15/07 Woodspeen Water Meadows Sand Martin Bank

Location: Woodspeen Water Meadows Sand Martin Bank

Session: 15-Jul-2015 19:00 to 20:30hrs
Weather: cloudy light wind
Present: JL,JPM,DL,IW, RJC
Nets: two 60 nets along north side of water body
Lure: none
Capture 6: Sand Martin 4/0, House Martin 1/0, Goldfinch 1/0
Recaptures: none
Age Range: All juveniles except the House Martin

Adult male House Martin

 

Notes: Plenty of Sand Martins flying in and out of the colony but most were aware of the nets; House Martin a nice surprise we don’t capture many these days.

Sightings 32 Species: Not quite as many Sand Martins at the colony but still good numbers.

Blackbird Blackcap Blue Tit Carrion Crow Chaffinch Chiffchaff Cormorant Dunnock Goldfinch Great Tit Green Woodpecker Grey Heron House martin Jackdaw Kestrel Lesser Black-backed Gull

Magpie Mallard Moorhen Pheasant Reed Bunting Reed Warbler Robin Rook Sand Martin Song Thrush Stock Dove Swallow Whitethroat Woodpigeon Wren Yellowhammer