Wilstone - August 2018
August has flashed by already, as has the Summer.
Four visits were made during the month in generally favourable conditions except for some annoying
winds on two occasions and rain curtailing the last session on the 26th.
272 birds were ringed with 107 retrap events of 20 species.
Hopes were lifted by a male and female Cetti's Warbler caught on the 5th August but subsequently no
further captures or singing has been forth coming.Willow and Garden Warblers have trickled through
during the month, 15 and 5.
High water and high winds have meant that we couldn't put up the two outer nets at net ride one, as we usually can do in August. So, the chances of catching either Kingfishers or waders have not been very likely. However by the 26th the water had gone down enough to put them up. To begin with the wind was light but we still didn't catch either Kingfisher or waders.Then ahead of the rain front, promised for the late morning, the winds began slightly stronger. Around about 9am we noticed a large flock of hirundines low over the water and before the rain actually arrived we ended up with
47 House Martins and 6 Sand Martins !
|
|
New
|
Retrap
|
total
|
|
Blackbird
|
4
|
|
4
|
|
Blackcap
|
51
|
38
|
89
|
|
Blue Tit
|
7
|
5
|
12
|
|
Cettis warbler
|
2
|
|
2
|
|
Chiffchaff
|
23
|
11
|
34
|
|
Garden Warbler
|
5
|
1
|
6
|
|
Goldcrest
|
2
|
|
2
|
|
Goldfinch
|
1
|
|
1
|
|
Great Tit
|
4
|
4
|
8
|
|
House Martin
|
47
|
|
47
|
|
Lesser Whitethroat
|
4
|
3
|
7
|
|
Long Tailed Tit
|
|
1
|
1
|
|
Reed Bunting
|
2
|
1
|
3
|
|
Reed Warbler
|
64
|
26
|
90
|
|
Robin
|
6
|
4
|
10
|
|
Sand Martin
|
6
|
|
6
|
|
Sedge Warbler
|
16
|
|
16
|
|
Whitethroat
|
3
|
|
3
|
|
Willow Warbler
|
13
|
|
13
|
|
Wren
|
12
|
11
|
23
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
262
|
105
|
367
|
 |
| House Martin |
Photos by Jenny
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