Thursday 12 September 2019

12/09 Greenham Common

Location: Greenham Common Western Enclosure
Session: 12-Sep-2019 07:30 to 11:00hrs
Notes: Another quite busy session and some interesting occurrences. Suddenly we are catching Dunnocks, two on Tuesday and three more today, must be on the move from somewhere? Similarly Coal Tit, normally an occasional capture, so five in a session is unusual. It might be that the similar Yellow-browed Warbler calls I played today attracted them out of the woods. Otherwise Blackcaps and Chiffchaffs still being captured in good number. Stonechats did the usual and perched on the top net string.
Weather: sunny periods, warm, breezy.
Present: JL, IW
Nets: 48metres in three rides of 18m, 18m, 12m up from 08:00 to 10:45hrs
Lure (audio): misc. migrants, warblers, redstart, yellow-browed warbler intermittently 
Capture (New/Recapture)
48(46/02) 9 Species
Matching Visit: (Thurs) 13/09/2018
129(27/02) 9 Species
Species
New
Rtp
Juv
Adult
BLACA
16

16

BLUTI
6
1
7

CHAFF
1

1

CHIFF
11

11

COATI
5

5

DUNNO
3

2
1
GOLDC
1
1
2

REEBU
1

1

WHITE
2

2

Species
New
Rtp
Juv
Adult
BLACA
9

9

BLUTI
4
1
5

CHIFF
8

8

DUNNO
1


1
GOLDC

1
1

GRETI
2

2

GREWO
1

1

MEAPI
1

1

WILWA
1

1

Recaptures: (2) both recent

Sightings 30 Species: A bright male Dartford Warbler was tracking the Stonechats during the morning, an immature Hobby flashed through heading east just after nets up, many  Swallows flying through in a south-ish direction, they doing the same yeasterday when I walked the estern end, and a couple of flocks of House Martins drifted through in a similar direction.

Blackcap (16)                             
Blue Tit (6)                                 
Carrion Crow (3)                       
Chaffinch (1)                              
Chiffchaff (11)                            
Coal Tit (5)                                 
Dartford Warbler (1)                 
Dunnock (3)                               
Goldcrest (2)                              
Goldfinch (45)                            
Great Spotted Woodpecker (1)
Great Tit (1)                               
Green Woodpecker (1)            
Greenfinch (2)                           
Grey Wagtail (1)                        

Hobby (1)                                   
House Martin (12)                     
Jackdaw (5)                               
Jay (3)                                         
Lesser Black-backed Gull (1)  
Linnet (2)                                    
Magpie (4)                                  
Red Kite (1)                                
Reed Bunting (1)                       
Starling (20)                               
Stonechat (6)                             
Swallow (42)                              
Whitethroat (2)                           
Willow Warbler (1)                    
Woodpigeon (4)                        

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