07/06 Thatcham Marsh LNR

Location: Thatcham Marsh LNR

Session: 07/06/2026 07:30 to 11:00hrs

Present: JHW, IW, CMD, JL.

Weather: Mostly overcast, light breeze, cool.

Nets: 3 x12M separate rides set in scrub (site B) up from 08:00 to 10:45hrs.

Lures (none): 

Notes: A non-CES visit so we concentrated on mowing the reed bed ride. We put three nets up in the scrub which CMD looked after while we cleaned up the reed bed ride. All bar the Robins and the Cetti’s Warbler were 3J birds (recently out of the nest) still in juvenile plumage. We took the nets down a bit early as it looked and felt like it was about to rain – it didn’t though!

Recaptures: (01)

Robin ringed: 12/10/2025

Sightings: Not much time to do any watching/listening while mowing/strimming the net ride so probably missed a few but a good species total though. Cuckoo still active. Heard the Mute Swan take-off from the pits south of the railway.