Sunday 9 August 2015

Wraysbury GP - 9 August 2015

Just CL & DKL again as no one else was available at short notice this morning. On arrival we could hear a Willow Warbler singing nearby, a good sign as there have been so few of these birds through to date, but it turned out to be potentially the only one, as they do not seem to be going through here as yet. We put up the usual five nets and extracted 22 birds on the first round. The day was dominated, as have the other recent visits, by Whitethroat, Garden Warbler and Blackcaps.

 3JF Linnet

 3O Sedge Warbler

Among the retraps was adult Garden Warbler Y980418 that was first processed as a 3J on 14/08/2012 and retrapped on 16/08/2014.

Adult Garden Warbler Y980418


As it got warm very quickly with a few nets in full sun and numbers soon dropped off, we finished early and were off site by 11.45am. 

Totals:  67 (11)

Dunnock -1
Robin - 3 (2)
Reed Warbler -1
Sedge Warbler - 1
Whitethroat - 18 (3)
Garden Warbler - 14 (3)
Blackcap - 17 (2)
Chiff-chaff -5 (1)
Willow Warbler - 1
Great Tit - 1
Blue Tit -1
Goldfinch - 2
Linnet - 1