06/08 Greenham Common

Location: Greenham Common Western Enclosure
Session: 06-Aug-2019 07:30 to 10:30hrs

Notes: The weather conditions quickly deteriorated as soon as I arrived with the wind gusting at first then becoming consistently strong as the session progressed. The few birds captured were all captured on the windward side of the nets. The wind not only gusted but swirled in the early part of the session. Although there are many Linnets around most days, we rarely capture any, so todays juvenile female is the bird of the day. I am sure, had conditions been better, we would have captured more migrants; maybe tomorrow.

Weather: overcast, a few sunny periods, warm, blustery, windy

Present: JL, IW

Nets: 48metres in three rides of 18m, 18m, 12m up from 08:00 to 10:00hrs

Lure (audio): misc. migrants, warblers, redstart, swallow

Capture (New/Recapture) 07(07/00) 5 Species	Matching Visit: (Tues) 07/08/2018 24(23/01) 8 Species
Species New Rtp Juv Adult BLACA 3 3 GARWA 1 1 LINNE 1 1 WILWA 2 2	Species New Rtp Juv Adult BACA 3 3 BLUTI 1 1 CHIFF 3 DUNNO 1 1 LESWH 1 1 STOCH 1 1 WHITE 4 1 5 WILWA 4 4

Recaptures: none

Sightings 25 Species: A small fall of Whitethroats in the surrounding scrub appeared to be moving towards the enclosure but none captured. They had all disappeared by the next walkround. The House Martins, in one group, were heading south-ish battling against the head-wind. Both Swallows, heading south, jinked over the nets.

Blackcap Carrion Crow Chiffchaff Dunnock Garden Warbler Great Spotted Woodpecker Greenfinch Herring Gull (1) House Martin (12) Jackdaw Jay Linnet Magpie

Mallard (1) Red Kite Robin (2) Starling Stock Dove Stonechat (6) Swallow (2) Whitethroat Willow Warbler Woodlark (5) Woodpigeon Wren