A second big Wraysbury session covering both of the usual ringing areas. Our team of four put 11 nets up around the edge of the area blitzed to keep the vetch in check. We are beginning to see the return of docks in some places but the most resilliant plant seems to be the vetch.
Clearance work continued across the stream in preparation for the CES. There a Nightingale was glimpsed and Grasshopper Warbler heard, but catching was poor as was the result of our own efforts. Just 18 new and ten retrapped birds of 13 species. We got our first Garden Warbler and Lesser Whitethroat of 2018.
Total: 18 (10)
Blackbird - 0 (1)
Songthrush - 2
Wren - 0 (1)
Dunnock -0 (3)
Lesser Whitethroat - 1
Whitethroat - 1 (1)
Garden Warbler - 2
Blackcap - 5 (1)
Willow Warbler - 1
Goldcrest - 1 (1)
Long-tailed Tit - 2
Blue Tit - 2 (2)
Great Tit - 1
Clearance work continued across the stream in preparation for the CES. There a Nightingale was glimpsed and Grasshopper Warbler heard, but catching was poor as was the result of our own efforts. Just 18 new and ten retrapped birds of 13 species. We got our first Garden Warbler and Lesser Whitethroat of 2018.
Garden Warbler
Lesser Whitethroat
Total: 18 (10)
Blackbird - 0 (1)
Songthrush - 2
Wren - 0 (1)
Dunnock -0 (3)
Lesser Whitethroat - 1
Whitethroat - 1 (1)
Garden Warbler - 2
Blackcap - 5 (1)
Willow Warbler - 1
Goldcrest - 1 (1)
Long-tailed Tit - 2
Blue Tit - 2 (2)
Great Tit - 1