20/10 Thatcham Marsh LNR

Location: Thatcham Marsh LNR

Session: 20-Oct-2019 07:30 to 11:30hrs

Notes: First chance to ring at the weekend for three weeks and which ment we missed the chance of any late acrocephalus warblers. Spent 15/20minutes looking for one of my permanent guys, seems to have “disappeared” though. Had not expected as many Blackcaps and a good influx of Goldcrests. The Sparrowhawk went into a net as we were taking them down. We missed a quite large tit flock that arrived in the scrub at about 10:00hrs. The sunny but cool weather deteriorated to cold, overcast and a light breeze towards the end of the session.

Weather: sunny periods, cool, calm, overcast later.
Present: JL, IW
Nets: 90metres (54+36) in one reed bed ride up from 08:30 to 10:45hrs
Lure (audio): autumn, BCCCGCFC, Reed Bunting, Yellow-browed Warbler intermittently 

Capture (New/Recapture) 27(22/05) 9 Species	Matching Visit: No matching visit
Species New Rtp Juv Adult BLACA 5 5 BLUTI 2 2 CETWA 2 2 DUNNO 1 1 GOLDC 9 9 REEBU 2 2 ROBIN 1 1 SPARR 1 1 WREN 1 1 2	Species New Rtp Juv Adult

Recaptures: recent except:

CETWA          ringed 07/10/2018
DUNNO         ringed 30/07/2018   

Sightings 32 Species: for the last few days Jackdaws have been streaming south-west in good numbers, Cetti’s Warblers more vocal today than in the breeding season and the first Water Rail of the autumn.

Blackbird (3)                                      Blackcap (5)                                      Black-headed Gull (10)                   Blue Tit (24)                                      Bullfinch (2)                                       Carrion Crow (3)                              Cetti's Warbler (5)                            Chaffinch (5)                                     Chiffchaff (1)                                     Dunnock (3)                                      Goldcrest (9)                                     Goldfinch (2)                                     Great Spotted Woodpecker (1)     Great Tit (2)                                      Green Sandpiper (1)                       Grey Wagtail (1)

Jackdaw (25)                                    Lesser Black-backed Gull (3)         Long-tailed Tit (5)                             Magpie (3)                                         Mallard (3)                                         Moorhen (1)                                      Mute Swan (5)                                  Reed Bunting (2)                              Robin (4)                                            Rook (2)                                             Skylark (1)                                         Song Thrush (1)                               Sparrowhawk (1)                              Water Rail (1)                                   Woodpigeon (5)                               Wren (3)