29/08 Greenham Common

Location: Greenham Common Western Enclosure

Session: 29-Aug-2019 07:30 to 10:50 hrs

Notes: A quiet day with limited activity. I did get some Swallows buzz the nets but no luck again. Cattle were grazing nearby on the grassland so had hopes of Yellow Wagtail, none detected though. A steady flow of two to four birds per round interspersed with a few blanks. Had a chat with friend that I had not seen since I left school!

Weather: early morning mist clearing to sunny periods, cool early, warm later, calm to light breeze.

Present: JL

Nets: 48metres in three rides of 18m, 18m, 12m up from 07:45 to 10:30hrs

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

Capture (New/Recapture) 22(20/02) 7 Species	Matching Visit: (Thurs) 30/08/2018 23(23/00) 9 Species
Species New Rtp Juv Adult BLACA 9 9 BLUTI 4 4 1 CHIFF 4 4 COATI 1 1 GRETI 1 1 ROBIN 1 1 WILWA 2 2	Species New Rtp Juv Adult BLACA 7 7 BLUTI 1 1 CHIFF 5 5 DUNNO 1 1 GOLDC 1 1 GRETI 4 4 LESWH 1 1 WHITE 1 1 WILWA 2 2

Recaptures: (2)

CHIFF            ringed 25/08/2019 at Thatcham Marsh LNR
GRETI            pulli ringed 07/05/2019 box PK18 about 1KM SE

Sightings 21 Species:  probably missed some even though I had plenty of time between rounds walking about. The Sparrowhawk I flushed on to the fence when walking back from checking the grassland again. It was an immature male attracted by the lures. He made at least two runs through the scrub in the enclosure while I was extracting and taking down the nets; think he hit the top of the net just above me once. It was something quite big but it had gone before I could look up from the Blue Tit I was taking out of the net. 

Magpie                                                       Wren                                                          Robin                                                         Blackbird                                                   Woodlark (9)                                             Stonechat (2)                                            Swallow (36)                                             Woodpigeon                                             Jackdaw                                                    Carrion Crow                                            Green Woodpecker

Dunnock                                                    Goldfinch                                                  Whitethroat                                               Chiffchaff                                                  Blackcap                                                    Willow Warbler                                         Great Spotted Woodpecker                   Coal Tit                                                      Meadow Pipit (2)                                      Sparrowhawk (1)