12/10 Greenham Common

Location: Greenham Common Western Enclosure

Session: 12-Oct-2017 07:45 to 10:50hrs

Headlines: Looks like the summer migration is over, no Phylos or Sylvia warbler migrants today, also disappointingly no crests reacted. Unlike last year’s matching visit when these made up the bulk of the capture. Several Redwing and Redpoll dropped in but the nets were billowing in the breeze so if they went in they must have bounced out. The first capture a Dartford Warbler was an hour after nets up. Then another 45 minutes passed before the Great tit was captured. Finally when we went to take the nets down we had captured the Redwing and Blackbird. Not many birds but a couple of quality species.

Weather: Light breeze, mostly cloudy, cool

Present: JL, IW

Nets: 48metres in three rides of 18M, 18M, 12M up from 08:00 to 10:30hrs

Lure (audio): Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Goldcrest, Firecrest, Siskin, Redpoll, Redwing, Meadow Pipit intermittently 

Capture (New/Recapture)

4(04/00)	18(16/02) Matching 12-Oct-2016 visit
Species All New 1stWint 2nd+Wint BLABI 1 1 DARWA 1 1 GRETI 1 1 REDWI 1 1	Species New Rtp 1stWint 2nd+Wint BLABI 2 2 BLACA 1 1 BLUTI 1 1 CHIFF 5 5 GOLDC 5 5 LOTTI 1 2 indeterminate WREN 1 1

Recaptures: No retraps

1st Redwing capture of the autumn ,a 2nd winter bird and long winged (124mm)

Sightings 26 Species: First Redwings of this winter for me, quite late compared to 2016. No sign of any summer migrants (two Chiffchaff were singing along the Greenham Park hedge on Tuesday the 10th) Song Thrushes were flying about a lot and were probably also winter migrants. Very much  a winter feel to the bird species seen today, though the singing, sparring Woodlark seem to think it is early spring.