Sunday, 10 July 2022

10/07 Thatcham Marsh LNR

Location: Thatcham Marsh LNR CES 8 of 12
Session: 10/07/2022 06:00 to 11:00hrs
Notes: Looks like Reed Warbler are on the move as we ringed several new adults, some no longer in breeding condition. The Titchfield Haven Reed Warbler is still in residence. The Cetti’s Warblers probably came from the same recently fledged brood. Unusual to ring Great Spotted Woodpecker and a Green Woodpecker at this site.
Present: JL,IW,JHW,NC
Weather: bright clear calm hot
Nets: 198metres in 1 ride, 18Mx11 reed bed ride up from 06:30 to 10:30 hrs
Lures: None
Juvenile Green Woodpecker
Recaptures:(07)
Reed Warbler    ringed: 25/04/2021, 08/07/2021, 21/05/2022, 03/07/2022
 ringed elsewhere: 08/08/2020 (Titchfield Haven Hants)
Robin                 ringed: 03/07/2022
Wren                  ringed: 07/07/2019

Sightings: 40 Bird Species: Magpie families noisy. A few species of butterfly on the wing, mostly singletons of each species, also singles each of the Dragon and Damsel fly species. Insect life on the Reed Bed is low even compared to five years ago, very few flies/aphids etc.





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