23/07 Greenham Common

Location: Greenham Common Western Enclosure

Session: 23-Jul-2019 07:00 to 10:50hrs

Notes: It was very quiet when I put the nets up that is until I put the audio on. What followed was a never-ending stream of mostly sylvia warblers with a few phylos and later some tits and some of the flock of Goldfinch that are feeding the “weed” seed heads in the enclosure; here they are not cropped by the cattle. Unusual was the first Greenfinch for a while and a juvenile Nuthatch; the first here since 2014, We also had the 4th Lesser Whitethroat and we haven’t reached the peak migration week for this species. At around 10:00hrs the movement slowed to a stop as the breeze livened up.

Weather: Foggy early, clearing to bright sun, very warm, calm until the last 30 minutes or so when it was breezy.
Present: JL, IW, DL
Nets: 49metres in three rides up from 07:30 to 10:30hrs
Lure (audio): warbler, misc. migrants, redstart intermittently

Capture (New/Recapture) 64(64/00) 13 Species	Matching Visit: (Tues) 24/07/2018 22(22/00) 11 Species
Species New Rtp Juv Adult BLABI 1 1 BLACA 19 19 BLUTI 5 5 CHIFF 2 2 GARWA 12 12 GOLDF 8 7 1 GRETI 1 1 GREFI 1 1 LESWH 1 1 NUTHA 1 1 ROBIN 1 1 WHITE 3 2 WILWA 9 9	Species New Rtp Juv Adult BLABI 1 1 BLACA 4 4 BLUTI 2 2 CHIFF 3 3 GARWA 1 1 GOLDC 1 1 GRETI 1 1 SWALL 1 1 WHITE 3 2 1 WILWA 3 3 WREN 2 2

Recaptures: none
Sightings 27 Species: It was bit busy and we may have missed a few. The Sparrowhawk flew in from the west low and parallel with the nets, trying to flush birds up from the gorse.

Sparrowhawk Buzzard Stock Dove Woodpigeon Green Woodpecker Jay Magpie Jackdaw Carrion Crow Blue Tit Great Tit Swallow House Martin Willow Warbler

Chiffchaff Blackcap Garden Warbler Lesser Whitethroat Whitethroat Nuthatch Great Spotted Woodpecker Blackbird Robin Stonechat Greenfinch Linnet Goldfinch