07/08 Greenham Common Western Enclosure

Location: Greenham Common Western Enclosure

Session: 08-Aug-2018 07:00 to 10:30hrs

Headlines: The forecast is for changeable weather after today. Might not get my three days in this week. Finally playing the Lesser Whitethroat song played off. At one time there were at least eight Whitethroats flitting in the enclosure but only captured two that round. Another female Stonechat was one of four that went through the enclosure. Noticed that bird bounce out of the Ecotone net quite often, will revert to a North Ronaldsay next visit they have deeper pockets. Was wondering why my best net site was not catching as well as before.

Weather: bright, sunny, clear, warm, calm

Present: JL

Nets: 48metres three rides of 18m, 18m, 12m up from 07:30 to 10:00hrs

Lure (audio): Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Goldcrest, Firecrest, Willow Warbler, Garden Warbler, Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, Redstart intermittently

Capture (New/Recapture) 24(23/01)	Matching Visit: none
Species New Rtp Juv Adult BLACA 3 3 BLUTI 1 1 CHIFF 3 3 DUNNO 1 1 GARWA 5 5 LESWH 1 1 STOCH 1 1 WHITE 4 1 5 WILWA 4 4	Species New Rtp Juv Adult

Recaptures: (01) Whitethroat ringed 17-Jul-2018 was carrying a lot more fat than when ringed

Lesser Whitethroat 1st Year

Sightings 24 Species: first Woodlark located here for a while a family party of 6 first located two that flew in found them in the longish dead grass and then located 4 others all very still, looking like small clods with eyes, in a close group