13/07 Greenham Common

Location: Greenham Common Western Enclosure
Session: 13-Jul-2017 06:30 to 10:25hrs

Headlines: Raining a little when I left home but the rain radar showed it to be the end of a passing shower. It was quite slow at first with just a Linnet and 30 minutes later a Blackcap, Linnet and Blue Tit. Then I saw several Whitethroat dropped into the site. I watched some moving towards the enclosure, they took a little time to capture. Blackcap, Whitethroat and Linnet made up the bulk of the day’s capture. Phylos warblers were scarce this morning; one Chiffchaff captured, three singing in the woods and no sign of Willow Warbler. The latter seem to have left the area a couple of weeks ago. It should be easy to separate passage birds from the locals this year.

Weather: Overcast, few spots of rain on arrival, clearing to sunny periods, cool, calm until the last hour when there was a light breeze.
Present: JL, RJC
Nets: 48metres in three rides of 18m, 18m, 12m up from 06:45 to 10:00hrs
Lure (audio): Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Goldcrest, Firecrest, Whitethroat, Willow Warbler intermittently.
Capture (New/Recapture)

24(23/01)	16(16/00) matching visit 13/07/2016
Species New Rtps Juv Adult BLACA 5 4 1 BLUTI 1 1 2 CHIFF 1 1 GOLDC 1 1 GOLDF 2 1 1 GREFI 1 1 LINNE 4 3 1 WHITE 8 7 1	Species New Rtps Juv Adult BLACA 4 2 2 CHIFF 4 4 DUNNO 1 1 GOLDC 1 1 GRETI 2 2 WILWA 4 3 1

Recaptures: 1 Blue Tit, the same birds as captured on the 30/06 ringed as pulli 14/05, Sandleford Copse nest box A2

Sightings 21 Species: missed a few species today, but not much visible movement.