We arrived on site at around 5.45am and drove to the lake area all ready to set up in the lovely weedy stretch that we can only use on a Sunday when the plant isn't working, and found that work has now started on levelling and clearing that part of the site. The first place where we usually put a couple of double panels is now a track large enough for heavy vehicles to drive through the perimeter bund and behind that is just bare earth, adjacent to the edge of what has yet to be tidied. We found a little space behind the gap for a low 18m net and switched to a full height net through the bund. The next ride up was still there (albeit with knee-high vegetation for now), and we put a line of three, three panel nets there. The final double went in by the river, parallel to the bund and that wasn't ideal but there was no space to get nets across the path. We also managed two nets in the reedbed.
The morning was fairly busy, but with only two retraps. The reedbed wasn't very productive, only five Reed Warblers, one being a juvenile. Leading species was Whitethroat (and surprisingly several of these birds were adult), followed by Goldfinch. Our catch range of species was diversified by the capture of singles of Reed Bunting, Lesser Whitethroat and Cetti's Warbler.
3JJ Reed Bunting
Adult Lesser Whitethroat
Totals: 95 (2)
Blackbird - 1
Song Thrush - 2
Dunnock - 7
Cetti's Warbler - 1
Reed Warbler - 4 (1)
Lesser Whitethroat - 1
Whitethroat - 39 (1)
Blackcap - 4
Chiffchaff - 7
Blue Tit - 1
Great Tit - 5
Goldfinch - 19
Linnet - 3
Reed Bunting - 1
