23/08 Greenham Common

Location: Greenham Common Western Enclosure
Session: 23-Aug-2017 06:45 to 11:30hrs

Headlines: Put up the full set of nets today and although it was a good capture it lacked the quality species of yesterday. Good numbers of Blackcap and Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler numbers dropping as expected at the end of August. It was a steady capture for about the first third of the session, it dipped during the second and then in the last third it picked up as the cloud lifted and the sun broke through. 

Weather: overcast, low damping mist early, calm, cloudy when mist lifted, a few spots of rain, sunny periods and breezy at the end of the session
Present: JL, IW
Nets: 84metres in five rides of 18M, 18M, 12M, 18M, 18M up from 07:00 to 11:00hrs
Lure (audio): Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Goldcrest, Firecrest, Willow Warbler, Whitethroat and Redstart intermittently
Capture (New/Recapture)

29(28/01)	10(10/00) 24/08/2016 matching visit
Species New Rtp Juvs Adults BLACA 11 11 BLUTI 1 1 CHIFF 10 10 GOLDC 1 1 WHITE 1 1 2 WILWA 4 4	Species New Rtp Juvs Adults BLABI 1 1 BLACA 1 1 BLUTI 2 2 CHIFF 2 2 REEWA 1 1 WHITE 1 1 WILWA 2 2

Recaptures: Blue Tit 2y 16d, Whitethroat ringed 3d ago

Sightings 31 Species: Birding was slow today with less activity than yesterday. Four Wheatears out on the grassy area east of the enclosure probably the best sighting. The hirundines appeared around the same time as yesterday and there were many more over the treeline in the west. A flight of Mallard north in four groups suggested that autumn is not far off.