27/08 Greenham Common

Location: Greenham Common Western Enclosure
Session: 27-Aug-2019 07:00 to 10:45 hrs
Notes:  A typical capture today and the tenth Lesser Whitethroat of the season the best bird. Had to leave early to pick up the great grandaughter for an overnight stay (a second summer juvenile)

Weather: Sunny, uncomfortably hot, calm to light breeze.

Present: JL, IW

Nets: 48metres in three rides of 18m, 18m, 12m up from 07:30 to 10:30hrs

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

Capture (New/Recapture) 31(30/01) 8 Species	Matching Visit: (Tues) 28/08/2018 32(30/02) 6 Species
Species New Rtp Juv Adult BLACA 7 7 BLUTI 2 2 1 CHIFF 8 1 8 GARWA 1 1 GRETI 2 2 LESWH 1 1 WHITE 4 4 WILWA 6 6	Species New Rtp Juv Adult BLACA 15 1 15 CHIFF 7 1 8 GRETI 1 1 ROBIN 1 1 WHITE 4 4 WILWA 3 3

Recaptures: (1) recent

Sightings 26 Species: Another Dartford Warbler, couldn’t see any ring, otherwise much as expected. 

Blackbird (1) Blackcap Blue Tit Buzzard (2) Carrion Crow (3) Chiffchaff Coal Tit Dartford Warbler (1) Dunnock Garden Warbler Goldfinch (3) Great Tit Green Woodpecker (1)

Greenfinch (1) Jackdaw (16) Lesser Black-backed Gull (8) Long-tailed Tit Magpie (5) Red Kite (1) Robin (1) Stock Dove (2) Swallow (7) Whitethroat Willow Warbler Woodpigeon (5) Wren (1)