05/07 Thatcham Marsh LNR CES Visit 2015.07

Location: Thatcham Marsh LNR CES Visit 2015.07

Session: 05-Jul-2015 05:30 to 10:30hrs
Weather: Overcast calm
Present: IW, DL, JHW, RGS
Nets: Standard nets: 660’ along one reed bed ride. Additional Nets: None Nets up from 06:00 to 10:00hrs
Lure: None
Capture 64: Blackbird 1/0, Blackcap 2/0, Blue Tit 1/1, Cetti’s Warbler 2/2, Chiffchaff 6/0, Reed Bunting 1/0, Reed Warbler 26/8, Robin 2/0, Sedge Warbler 5/2, Treecreeper 1/0, Willow Warbler 1/0, Wren 2/1
Recaptures: Cetti’s Warbler 357days, Reed Warbler 2y 4d 1y 343d 363d 344d(2), Wren 266d others less than 100days
Age Range: All juveniles except Cetti’s Warbler 2, Reed Warbler 11, Willow Warbler 1, Wren 1

Notes: A capture of 64 is up on the average of 57 for visit 07; range 2007-35 to 1993-109. The weather was ideal for ringing. The visit coincided with a perhaps the main Reed Warbler fledge; some adults still around some coming out of breeding condition. Only juvenile Sedge Warblers captured showing the regulars may have moved on.

Sightings 42 Species

Blackbird Blackcap Black-headed Gull Blue Tit Bullfinch Carrion Crow Cetti’s Warbler Chaffinch Chiffchaff Collared Dove Coot Cormorant Dunnock Goldcrest Goldfinch Great Spotted Woodpecker Great Tit Green Wood Pecker Greenfinch Grey heron Jackdaw

Jay Little grebe Magpie Mallard Moorhen Mute Swan Reed Bunting Reed Warbler Robin Sedge Warbler Song Thrush Starling Stock Dove Swallow Swift Treecreeper Water Rail Whitethroat Willow Warbler Woodpigeon Wren