Excellent morning catch at Chelmarsh

 Sunday 6th September 2020

Dave, Joe, Sadie

First Sunday after CES, so tape lure support.  Net rides 1,2,4 plus 5 nets over Baxter's

Birds caught:  Blackcap 10/1; Robin 4/2;  Dunnock 4/0;  Chiffchaff 21/2; Wren 2/3; Reed Warbler 2/0;  Cetti 0/2;  Blue Tit 7/7;  Bullfinch 5/1;  Reed Bunting 3/0;  Sedge Warbler 1/0;  Long-tailed Tit 0/3; Great Spotted Woodpecker 1/0;  Goldfinch 1/0;  Great Tit 1/0;  Garden Warbler 1/0

Total birds caught 84 ( 16 species )

Swallow roost catch

Friday 4th September 2020

Dave from 3pm with nets for warblers, hoping for Cetti - but no joy despite at least 2 singing birds.

Linda, Sadie, Stuart

Birds caught:

Blackcap 9/0;  Wren 2/2;  Chiffchaff 2/0;  Blue Tit 2/1;  Garden Warbler 1/0;  Bullfinch 3/0;  Whitethroat 1/0;  Goldfinch 1/0;  Dunnock 1/1;  Robin 1/0;  Reed Bunting 0/1;  Reed Warbler 1/0;  Swallow 25/0

Work parties and warbler catch

 Saturday 8th and Sunday 9th August 2020

Dave, Joe, Stu, Linda, Sadie

New pole box made by Joe and put together to make working easier.  Rides cut through high phrag on Baxter's for roost catches ahead ...

Sunday catch:

Blackcap 5,  Chiffchaff 7, Blackbird 1,  Reed Warbler 14,  Sedge Warbler 1,  Blue Tit 2,  Great Tit 2,  Willow Warbler 2,  Wren 2,  Garden Warbler 1,  Whitethroat 1

Total birds: 38

Baxter's - some good warblers

Sunday 7th June 2020

Joe, Dave, Sadie, Stu
Joe had done rides by pool and one into reeds.

Birds caught:  Reed Warbler 3/3,  Chiffchaff 4/0 (all young), Wren 0/1,  Garden Warbler 1/0,  Sedge Warbler 0/3,  Reed Bunting 2/0,  Robin 0/1,  Bullfinch 1/0

Total birds = 19

Also seen - Kestrel, Cormorant, Cettis, Grey Heron, Swallow, Linnet

Roost catch - not rich pickings

Sunday 19th August 2020

Joe, Dave, Stu, Sadie

Only c50-100 Starlings came in, most of Redwing went over Baxter's.

Birds caught (feeding station, then roost ):

22 Blue Tit,  8 Great Tit,  3 House Sparrow,  1 Chaffinch,  1 Robin, 4 Reed Bunting, 1 Blackbird and 1 Redwing

Smaller murmuration but good catch

Sunday 5th January 2020

Stu, Dave, Linda, Sadie

2 hedge nets, 2 iron path, 2 side of scrape

Birds caught:  15 Starling, 6 Redwing, 8 Reed Bunting, 2 Bullfinch,  2 Blue Tit

Birds seen:  c1250 Starling, 1 Kestrel, 2 Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard

Another excellent roost catch

Sunday 29th December 2019

Dave and Stu

2 hedge nets, 2 in iron path and 1 in front of phrag on scrape
5000+ Starlings wonderful to see again.

Birds caught:  32 Starling, 15 Redwing, 4 Reed Bunting,  3 Long-tailed Tit

Excellent Starling roost catch

Sunday 22nd December 2019

Dave, Stu, Linda

2 nets along iron path and four alongside scrape

Treated to c 5,000 Starling murmuration - coming into roost.

Total catch:  68 Starling, 8 Reed Bunting, 2 Redwing, 2 Blue Tit

Excellent varied roost catch

Joe, Stu, Dave

Nets - one across front of scrape, iron path hedge (redwing tape), rides 8&9 (Reebu tape) extended and new ride towards Baxter's. Cold still afternoon - moon rise.

Birds Ringed:

Long Tailed Tit 14,  Cetti's Warbler 1,  Reed Bunting 23,  Blue Tit 2, Robin 2,  Chaffinch 1 (continental),  Kingfisher 2,  Great Tit 1,  Dunnock 1,  Blackbird 5,  Redwing 3,  Starling 1,  Sparrowhawk 1

Total birds:  57

Also seen: Green Sandpiper, Snipe,  Grey Heron,  Jay

Chelmarsh early morning Warbler catch

15th September 2019

Dave, Joe

Blackcap 10/1,  Chiffchaff 17/1,  Blue tit 2/1,  Dunnock 4/0,  Bullfinch 2/0,  reed Warbler 2/0,  Great Tit 1/1,  Robin 2/1

