13/08 Greenham Common

Location: Greenham Common Western Enclosure

Session: 13-Aug-2019 07:20 to 10:50hrs

Notes: First session in week 33. Looking at the weather forecast it might be the only session; Thursday is the only other day that has possibilities. Willow Warbler and Whitethroat are the main migrants on the move, Garden Warblers numbers (45) look to be tailing off. The sixth Lesser Whitethroat of the season, matches 2015 and 2018 totals and Whitethroat (44) and Willow Warbler (77) so far, look to be heading for a bumper year, if the current rate of capture continues over the next couple of weeks.

Weather: sunny period, warming up, breezy.

Present: JL, IW

Nets: 48metres in three rides of 18m, 18m, 12m up from 08:00 to 10:30hrs

Lure (audio): misc. migrants, warblers, redstart, swallows intermittently 

Capture (New/Recapture) 39(39/00) 8 Species	Matching Visit: Tues) 14/08/2018 14(14/00) 6 Species
Species New Rtp Juv Adult BLACA 10 10 BLUTI 5 5 CHIFF 1 1 GARWA 3 3 LESWH 1 1 ROBIN 1 1 WHITE 6 6 WILWA 12 12	Species New Rtp Juv Adult CHIFF 1 1 GARWA 2 2 GOLDC 1 1 ROBIN 1 1 WHITE 2 2 WILWA 7 7

Recaptures: none

Sightings 26 Species: probably missed a few, first Meadow Pipits for a while. the second Lesser Whitethroat  was seen after the first had been released and was not ringed

Blackcap (10+) Blue Tit (5+) Bullfinch (2+) Canada Goose (3) Carrion Crow (2+) Chiffchaff (3+) Coal Tit (1+) Feral Pigeon (2+) Garden Warbler (3+) Goldfinch (12+) Great Spotted Woodpecker (1+) Green Woodpecker (2+) Greenfinch (1+)

Jackdaw (5+) Lesser Whitethroat (2) Linnet (10+) Long-tailed Tit (3+) Magpie (3+) Meadow Pipit (3) Robin (2+) Starling (3+) Stonechat (3+) Whitethroat (6+) Willow Warbler (12+) Woodpigeon (10+) Wren (1+)