Session: 18-Jul-2016 06:00 to
10:30hrs
Headlines: Today looks to be the
best (calmest) day of the week so I rearranged a few things; I don’t normally do
Mondays. Glad I did as we had a really good morning and not due to species I
would have thought we would capture at this time of year. It turned out to be
a bit of a finch feast. A Reed Warbler captured totally out of its normal habitat
showed that return migration has started. This was followed by a Sedge Warbler
that had been ringed elsewhere; looking forward to finding out where. More
expected were Blackcaps, Whitethroats, Garden Warblers, Chiffchaffs and a Willow
Warbler; thought the last would be the main capture, maybe next time. I have
never tried Linnet song before with any success but today unless by some happy
coincidence it worked well. It seemed to attract Greenfinch and Goldfinch. Had
we stayed longer we may have captured even more as there were plenty of them
about. Sadly the tits continue to show they are struggling with just two adult
Great Tit and one, yes one, juvenile Blue Tit. Mind you had they been at normal
levels, given the other species we captured, I think we would have struggled somewhat.
Weather: bright, sunny, warm,
calm
Present: JL, RJC, IW
Nets: 84metres in 5 rides
of 18m, 18m, 12m, 18m and 18m up from 06:30 to 10:00hrs
Lure (audio): Blackcap,
Chiffchaff, Firecrest, Goldcrest, Linnet and Redstart intermittently
Capture (New/Recapture) 55 (50/5) : Blackbird
4/0, Blackcap 6/0, Blue Tit 1/0, Chiffchaff 3/2, Garden Warbler 3/0, Goldcrest
2/0, Goldfinch 9/1, Great Tit 1/1, Greenfinch 9/0, Linnet 4/0, Meadow Pipit
1/0, Reed Warbler 1/0, Robin 2/0, Sedge Warbler 0/1(ringed elsewhere), Song
Thrush 1/0, Whitethroat 2/0 Willow Warbler 1/0
Recaptures: 5 (1 ringed
elsewhere) Chiffchaff 1y 13d, 361d Goldfinch 260d, Great Tit 2y 310d
Age Range: all recently fledged except adults Blackbird
2, Blackcap 2, Chiffchaff 2, Garden Warbler 2, Great Tit 2
Garden Warbler Adult (usually smart looking birds this one was a bit scruffy)
Sedge Warbler Juvenile
Linnet Juvenile
Tried to get photo's of the Reed Warbler and Meadow Pipit but they would not keep still for long enough.
Sightings 38 Species: Quite active
on the common today. It started with at least 10 Blackbirds leaving the enclosure
when I arrived. In the fog I heard Swifts screaming. As well as the many
finches flying about a family party of five Stonechats was new and six Woodlarks,
hopefully five were those I ringed recently. The best bird of the day for me
was the Hobby that zoomed around for a few seconds before flying over the wood
north.
Blackbird 12+
Blackcap 8+
Blue Tit 2+
Bullfinch 2+
Buzzard 1+
Carrion Crow 3+
Chaffinch 1+
Chiffchaff 7+
Coal Tit 2+
Dartford Warbler 2+
Garden Warbler 3+
Goldcrest 2+
Goldfinch 10+
Great Spotted Woodpecker 2+
Great Tit 2+
Green Woodpecker 1+
Greenfinch 12+
Grey Heron 2+
Hobby 1
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House Martin 5+
Jackdaw 15+
Linnet 20+
Meadow Pipit 3+
Reed Warbler 1
Robin 5+
Sedge Warbler 1
Song Thrush 2+
Starling 3+
Stock Dove 3
Stonechat 5+
Swallow 2+
Swift 1+
Treecreeper 1+
Whitethroat 2+
Willow Warbler 1+
Woodlark 6
Woodpigeon 5+
Wren 2+
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