Wraysbury GP - 9th August 2018

Low wind was forecast with  showers due late morning. We were up earlier than usual as our son needed a lift to Heathrow for a 6:40am flight. It was drizzling, but we decided we'd go and keep everything compact and managable. We put up six nets as large drops of rain continued to fall on and off, although jackets were not necessary. The first couple of hours were rather slow and a brief reccie to the other end of the site showed that a large flock was feeding there, but not really on the move.

At 9:30am we were already thinking about taking in as the forecast showers were due after 10am and we had no intentions of getting caught in heavier rain. We'd decided to take down a net each on the next round and found that flock travelling clockwise from the solar farm had travelled through the area with two nets. All birds were extracted and rain began to fall again as we took down one 18m single.

We began processing at a brisk pace, stopping two thirds of the way through to clear nets and push up to ensure no birds were caught in the rain, now arriving in increasingly heavy bursts.

By 11am Chris and I were both quite wet from taking down after the main showers had started. The birds had all been processed and released before rain made the mistnets unworkable.  We finished on just shy of 70 birds.

Totals: 56 (13)

Green Woodpecker - 1
Dunnock - 3 (1)
Robin - 0 (1)
Blackbird - 0 (1)
Songthrush - 2
Reed Warbler - 1
Lesser Whitethroat - 1
Whitethroat - 5 (2)
Garden Warbler - 11 (4)
Blackcap - 16 (3)
Chiffchaff - 1
Willow Warbler - 7
Blue Tit - 2 (1)
Great Tit - 0 (1)
Goldfinch - 4
Bullfinch - 1