Sunday, 16 August 2015

16/08 Thatcham Marsh LNR CES 2015.11


Location: Thatcham Marsh LNR CES 2015.11
Session: 16-Aug-2015 05:30 to 10:40hrs
Weather: mostly over cast with sunny periods cold for Aug, calm
Present: JL, IW, JHW, JPM, RGS
Nets: 360’ Standard Nets in one reed bed ride of 360’, 300’ Additional Nets 70’ in two rides of 40’ & 30’ Nets up from 06:05 to 10:10hrs
Lure: None
Capture 42 (34 in Standard Nets): Blackcap 2/0, Blue Tit 1/1, Bullfinch 2/0, Cetti’s Warbler2/1, Chiffchaff 3/0, Dunnock 1/0, Great Tit 1/0, Long-tailed Tit 3/0, Reed Warbler 9/4, Sedge Warbler 4/1, Wren 4.3
Recaptures: Blue Tit 3y 304days, Reed Warbler 2y 12days; others less than 100days
Age Range: All juveniles except: Blue Tit 1, Chiffchaff 1, Reed Warbler 3, Wren 1
Notes: 34 in standard nets is below the 37 average for visit 11; range 2005 11 to 1995 71. Good ringing weather, very little acrocephalus activity on reed bed so the numbers captured unexpected especially Sedge Warblers.

Sightings 40 Species: Tawny Owl calling shows the dawn getting later; just getting light when we arrived but it was overcast.
Blackbird 1
Blackcap 3
Black-headed Gull 10
Blue Tit 5
Bullfinch 2
Buzzard 1
Canada Goose 15
Carrion Crow 2
Cetti's Warbler 6
Chaffinch 1
Chiffchaff 5
Collared Dove 1
Cormorant 1
Dunnock 2
Goldcrest 2
Goldfinch 6
Great Spotted Woodpecker 2
Great Tit 2
Green Sandpiper 1
Green Woodpecker 1
Jackdaw 5
Jay 5
Kingfisher 1
Lesser Black-backed Gull 1
Long-tailed Tit 6
Magpie 3
Mallard 4
Moorhen 2
Nuthatch 1
Reed Bunting 1
Reed Warbler 15
Robin 3
Sedge Warbler 7
Sparrowhawk 1
Tawny Owl 1
Treecreeper 2
Water Rail 3
Willow Warbler 1
Woodpigeon 5
Wren 10