A drop in wind speeds allowed us to cover Wraysbury, C6, for migration monitoring this morning. A team of four had all seven single nets up inside of 50 minutes and they soon began to catch. Garden Warbler seemed to be on the increase, as were Whitethroat and Willow Warbler
Adult Lesser Whitethroat
Adult Garden Warbler
Replaced flight feather P10
Renewed retrices
Willow Warbler 3O
Sedge Warbler 3O
The reason so many birds rely on fuelling up at Wraysbury is the abundance of food plants and insects near largely built-up areas in the South East. Situated close to the London Reservoirs, this is an important staging point - but much of the area will be lost, or 'tidied up' with the development of the Thames flood relief channel, planned for the next few years.
Totals: 89 (15)
Dunnock -1 (1)
Robin - 2
Blackbird - 2
Song Thrush -1
Sedge Warbler - 3
Reed Warbler - 4
Lesser Whitethroat - 1
Whitethroat - 19 (4)
Garden Warbler - 28 (5)
Blackcap - 16 (4)
Chiffchaff - 1
Willow Warbler - 10
Great Tit - 1 (1)
Sedge Warbler - 3
Reed Warbler - 4
Lesser Whitethroat - 1
Whitethroat - 19 (4)
Garden Warbler - 28 (5)
Blackcap - 16 (4)
Chiffchaff - 1
Willow Warbler - 10
Great Tit - 1 (1)