Friday 30 June 2017

30/06 Greenham Common

Location: Greenham Common Western Enclosure
Session: 30-Jun-2017 06:00 to 10:20hrs
Headlines: It had been a bit of a struggle this month, with the recent poor weather and few captures, motivation has been an issue. On seeing the weather forecast for this week I had all but written off any chance of ringing and directed my attention elsewhere. Yesterday the weather forecast improved so it being the last day of June I thought I would do a session. Glad I did as we captured an immature (speckle plumage) Redstart. It is the earliest returning Redstart we have ever captured here, most are captured late August and September. As it was speckled, like a big Robin with a russet red tail, it may have fledged quite close by. Nice to capture the Blue Tit ringed this year as a pulli by Gina and the Greenham Nest Recorder team in a nest box in Sandleford Copse just over the back. Other than this, one or two locals and some disbursing warblers made for a pleasant session.
Weather: Cool, calm, mostly overcast with sunny periods making it warm up and breezy when it clouded over again.
Present: JL, IW, RJC
Nets: 60Metres in five rides of 18M, 18M , 12M, 18M, 18M up from 06:30 to 10:00hrs
Lure (none):
Capture (New/Recapture)
16(14/2)
13(10/3) 30-Jun-2016
Species
New
Retrap
Juv
Adult
BLUTI

1
1

CHIFF
2

1
1
DUNNO
1


1
GARWA
1


1
GRETI
2

2

LINNE
2


2
REDST
1

1

SONTH
1


1
WHITE
2
1
1
2
WILWA
2

1
1
Species
New
Retrap
Juv
Adult
BLABI
2


2
CHIFF
2
1
1
2
DUNNO
1

1

GARWA
1
1
1
1
ROBIN
3

3

WILWA
1
1
1
1
Recaptures: (2) Blue Tit ringed as a pulli Box A2 Sandleford Copse 47d and Whitethroat 16d

Juvenile Redstart

Sightings 38 Species: Some movement about the site, mostly finches but also a few calling phylos warblers. A low flying family of Swallows managed to avoid the nets again! Best bird obviously the Redstart but also interesting was a Kestrel carrying what looked like a slow worm over towards the bunkers
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