20/08 Greenham Common

Location: Greenham Common Western Enclosure

Session: 20-Aug-2019 07:10 to 11:15hrs

Notes: . A mixed bag today. Ringed another juvenile Dartford Warbler and a Chaffinch, a scarce bird these days and this one didn’t have Ugg boots! As we approach the nets on one round we saw two Tree Pipits near the enclosure and a few moments later two pipits flew into a net. We expected to find Tree Pipits, but they were Meadow Pipits; we checked them very carefully though. Later on a walk round it became apparent that there had been a small influx of Meadow Pipits.  

Weather: sunny periods, warm, breezy.

Present: JL, IW

Nets: 48metres in three rides of 18m, 18m, 12m up from 07:45 to 10:45hrs

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

Capture (New/Recapture) 31(31/01) 12 Species	Matching Visit: (Tues) 21/08/2018 36(34/02) 10 Species
Species New Rtp Juv Adult BLACA 6 6 BLUTI 4 4 CHAFF 1 1 CHIFF 3 3 DARWA 1 1 GARWA 3 3 GOLDC 1 1 GRETI 2 2 MEAPI 2 2 ROBIN 1 1 1 1 WHITE 4 4 WILWA 2 2	Species New Rtp Juv Adult BLACA 16 16 BLUTI 1 1 CHIFF 4 4 COATI 1 1 GARWA 1 1 GOLDC 1 1 GRETI 1 1 TREPI 1 1 WHITE 3 2 WILWA 7 7

Recaptures: Robin ringed 02/10/2018 as a Juvenile

Sightings 33 Species: A least two Lesser Whitethroats in company with several Whitethroats in the scrub to the southeast of the enclosure did not respond to the lures unfortunately. A Buzzard floated across the heath when we left.

Blackbird (1) Blackcap (6) Black-headed Gull (1) Blue Tit (4) Buzzard (1) Carrion Crow (2) Chaffinch (1) Chiffchaff (2) Coal Tit (1) Dartford Warbler (1) Garden Warbler (3) Goldcrest (1) Goldfinch (17) Great Spotted Woodpecker (1) Great Tit (2) Green Woodpecker (1) Greenfinch (5)

Jackdaw (26) Lesser Whitethroat (2) Linnet (7) Magpie (4) Meadow Pipit (11) Nuthatch (2) Robin (2) Stock Dove (5) Stonechat (8) Swallow (4) Tree Pipit (2) Whitethroat (8) Willow Warbler (3) Woodlark (8) Woodpigeon (10) Wren (2)