01/08 Greenham Common Western Enclosure

Location: Greenham Common Western Enclosure
Session: 01-Aug-2019 07:00 to 11:20hrs

Notes: The weather restricted my ringing intentions this week, today being the first reasonable ringing weather since Monday. Had a good session with a good movement of Blackcap and Whitethroat, also a few Garden Warblers. The fifth Lesser Whitethroat of the season and three Stonechats were the highlights for me. Normally when we capture Stonechats we see and hear them coming across the heathland. Today they just appeared the nets one at a time. The only sighting of one throughout the session was a very smart male, in recently renewed plumage, skulking in a rose bush.  A good steady pleasant session.

Weather: Overcast, warm, calm to light winds
Present: JL, RJC
Nets: 48metres in three rides of 18m, 18m, 12m up from 07:30 to 11:00hrs
Lure (audio): warblers, misc. migrants, redstart, swallow intermittently

Capture (New/Recapture) 39(38/01) 10 Species	Matching Visit: )Thurs) 02/08/2018 21(20/01) 9 Species
Species New Rtp Juv Adult BLACA 11 11 CHIFF 3 3 GARWA 6 6 GOLDC 1 1 GOLDF 1 1 GREFI 1 1 LESWH 1 1 STOCH 3 3 WHITE 9 9 WILWA 3 3	Species New Rtp Juv Adult BLABI 1 1 BLACA 2 2 CHIFF 1 1 DUNNO 1 1 GARWA 3 1 4 GOLDC 2 2 STOCH 1 1 WHITE 6 6 WILWA 3 3

Recaptures: (1) Goldfinch ringed 26/12/2017 in my garden about 300m away.

Sightings 23 Species: probably missed a few but we did pick up by call and then sighting a high-flying Green Sandpiper

Blackbird Blackcap Bullfinch Carrion Crow Chiffchaff Feral Pigeon Garden Warbler Goldcrest Goldfinch Great Spotted Woodpecker Green Sandpiper (1) Green Woodpecker

Greenfinch Jackdaw Lesser Whitethroat (1) Linnet Magpie Robin Starling Stonechat Whitethroat Willow Warbler Woodpigeon