06/09 Greenham Common

Location: Greenham Common Western Enclosure
Session: 06-Sep-2019 07:20 to 11:00hrs

Notes: It was much colder this morning than in recent days. We had a light shower just after nets up and a couple of times during the session it looked threatening over in the west. Not a bad capture compared to last year’s matching visit. Another significant capture of Blackcaps; unlike yesterday (1F 11M)  it was predominantly female today; (15F 8M) 

Weather: overcast, cold, short shower early, some sunny periods, light breeze early getting stronger.

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, intermittently 

Capture (New/Recapture) 31(31/01) 5 Species	Matching Visit: (Fri) 07/09/2018 12(11/01) 6 Species
Species New Rtp Juv Adult BLACA 23 23 BLUTI 1 1 CHIFF 2 1 3 ROBIN 1 1 WILWA 3 3	Species New Rtp Juv Adult BLACA 5 5 BLUTI 1 1 CHIFF 2 2 GOLDC 1 1 GRETI 1 1 WILWA 2 2

Recaptures: (1) recent a Chiffchaff ringed 17/07/2019

Sightings 23 Species: Ravens again today and a Wheatear

Blackcap (23)                                            Blue Tit (3)                                                Carrion Crow (4)                                      Chiffchaff (3)                                             Goldfinch (25)                                           Green Woodpecker (2)                           Grey Wagtail (1)                                       House Martin (22)                                    Jackdaw (6)                                              Lesser Black-backed Gull (3)                 Magpie (2)                                                 Meadow Pipit (3)

Raven (2)                                                  Red Kite (1)                                               Robin (3)                                                    Stock Dove (2)                                          Stonechat (7)                                            Swallow (9)                                               Wheatear (1)                                             Willow Warbler (3)                                   Woodlark (2)                                             Woodpigeon (8)                                       Wren (2)