Location: Woodspeen
Sand Martin Bank
Session: 25-Jun-2015 19:00 to
21:00
Weather: sunny periods warm
breezy
Present: JL,DL,JPM,IW,RJC
Nets: 1 ride of 2x 60’ nets
on the north side of protecting pond
Lure: none
Capture 30: Sand Martin 30
Recaptures: None
Age Range: 5 adults, 25
juveniles
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| Sand Martin adult Female |
Notes: Trampled a ride through
the long grass in front of the colony bank. Up to 140 birds present. Wind was
disturbing the nets a little on occasions. First round was of 3 birds about as
expected, since we can only set the nets about 3 to 4 metres (north side of
pond) from the face of the bank due to over-hanging vermin fencing erected to
prevent stoat attack. The second round produced 13; a good capture, the third
round 6 and the fourth 3. By this time the light was just beginning to go though
the sun was still up so we took the nets down (extracting a further 5 birds) to give the birds time to go to
roost before the light went. We managed to avoid trampling the southern marsh
orchid growing at the east end of the ride though we had a couple of near
misses.
Sightings 38 Species: Might have
missed a few species
Gadwall
Red-legged Partridge
Cormorant
Red Kite
Stock Dove
Green Woodpecker
Magpie
Jackdaw
Carrion Crow
Blue Tit
Sand Martin 140+
House Martin
Willow Warbler
Sedge Warbler
Wren
Blackbird
Mistle Thrush
Chaffinch
Yellowhammer
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Mallard
Pheasant
Grey Heron
Buzzard
Woodpigeon
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Jay
Rook
Goldcrest
Skylark
Swallow
Chiffchaff
Blackcap
Reed Warbler
Starling
Song Thrush
Robin
Goldfinch
Reed Bunting
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