The wind was just low enough to allow a restricted mist netting session ( avoiding any risk of disturbing the nesting Marsh Harrier). The nest was also checked, via use of a drone, and the young found to be too young for ringing and tagging just yet. We were fairly sure, from another female's behaviour, there is a second nest close by but nothing could be found
We got a 9m up over the chalk stream, two 18m, 3 panel nets on the first bund after the base area, and a 12m net behind where the cars were parked.
Considering the limited number of nets up, a total of 28 birds wasn't bad. These included 5 retraps including a female Reed Warbler ringed as as an adult in2023. The number was swelled by a few recently fledged tits, and a Robin, Treecreeper and Blackcap.
Total: 23 (5)
Blackcap - 4 (1)
Blue Tit - 1
Dunnock - 1
Great Tit - 6
Long-tailed Tit - 3
Reed Bunting - 0 (1)
Reed Warbler - 2 (1)
Robin - 2
Sedge Warbler - 1 (2)
Song Thrush - 1
Treecreeper - 1
Wren - 1