03/10 Greenham Common Western Enclosure

Location: Greenham Common, Western Enclosure
Session: 03-Oct-2018 07:30 to 10:50hrs

Headlines: I only managed to get the first nets up and immediately captured 11, mostly Long-tailed Tits with a couple of Blue Tits and a Great Tit. Had intended to put up a fourth net but the tit flock took precedence. I only got the audio on after extracting them. Following this there was a trickle of captures and it looked like we would miss out on any migrants late in the session however captured two Blackcaps. A Chiffchaff was calling when I arrived, but stopped soon after. Mid-way through the session we suddenly got a lot of activity around the enclosure, mostly birds coming to drink from the large puddle just to the southwest. The gathering included Goldfinch, Linnet, a couple of Reed Buntings and 10+ Meadow Pipits. The latter flock flew over and around the nets reacting to their call, but we only captured one. As we went to take the last net down a Goldcrest flew in, hopefully there will be few more in the days to come. 

Weather: sunny, clear skies until late in session, light breeze, warm
Present: JL, IW
Nets: 48metres in three rides of 18m, 18m, 12m up from 07:45 to 10:30hrs
Lure (audio): playlists – Warblers, Autumn, Wagtails, Redstart, Meadow Pipit, shuffled intermittently.

Capture (New/Recapture) 17(15/02)	Matching Visit: none
Species New Rtp Juv Adult BLACA 2 2 BLUTI 3 1 4 GOLDC 1 1 GRETI 1 1 LOTTI 7 Full-grown MEAPI 1 1 REEBU 1 1	Species New Rtp Juv Adult

Recaptures: (2) Blue Tit ringed -1-Jul-2018, Great Tit ringed 18-Jul-2018

Sightings 38 Species: Ian’s list, quite a lot of activity this morning at times, no gulls today though, at least two separate groups of Long-tailed Tits, the early group we captured most of the flock, a later group did not cross into the enclosure. Woodpigeons and Jays seem very active so far this wee, a lot of flying about, Rooks are scarce at this end of the common.