The water level was high with the lake edge currently half way along the second net in the four net run. We managed to get this run up, and a single in the filter bed. With so much disruption on the main site it is no longer possible to put up anything else in the immediate area. All the weedy areas have disappeared under mud - although the Whitethroats are back in their bramble clump along the edge of the field (no crop, just gas burners) and we very much hope that they still have sufficient areas where they can forage for food.
So we had to make do with five nets at a time of year when we expect catches to be low. There were a few Reed Warblers singing in the reedbed and Willow Warbler and Sedge Warbler could both be heard during setting up. We also saw a couple of Roe Deer, never seen before in the 8 years we've worked this site - unfortunately one left a deer sized hole in a new 18m net on its first outing.
Only 4 birds today.
Totals: 4
Wren - 1
Reed Warbler - 2
Reed Bunting - 1
So we had to make do with five nets at a time of year when we expect catches to be low. There were a few Reed Warblers singing in the reedbed and Willow Warbler and Sedge Warbler could both be heard during setting up. We also saw a couple of Roe Deer, never seen before in the 8 years we've worked this site - unfortunately one left a deer sized hole in a new 18m net on its first outing.
Only 4 birds today.
Male Reed Bunting
Totals: 4
Wren - 1
Reed Warbler - 2
Reed Bunting - 1