This week we are making a concerted effort to cover the local sites that are good for autumn migration before leaving for Batumi, Georgia on a ringing expedition. The arrangements mean that we'll miss most of September migration in the UK, and be away well into October so there's something planned for every day this week and as it's Wednesday, it must be Stanwell!
There was no early start today but we were on site just after 8am. Nets were set in the reedbed and in the field adjacent to the River Colne. The field nets were all close to the perifery running through or along clumps of bramble, hawthorn or one particular clump of Japanese Knotweed that warblers seem to favour.
One of the first captures was a juvenile Sparrowhawk.
Sparrowhawk
Then there was a decent number from the reedbed nets with a few Reed Warblers and Sedge Warblers.
The morning continued slowly, with no large flocks moving through the site and a lot of birds travelling high so as to avoid becoming caught in the nets. There were no birds processed after 11.10am, when the wind had become much fresher, and the session finished with just 25 birds caught.
Total: 23 (2)
Sparrowhawk - 1
Wren - 0 (1)
Robin - 2
Reed Warbler -4
Sedge Warbler - 2
Blackcap -6
Chiff-chaff - 5 (1)
Willow Warbler - 1
Blue Tit - 1
Greenfinch - 1
There was no early start today but we were on site just after 8am. Nets were set in the reedbed and in the field adjacent to the River Colne. The field nets were all close to the perifery running through or along clumps of bramble, hawthorn or one particular clump of Japanese Knotweed that warblers seem to favour.
One of the first captures was a juvenile Sparrowhawk.
Sparrowhawk
Sedge Warbler
The morning continued slowly, with no large flocks moving through the site and a lot of birds travelling high so as to avoid becoming caught in the nets. There were no birds processed after 11.10am, when the wind had become much fresher, and the session finished with just 25 birds caught.
Total: 23 (2)
Sparrowhawk - 1
Wren - 0 (1)
Robin - 2
Reed Warbler -4
Sedge Warbler - 2
Blackcap -6
Chiff-chaff - 5 (1)
Willow Warbler - 1
Blue Tit - 1
Greenfinch - 1