Icklesham 19 - 21 August 2011

We arrrived late on Thursday night for three days at Icklesham, which were fortunately three decent weather days for ringing. Birds numbers were pretty good, averaging with the roost catches, around a thousand birds a day. Main speices were Sedge and Reed Warblers, Whitethroat and Blackcap, with 49 (Friday) and 43 (Sunday) Grasshopper Warblers. During the three days period other species caught included Tree Pipit (24), Nightingale (1), Whinchat (6), Wheatear (1), Redstart (9) and Spotted Flycathcer (2). The Hirundine roost failed to form on Friday night and as we left early afternoon on Sunday so did not get chance to do that evenings roost.

Whincat - 3

Redstart  - 4 male

Reed Warbler - 3  luecistic

Wheatear - 3

Tree Pipit - 3

Sparrowhawk - 3 female

Bearded Tit 

Spotted Flycatcher - 3

Pied Wagtail - 3

Yellow Wagtail -3 male

Catch totals for us during the three days were as follows:

Friday 19/8 - 864 (138)
Sand Martin - 3
Tree Pipit - 9
Yellow Wagtail - 58 (2)
Pied Wagtail - 5
Wren - 1 (2)
Robin - 5 (6)
Dunnock - 1 (1)
Redstart - 3
Whinchat - 2
Blackbird - 0 (2)
Song Thrush - 1
Cetti's warbler - 0 (1)
Grasshopper Warbler - 49 (3)
Sedge Warbler - 249 (18)
Reed Warbler - 178 (39)
Lesser Whitethroat - 8 (1)
Whitethroat - 147 (28)
Garden Warbler - 18 (11)
Blackcap - 40 (19)
Chiff-chaff - 6
Willow Warbler - 64 (4)
Great Tit - 1
Blue Tit - 8 (1)
Treecreeper - 1
Magpie - 1
Goldfinch - 3
Bullfinch -1
Reed Bunting - 1

Saturday 20/8 - 845 (103)
Mallard 0 (1)
Sparrowhawk - 1
Kingfisher - 1
Sand Martin -105
Swallow - 45
Tree Pipit - 9
Yellow Wagtail - 27
Pied Wagtail -1
Wren - 0 (2)
Robin - 4 (1)
Dunnock - 3
Whinchat -1
Wheatear - 1
Blackbird - 1 (1)
Cetti's warbler - 0 (2)
Grasshopper Warbler - 19 (1)
Sedge Warbler - 166 (7)
Reed Warbler - 190 (17)
Lesser Whitethroat -11 (1)
Whitethroat - 82 (22)
Garden Warbler - 24 (10)
Blackcap – 93 (14)
Chiff-chaff - 3
Willow Warbler - 39 (1)
Spotted Flycatcher - 2
Bearded Tit – 0 (1)
Great Tit -  2 (7)
Blue Tit - 7 (5)
Coal Tit – 0 (1)

Reed Bunting – 1 (2)

Sunday 21/8 - 884 (115)
Sparrowhawk – 1(1)
Swallow - 2
Tree Pipit - 6
Wren - 1 (2)
Robin - 11
Dunnock – 3 (3)
Nightingale - 1
Redstart - 4
Whinchat - 3
Song Thrush - 1
Cetti's warbler - 0 (1)
Grasshopper Warbler - 43
Sedge Warbler - 155 (8)
Reed Warbler - 288 (39)
Lesser Whitethroat - 12 (4)
Whitethroat - 99 (24)
Garden Warbler - 19 (11)
Blackcap – 168 (12)
Chiff-chaff – 3 (1)
Willow Warbler - 53 (1)
Great Tit – 0 (2)
Blue Tit - 7 (4)
Coal Tit – 0 (1)

Long-tailed Tit – 0 (1)

Chaffinch - 1

Linnet – 1

Bullfinch – 1 (1)

Reed Bunting – 1