Friday, 24 August 2018

24/08 Greenhan Common

Location: Greenham Common Western Enclosure
Session: 24-Aug-2018 07:00 to 10:45
Headlines: Rained off yesterday, a bit breezy today. Quite a reasonable capture given the weather conditions. There was a tit flock moving around the heath when I arrived. Tried a new playlist of miscellaneous migrants but no luck. There were several migrants over by the Fire Plane Gravel when we left, including a Whinchat and Redstart, thanks to NC for letting us know.
Weather: sunny periods, light wind early, breezy later, cool
Present: JL, IW, RJC
Nets: 48metres in three rides of 18m, 18m ,12m, up from 07:30 to 10:30hrs
Lure (audio): Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Goldcrest, Firecrest, Garden Warbler, Willow Warbler, Wood Warbler, Redstart, Whinchat, Yellow Wagtail, Tree Pipit, Wheatear shuffled intermittently.
Capture (New/Recapture)
18(17/01)
Matching Visit: none

Species
New
Rtp
Juv
Adult
BLACA
5

5

BLUTI
2

1
1
CHIFF
2
1
3

GRETI
2

2

ROBIN
1

1

WHITE
2

2

WILWA
3

3

Species
New
Rtp
Juv
Adult










Recaptures: (1) Chiffchaff ringed 01-Jul-2018

Sightings 34 Species: had a good view of a Hobby that flew through southwest and a Sparrowhawk along the tree line north,  Raven are scare this end of the common, otherwise a typical list for the time of year with one or two notable absentees.



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