Chelmarsh Early Morning and Evening Roost Catches

Sunday 8th September

Morning: Dave, Joe, Sadie

Blue Tit 5/1,  Blackcap 11/0, Whitethroat 3/0,  Reed Warbler 2/1,  Chiffchaff 16/5,  Garden Warbler 1/0,  Robin 1/2,  Goldfinch 1/0,  Goldcrest 1/0,  Wren 1/0, Willow Warbler 1/0

Evening: Linda, Stuart - Net rides 1/2 and iron path for roost

Blue Tit 0/6,  Blackcap 2/1,  Garden Warbler 1/0,  Chiffchaff 4/0, Reed Warbler 0/1,  Lesser Whitethroat 1/0,  Sand Martin 3/0

Morning Warbler Catch at Chelmarsh

1st September 2019

Dave, Stu, Joe, Sadie

Hedge nets and entrance path - lures

Blackcap 12/0,  Bullfinch 3/1,  Chiffchaff 16/2,  Blue Tit 5/5,  Reed Warbler 2/0,  Dunnock 3/1,  Garden Warbler 2/0,  Great Tit 3/0,  Reed Bunting 1/0,  Wren 1/0, 

Chelmarsh extra session

Sunday 21st July 2019

Chiffchaff 14/3;  Reed Warbler 6/8;  Whitethroat 2/2; Wren 6/1;  Blue Tit 1/5;  Great Tit 1/1;  Willow Warbler 0/1;  Sedge Warbler 1/4;  Treecreeper 1/0;  Robin 1/0;  Long-tailed Tut 3/0

Joe and Dave

Birds ringed: 61

Extra session at Chelmarsh

Sunday 30th June 2019

Joe, Dave, Sadie and Stuart

3 nets on Phalarope pool side, 1 iron path, 1 hedge (ride 1) and along path.

Birds caught:

Song Thrush 1/0,  Reed Warbler 5/3,  Sedge Warbler 1/2,  Chiffchaff 11/0,  Wren 4/2,  Whitethroat 3/0,  Blackcap 6/0,  Blue Tit 8/2,  Robin 3/1,  Reed Bunting 0/2,  Blackbird 1/0,  Goldfinch 1/0,  Great Tit 1/0,  Greenfinch 1/0,  Dunnock 1/0,  Garden Warbler 2/0

Not a great roost catch ...

Sunday 3rd February 2019

Dave, Joe, Linda, Sadie, Stuart

Hedge nets and then 2 iron path and 3 central bed roost catch - tapes for Reed Bunting and Redwing.

Very few birds coming into roost despite it having been a cold week with frosts at night.

Birds caught:  Blue Tit 15,  Great Tit 10,  House Sparrow 2,  Reed Bunting 9,  Chaffinch 5,  Blackbird 1,  Long-tailed Tit 2,  Robin 1,  Dunnock 1,  Marsh Tit 1,  Song Thrush 2

Also seen:  Kingfisher, Barn Owl, Raven, Jackdaw, Teal

Feeders and Roost Catch

Dave, Stu, Linda, Joe, James
2 hedge nets ; 5 roost nets (iron path and main bed)

A good catch overall.

Blue Tit 17,  Long-tailed Tit 6,  Reed Bunting 20,  Great Tit 6,  Chaffinch 3, Dunnock 2,  Starling 1,  Pied Wagtail 2,  Great-Spotted Woodpecker 1

Also seen or heard:  Grey Heron, Kingfisher,  Sparrowhawk, Jackdaw, Water Rail, Redwing

Feeders and Roost catch - first of New Year

Thursday 3rd January 2018

Dave, Linda, Stu.

Feeders in hedge; then roost - 2 nets iron path and 3 in centre.

Birds caught:

Blue Tit 21,  Great Tit 6,  Reed Bunting 16,  Redwing 1,  Song Thrush 1,  Starling 4,  Goldfinch 4,  Long-tailed Tit 13,  Great Spotted Woodpecker 1,  Dunnock 3, Robin 3,  Marsh Tit 1,  House Sparrow 1

Roost catch

Thursday 27th December 2018

Dave and Stu.  Two nets on iron path and three in main reed-bed.

Birds caught:  22 Reed Bunting, 1 Blue Tit, 1 Blackbird

Also seen:  Kingfisher, Sparrowhawk (struck at net area), 100+ Starling, 2 Pied Wagtail,  Water Rail

Feeding station and roost catch

Sunday 25th November 2018

Dave, Stu and Pete

Hedge nets:

Great Tit 5,  Blue Tit 27, House Sparrow 8,  Dunnock 1,  Nuthatch 1, Chaffinch 2

Roost: iron path and middle of main right bed:

Reed Bunting 22,  Robin 1,  Redwing 1,  Blackbird 1

Winter roost attempt

Dave, Stu, Joe and Dave B

Sunday 18th November 2018

Hedge nets:  29 Blue Tit, 10 Great Tit, 2 House Sparrow, 1 Dunnock, 2 Robin, 1 Chaffinch

Iron path and two nets in main right bed:  19 Reed Bunting and 5 Starling

Roost coming in was c25 Starling.  Colder weather on the way.