Had there been a choice we would have been at Wraysbury today, but having worked C6 since June, the site was claimed by another group member, no longer tied to CES. The site doesn't support a great number of nets so there was no point in running a large group session. We headed instead to Stanwell and tried for Meadow Pipits. We could not work our usual area due to landscaping work, and lorry movements into a nearby property that were fairly constant. It was therefore a late start, made later by the fact the track up to the capped area was blocked by a digger bucket, and we had to get it moved, so we were even slightly later setting up. We put up a triangle with back stop and a separate dog-leg.
We caught 24 Meadow Pipits in all and sighted Kestrel and a female/immature Merlin in the area. A Hobby also came to the audio-lure but evaded the nets.
We returned in the evening for one last try at Swallows, but a late afternoon shower came through and the evening grew dark, very early. We saw no Swallows and caught a Chiffchaff and retrap Wren.
Total: 25 (1)
Meadow Pipit - 24
Wren - 0 (1)
Chiffchaff - 1
We caught 24 Meadow Pipits in all and sighted Kestrel and a female/immature Merlin in the area. A Hobby also came to the audio-lure but evaded the nets.
We returned in the evening for one last try at Swallows, but a late afternoon shower came through and the evening grew dark, very early. We saw no Swallows and caught a Chiffchaff and retrap Wren.
Age 3 Meadow Pipit
Total: 25 (1)
Meadow Pipit - 24
Wren - 0 (1)
Chiffchaff - 1