Monday, 25 May 2015

24/05 Thatcham Marsh LNR CES visit 03

Location: Thatcham Marsh LNR CES visit 03
Session: 24-May-2015 05:30hrs to 11:15hrs
Weather: sunny, cloudless, calm for first half, cloudy breezy for second half
Present: JL, JHW,DL, IW, JPM, RGS, RDW
Nets: Standard nets 660’ along one reed bed ride. Additional Nets 230’ in scrub. Nets up from 06:00 to 10:00hrs
Lure: None
Capture 46: Blackbird 2/0, Blackcap 2/1, Blue Tit 0/2, Cetti’s Warbler 0/1, Chiffchaff 3/1, Dunnock 1/0, Great Spotted Woodpecker 0/1, Great Tit 4/0, Long-tailedTit 2/0, Reed Bunting 2/0, Reed Warbler 9/9, Robin 1/0, Sedge Warbler 1/1, Treecreeper 1/0, Whitethroat 1/0, Wren 1/0
Recaptures: Blue Tit 259days, Cetti’s Warbler 315d, Great Spotted Woodpecker 7y 250d, Reed Warbler 2y 300d x 2, 1y 343d, 1y 272d, 357d, 321d, 273d
Control Chiffchaff, and Sedge Warbler
Age Range: Juvenile Chiffchaff 1, Long-tailed Tit 1
Whitethroat Adult female Thatcham Marsh LNR 24-May-2015
Notes: Visit 2015.03: 29 from standard nets, 17 from additional nets.
Standard net captures below average of 35 for visit 03; range 2002 18, 1993 51First juveniles of the year here.
Not to many Reed Warblers on the reed bed yet and many of  Sedge Warblers captured in visits 01 and 02 have moved on!
The first Banded Demoiselle and Broad-bodied Chaser on the wing
Sightings 50 Species: Best sightings: Hobby flew over, the Nightingale have not moved on and we don't capture many Whitethroat here  

Greylag Goose 1
Gadwall 3
Tufted Duck 4
Grey Heron 1
Sparrowhawk 1
Water Rail 1
Common Tern 1  
Woodpigeon 10
Cuckoo 2
Green Woodpecker 1
Kestrel 1
Magpie 2
Jackdaw 7
Goldcrest 1
Great Tit 4
Long-tailed Tit 10
Willow Warbler 2
Garden Warbler 2
Reed Warbler 20
Wren 4
Song Thrush 1
Nightingale 2
Chaffinch 1
Greenfinch 1  
Goldfinch 2  
Canada Goose 5
Mallard 2  
Cormorant 3
Little Grebe 2  
Buzzard 1
Moorhen 3
Black-headed Gull 6
Collared Dove 2
Swift 10
Great Spotted Woodpecker 2  
Hobby 1
Jay 6  
Carrion Crow 4  
Blue Tit 5
Cetti's Warbler 4
Chiffchaff 4  
Blackcap 4  
Whitethroat 1  
Sedge Warbler 7  
Treecreeper 1
Blackbird 4  
Robin 3
Dunnock 2
Bullfinch 2  
Reed Bunting 4