main track to say they could see a Sparrowhawk in our nets unfortunately it
got out asthey were telling us.
Session: 24/04/2022 07:30 to 11:30hrs
Notes: The first Reed Warblers of the year today included a returnee ringed as an adult 12/06/2021. More Sedge Warblers including two that were still around after being ringed last week. No sign of last weeks bird that had been ringed as a juvenile at Barcote Farm, Bampton, Oxfordshire, on the 12/08/2021, 40Km away. Two Treecreepers amongst several birds from the scrub nets; probably a pair, one had a CP and the other had a BP.
Present: JL,DL,JHW,IW,NC
Nets: 228metres in 3 rides, 18Mx11 reed bed plus 18m and 12M scrub nets up from 08:00 to 10:30 hrs
Lures: None
Reed Warbler just back from south of the Sahara Desert
Recaptures:(10)
Chiffchaff ringed: 25/04/2021x2,
03/04/2022,17/04/2022
Dunnock ringed:
23/05/2021
Great Tit ringed:
10/04/2022
Reed Warbler ringed: 12/06/2021
Robin ringed:
18/05/2019
Sedge Warbler ringed: 17/04/2022x2
Treecreeper ringed: 10/04/2022
Sightings: 39 Avian Species A few more Sedge and Reed Warblers singing today, The
Raven flew West harassed
by two Carrion Crows, a few moments latter it flew back East with
the same
pursuers. The Garden Warbler was singing by the green gate and just one distant
bubbling
call from a female Cuckoo heard. A team from the BBOWT bird race phoned from
the main track to say they could see a Sparrowhawk in our nets unfortunately it
got out as
they were telling us.
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