27/06 Thatcham Marsh LNR CES Visit 2015.06

Location: Thatcham Marsh LNR CES Visit 2015.06

Session: 27-Jun-2015 05:30 to 10:30hrs
Weather: bright sunny warm calm at first breezy later
Present: JL, IW, DL, JHW, RGS, JPM
Nets: Standard nets 660’ along one reed bed ride. Additional Nets 100’ in one scrub ride Nets up from 06:00 to 10:00hrs
Lure: None
Capture 44 (39 in standard nets, 5 in additional nets) : Blackbird 2/0, Blackcap 3/0, Cetti’s Warbler 6/2, Chiffchaff 3/0, Garden Warbler 1/0, Great Tit 2/1, Reed Warbler 7/7, Robin 4/1, Sedge Warbler 3/2, Wren 1/1
Recaptures: Cetti’s Warbler 4y 44days, 1y 5d, 293d, 265d
Great Tit 4y 78d
Reed Warbler 2y 313d, 1y 26d, 355d(2), 307d
Wren 3y 296d
Others less than 100days
Age Range: (Juveniles) Blackbird 1, Blackcap 3, Cetti’s Warbler 2, Chiffchaff 2, Garden Warbler 1, Great Tit 2, Reed Warbler 6, Robin 2, Sedge Warbler 3, Wren 1

Juvenile Garden Warbler 1st one this year.

Notes: A capture of 39 in standard nets is below the average of 43 for visit 6: range 2014 23 to 1995 61. At halfway through the CES season the cumulative total is 186 (84% of the average for visits 1 to 6); range 2014 167 to 1995 298
A good morning for a change but still lacking Reed Warblers; two retraps captured for the first time this year usually indicates birds beginning to move through. Still capturing a few Sedge Warblers and also the first Garden Warbler juvenile of the year. A 4year plus Cetti’s Warbler and Great Tit and a 3year plus Wren. Most captures were juveniles with a few worn looking adults. Some adults appear to be beyond breeding condition.

Sightings 43 Species: Linnet once common is now a scarce visitor. A family party of Water Rail heard and juveniles seen.  As with most visits this year, little movement over; regulars being a few gulls, swift and the ubiquitous Woodpigeon of course

Mallard Cormorant Buzzard Moorhen Lesser Black-backed Gull Collared Dove Kingfisher Great Spotted Woodpecker Jackdaw Goldcrest  Great Tit Long-tailed Tit Willow Warbler Garden Warbler Sedge Warbler Nuthatch Starling Song Thrush Dunnock Chaffinch Linnet Reed Bunting

Pheasant  Red Kite  Water Rail  Black-headed Gull  Woodpigeon  Swift  Green Woodpecker  Magpie  Carrion Crow  Blue Tit  Cetti's Warbler  Chiffchaff  Blackcap  Whitethroat  Reed Warbler  Wren  Blackbird  Robin  Grey Wagtail  Bullfinch  Goldfinch