The plan to work area A for July ended abruptly when the reeds were found to have grown so high, and the track completely overgrown so as to make ringing at best very difficult and at worst irresponsible as there was no way, without extreme gardening, to ensure that birds in the net did not become too wet in the net. We hauled the kit back to the car and relocated to the area where we had ringed on Wednesday evening since the beavers have been busy in the enclosure with a new ditch dug across the access path. That would be left until the due date came around.
Considering the late start and rather windy conditions it wasn't too shabby with 19 birds processed including 2 Cetti's Warbler juveniles. All the other birds with the exception of a Reed Bunting were summer migrants.
Totals: 16 (3)
Blackcap - 1
Cetti's Warbler - 2
Reed Bunting - 1
Reed Warbler - 6 (1)
Sedge Warbler - 5 (2)
Whitethroat - 1