Wraysbury GP - 11 August 2015

We returned to Wraysbury with a team of six, so were able to double our usual number of nets to ten. We made a 6.30am start but the birds didn't really start to show much activity until 7.45am or so and even then there was never the sense that the area was particularly busy from the number of birds that we could see flying around and feeding.

Having said that, there was a steady stream of birds to process and we completed the session with out highest total yet. We ringed 128 new birds and recaptured 37. Again, Sylvia warblers dominated with good numbers of Blackcap, Garden Warbler and Whitethroat. From the retraps, it seems that a lot of the Blackcaps and Garden Warblers from previous sessions are already moving on, whereas many Whitethroats are not ready yet, contributing to their higher retrap rate.

 Age 3 Willow Warbler

 3JM Goldcrest

Lesser Whitethroat, Chiffchaff and Willow Warbler are also on the increase now.


Totals:  128 (37)

Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1
Blackbird - 0(1)
Dunnock -8(2)
Robin - 1
Reed Warbler -1
Lesser Whitethroat - 2(1)
Whitethroat - 19(16)
Garden Warbler - 22(6)
Blackcap - 39 (8)
Chiff-chaff -13(2)
Willow Warbler - 6
Goldcrest - 2
Great Tit - 5
Blue Tit -3
Bullfinch - 0(1)
Chaffinch - 5