22/08 Greenham Common

Location: Greenham Common Western Enclosure

Session: 22-Aug-2018 06:55 to 10:15hrs

Headlines: It was damp and misty (mizzle) when I arrived. As I was erecting the first net three Yellow Wagtails flew over West, so I tried their calls but no response. An early flurry of birds did not sustain, it was a quiet session compared to yesterday and last year’s matching visit. Two Lesser Whitethroats in a session is good for us though. Had intended to keep the nets up until 10:30hrs but the mizzle came down again, so we finished early.

Weather: mizzle on and off all morning, a patch of blue sky briefly mid-session, wind calm to light breeze on occasions, warm
Present: JL, IW
Nets: 48metres in three rides of 18m, 18m, 12m up from 07:30 to 10:00hrs
Lure (audio): Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Goldcrest, Willow Warbler, Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, Wood Warbler, Redstart, Swallow(part), Tree Pipit, Yellow Wagtail(part) shuffled intermittently

Capture (New/Recapture) 16(16/00)	Matching Visit: 22-Aug-2017 31(29/01)
Species New Rtp Juv Adult BLACA 3 3 CHIFF 3 3 GARWA 1 1 LESWH 2 2 WHITE 3 3 WILWA 4 4	Species New Rtp Juv Adult BLABI 1 1 BLACA 7 7 BLUTI 1 1 2 CHIFF 4 4 GARWA 1 1 GOLDC 1 1 REEWA 1 1 ROBIN 1 1 SPOFL 1 1 STOCH 2 2 WHITE 1 1 WILWA 8 8

Recaptures: none

Sightings 26 Species: There was a good passage of Swallows today all flying directly West in small groups for most of the morning,.Some warblers in nearby scrub did not react to the audio. Nine Woodlark flew up from quite close. The two Stonechats were unusually skulking for this species, we found them deep in the middle of a bush when searching for warblers. It is interesting to note how some of the "resident" species change from day to day, no Wrens or Dunnocks located on the heath today but, unlike yesterday, we found Blackbird and Robin.