Location: Greenham
Common Western Enclosure
Session: 10-May-2017 06:30 to
10:30hrs
Headlines: Thought I would take a
break from ringing pulli and try my luck at the enclosure; last week my
attempt to ring there produced no birds. So today’s six birds was better than
I anticipated. While putting the nets up I captured a Chiffchaff and a
Blackcap. Next round had one bird, a Garden Warbler that had been ringed as a
juvenile last year; 288 days ago. For the last week or so there have been at
least two family parties of Stonechat around the perimeter and in particular a
dark male with large patches of white that looks interesting. He arrived on
the fence with a family party in toe; a female and five juveniles. They spread
around the enclosure, perched in front and on the nets, at one time four perched
along the top shelf. I tried to persuade them to get captured but they
eventually moved off. Ever hopeful I was back in the enclosure soon and there
were two juvenile Stonechats in the net. I processed these and retrieved a
third from the nets soon after. They were not from the dark male’s family as far as I
could tell since I saw two ringed juveniles being fed by a female , a little later with a “normal”
looking male nearby. Unfortunately that was it for the session
and I spent the rest of the morning birding in the immediate area until nets
down at 10:0hrs
Weather: Bright, sunny, cool
slight frost, calm, breezy later.
Present: JL
Nets: 48metres in three
rides of 18M, 18M and 12M up from 06:45 until 10:00hrs
Lure (none):
Capture (New/Recapture)
6(5/1)
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Species code
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New
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Rtp
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Adult
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juvenile
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BLACA
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1
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1
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CHIFF
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1
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1
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GARWA
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1
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1
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STOCH
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3
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3
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Recaptures: Just the Garden
Warbler ringed as a juvenile here 26-Jul-2016
The Garden Warbler ringed last year
One of the juvenile Stonechats ringed today.
Sightings 36 Species: Several
Swifts flying about was new for this end of the common this
year ; saw two copulating in mid-air. A rattling Lesser Whitethroat was the first for me at this end of the common. No Wrens heard or seen! Apart from Whitethroat and Willow Warbler not a lot of song from other species. A Mistle Thrush gathering small morsels was probably for a second brood. Adrian came by on his survey, having seen a Ring Ouzel and a Yellow Wagtail earlier. I looked for them on the way out but no sign.
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