28/05 Thatcham Marsh LNR

Location: Thatcham Marsh LNR
Session: 28/05/2023 07:00 to 11:15hrs
Notes: A shorter non-CES session today to enable the ride to be tidying up. The Blue Tit was in primary moult which is a little earlier than normal and nice to ring a Great Spotted Woodpecker and Jay and come out of the process relatively unscathed. The reed bed still seems unusually quiet still.
Present: JHW, IW,JL,DL
Weather: bright sunny clear warm calm.
Nets: 198M reed bed ride up from 08:00 to 10:30hrs
Lures: None.

Recaptures:(07)

Cetti’s Warbler     ringed:  30/04/2023

Long-tailed Tit      ringed: 09/10/2022

Reed Warbler      ringed: 10/07/2022, 28/08/2022, 21/05/2023

Sedge Warbler    ringed: 19/05/2033, 21/05/2023,

Sighting: Cuckoos both male(s) and female(s) active around the reed bed. A family party of Long-tailed Tits flew over and into the scrub. No hirundines or finches detected!