A bright and relatively still start to the day, and on arrival the sound of singing Sedge Warbler, Blackcap and Chiffchaff filled the air. We cautiously erected nets in two rides closest to where we base, then PWL used the drone to check whether Marsh Harriers were breeding nearby. We wouldn't be able to work the site until post fledging if a nest is found since this is a schedule 1 species and activity may disturb breeding birds, particularly once feeding of young is underway.
One final double net was put up and we were fortunate to have found a busy thoroughfare between two of the lagoons. This gave us most of the Acrocephalus warblers and we were lucky to catch two lots of two Chiffchaff that were chasing each other about.
There were two birds, previously ringed by us, that have undertaken the round trip to beyond the Sahara Desert to their wintering grounds and back again, since we last saw them.
Total: 19 (2)
Blackcap - 1
Chiffchaff - 4
Dunnock - 1
Long-tailed Tit - 1
Reed Bunting - 1
Reed Warbler - 2 (1)
Robin - 1
Sedge Warbler - 6 (1)
Whitethroat - 1
Wren - 1