14/08 Thatcham Marsh LNR CES 2021.11

Location: Thatcham Marsh LNR Constant Effort Site 2021.11 of 12
Session: 14/08/2021, 06:00 to 11:00hrs
Notes: A good session with a big capture for recent years. For visit 11, it was the best capture since we started CES in 1993, extremes being 2005/2018-11 and 1999-72. It was mostly due to a passage of Chiffchaffs, we captured 30 almost all after 09:45hrs. The only other significant capture being 19 Reed Warblers, around the average for this time of year.
Present: JL,IW,JHW,DL,NC
Weather: overcast, calm, warm
Nets: 198metres in 1 ride of 198M up from 06:30 to 10:30hrs
Lures: None

Recaptures:(13)
Blackcap                     ringed 30/05//2021
Blue Tit                       ringed 07/07/2019, 08/09/2019
Cetti’s Warbler            ringed 17/07/2021
Great Tit                     ringed 07/07/2019, 09/05/2021
Long-tailed Tit            ringed 18/04/2021, 09/05/2021
Reed Warbler            ringed 25/04/2021, 17/07/2021, 01/08/2021
Wren                          ringed 08/07/2021

Sightings 39 species: an over-flying Green Sandpiper probably the most notable species, still a few Swifts about and a calling Chaffinch at the north end of the ride; scarce birds in recent years