03/11 Greenham Common

Location: Greenham Common Western Enclosure

Session: 03-Nov-2017 07:35 to 10:30hrs

Headlines: A session in the fog. Redwings are still coming to audio also Goldcrests. There have been one or two Reed Buntings in the area since September, nice to capture a couple. Best bird, the Dartford Warbler, a nice 1st winter male that has managed to miss the nets over the last few sessions; finally got it wrong today! Several flocks of Redwings came down into the bushes as usual but were not captured, some bounced though as they left a few feathers as calling cards. Those that were captured arrived unseen; possibly singletons seeking company. The Song Thrush was captured with a couple of Redwings might have been a continental but was a small individual so probably not. No "summer" warblers today and a single Redpoll dipped down towards the enclosure but kept going. Nice mix of species, much better than last year’s matching visit.

Weather: Very foggy, cool and calm, fog thinned towards the end of the session.
Present: JL
Nets: 48metres in three rides of 18M, 18M , 12M up from 07:45 until 10:00hrs
Lure (audio): Redwing, Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Goldcrest, Firecrest, Siskin, Redpoll, Yellow-browed Warbler.
Capture (New/Recapture)

15(13/02)	7(02/05) 03-Nov-2016 matching visit.
Species New Rtp 1stCY 2ndCY+ BLABI 1 1 BLUTI 1 1 DARWA 1 1 GOLDC 3 1 4 GRETI 1 1 REDWI 4 2 2 REEBU 2 2 SONTH 1 1	Species New Rtp 1stCY 2ndCY+ BLUTI 1 1 GOLDC 1 2 3 LOTTI 3 indeterminate

Recaptures: (2) Blue Tit and Goldcrest, both recent (3 days)

1st winter male Dartford Warbler

Sightings 22 Species: Difficult to pickup much in the fog mostly ID'd from calls, no Fieldfares detected to today, probably missed quite lot.