Friday 5 August 2011

Reserve Naturelle National Estuaire De La Seine, Le Havre, France 3 August 2011

The 5.30am start at the site was met with annoyance of finding that the nets and poles on three of the four triple 60 ft rides had been stolen overnight. Whilst the one remaining net ride was opened the early chance of a possible Aquatic was lost due to the fact new nets and poles had to be got from the office in Le Harve. Again the team consisted of nine people. Despite the lose of three rides at the start if the day a total if 117 birds were caught with nothing out of the ordinary. The main catch consisted Reed (36) and Sedge (66) Warblers, along with four Bluethroat, single Savi's Warbler, nine Bearded Tit, and for the site a minor rarity in the form of a single Blue Tit. The other site had 102 birds also with nothing of note.



Bearded Tit - adult female



During a later drive around a Wild Boar was seen near the ringing site and in a muddy roadside pool, the ex scurge of Norfolk was seen in the form of a couple of Coypu.


Coypu