30/08 Greenham Common

Location: Greenham Common Western Enclosure

Session: 30-Aug-2019 07:45 to 10:30 hrs

Notes: I had originally intended to check nest boxes today, a visit that I postponed in July. Unfortunately I forgot to check with the estate and so did another session at the enclosure instead. Glad I did as the first bird in the net was an immature male Redstart. To date those seen this passage have been towards the east of the common and I was beginning to think I might miss out this season. Also of note is the eleventh Lesser Whitethroat; they must have had a good year somewhere. The whole session was wind affected. A gust as I was taking an 18metres net down caught me off-balance and caused me to stumble it was so strong!

Weather: overcast and a few spots of rain early then sunny periods, warm, breezy gusting later.

Present: JL, IW

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

Lure (audio): misc. migrants, warblers, redstart, Swallow( part), House Martin (part); intermittently

Capture (New/Recapture) 11(11/00) 6 Species	Matching Visit: none
Species New Rtp Juv Adult BLACA 4 4 BLUTI 1 1 CHIFF 3 3 LESWH 1 1 REDST 1 1 WILWA 2 2	Species New Rtp Juv Adult

Recaptures: none

The first summer male Redstart

Sightings 33 Species:  more eyes today, two Buzzards displaying and of note are the first reasonable sized flocks of House Martin flying directly southwest rather than flying about. 

Blackbird (2)                         Blackcap (4)                         Blue Tit (1)                            Bullfinch (1)                           Buzzard (2)                           Canada Goose (13)             Carrion Crow (3)                  Chiffchaff (3)                         Dartford Warbler (1)            Dunnock (1)                          Goldfinch (50)                       Great Spotted Woodpecker (1)    Green Woodpecker (3)       House Martin (28)                Jackdaw (18)                        Jay (3)                                    Lesser Whitethroat (1)

Linnet (5)                               Magpie (7)                             Meadow Pipit (4)                  Red Kite (1)                          Redstart (1)                           Robin (3)                               Rook (1)                                Starling (32)                          Stock Dove (3)                     Stonechat (6)                        Swallow (9)                           Whitethroat (1)                     Willow Warbler (1)               Woodlark (5)                         Woodpigeon (6)                   Wren (3)