Notes: The weather forecast for Sunday 7th Sep was for rain
between 07:00 until 11:00hrs up until Saturday morning when it changed to sunny
periods and no rain. When we arrived at around 07:00hrs is was sunny and
bright. We are using audio lures, so we limit the amount of netting to avoid
getting overwhelmed. We were also expecting Kingbury Wildlife Group, and they arrived
just before 09:00 as expected. We had emptied the nets at about 08:30 when we
extracted 27 bird and we were still processing them when the KWG arrived
fortunately. CMD and KMB be did a great job showing how we ringed and processed
each bird, explaining the procedures for confirming each species and the biometrics taken. We did
another net round at about 09:10, we extracted another 12 birds that
included both Willow Warbler and Chiffchaff, and we were able to show the mysteries
of Wing Formula that included a Chiffchaff that didn’t conform having one wing emarginated
to the 5th primary feather (Willow Warbler) and
the other wing emarginated to the 6th primary (Chiffchaff); the bird looked
like the latter in all other respects. Just like humans individual birds are
all subtly different from one another. After we had finished this batch of
birds the group left to finish their birding trip around Thatcham Marsh. We did
another net round, before taking the nets down about 10:45 and when there was a short
sharp shower that soaked us all; it clear up just as we returned with our equipment to our cars.
Quite a busy session.
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