10/06 Greenham Common

Location: Estovers (616) Greenham Common

Session: 10-Jun-2018 07:00 to 10:30hrs           

Headlines: Having a “spare” weekend off from CES we ringed in the scrub around the feeder compound at Greenham Common. It was relatively quiet with little avian activity. A few juvenile Robin and Dunnock and a single juvenile Blue Tit with an accompanying adult comprised the bulk of the capture. A sign that the season is moving on was a Marsh Tit in full moult.  A couple of Garden Warblers both males in breeding condition probably the best of the morning.

Weather: overcast, warm, calm
Present: JL, IW, GB, DL, JPM
Nets: 76Metres in 6 rides, 3 in the feeder compound scrub and 3 to the west of compound up from 07:30 to 10:20hrs
Lure ( None ):              

Capture (New/Recapture)

14(11/03)	No equivalent 2017 session.
Species New Rtp Juv Adult BLUTI 1 1 1 1 BULLF 1 1 CHIFF 1 1 DUNNO 3 3 GARWA 2 2 MARTI 1 1 ROBIN 3 3 SONTH 1 1

Recaptures: (3) all ringed as juveniles in:

                     Blue Tit 01-Nov-2015,
Marsh Tit 15-Oct-2017,
Song Thrush 19-Nov-2017

Sightings 37 Species: Ian’s list, numbers of most summer visitors seem well down on previous years. Spotted Flycatcher probably the best bird and shows that many species are still on the move, whether coming in or going out is debatable.