As Sunday evening gave an opportunity to get out on a night that was relative calm conditions we started at 5, and had a fairly good run for the evening with a total of 57 birds being caught. We set up for the first time our willow/carr net run out over the water, which produced nothing exciting, though about 9 a flock of about 15 Starlings coming into roost hit the net, some bounce immediately as as two people waded towards them others were seen peeling away one by one until only five were left to be extracted. Whitethroats again dominated with 14 new, bring this years total already to 53! A fledged family party of Little Ringed Plover was seen with four juveniles and two adults. This potentially contained the three birds rung on 21st June, as I suspected there might have been a fourth juvenile at the time. Through bins one gave the impression it might have been rung but it was too far away to be 100% sure. Full evenings catch was as follows:
Kingfisher - (1)
Sand Martin - 3
Wren - 1
Robin -2
Blackbird - 1
Sedge Warbler - 2
Reed Warbler - 3 (7)
Whitethroat - 14 (3)
Blackcap -1
Chiff-chaff - 1
Blue Tit -2
Great Tit - 2
Long-tailed Tit -2 (4)
Starling - 5
Linnet - 2
Reed Bunting - 2
adult male Linnet
3 Kingfisher (Sam Jones)
3 Kingfisher (Sam Jones)