Another morning when the birds arrived in the nets in a slow, steady trickle. The nets were arranged in a run of 4 18m nets running in a line along the line of the newly installed cabling that runs eventually to the works. In addition two nets were situated in the usual position at the field edge (still along the cable installation as it turns out) with a 15m on the bank and a 12m at the bank foot.
Leading species was Whitethroat, followed by Blackcap with Garden Warbler close behind. We were pleased to get a control Garden Warbler, ringed on 17th July and carrying 4 fat. We expected it to be from a local site but notification from the BTO shows that ADT4159 has come from Langford Lakes, Wiltshire.
All five Blackbirds came from the net at the foot of the bank and the Swallow was the only individual caught for a considerable time playing song, until the wind became too strong.
One of the juvenile Chiffchaff displayed the result of a particularly weak growth bar that resulted in the retrices breaking off across the entire tail close to the tip.
Also, on 11th August, recaptured Garden Warbler, D 859104 had been ringed on this site at 20:45hrs on 3rd July 2014 and has not been seen since, until now.
Total: 40 (6)
Wren - 2
Robin - 2 (1)
Dunnock - 0 (1)
Blackbird - 5
Song Thrush - 1
Whitethroat - 8 (3)
Garden Warbler - 5 (1)
Blackcap - 7
Chiffchaff - 4
Willow Warbler - 3
Goldfinch - 1
Linnet - 1