15/10 Greenham Common

Location: Greenham Common Western Enclosure

Session: 15-Oct-2019 07:20 to 11:30hrs

Notes: First chance to go ringing since last Tuesday and the wet and windy weather is due to return soon. Had a nice steady capture of birds through the session. More Chiffchaffs than expected for the time of year and a few Goldcrests. At about 10:20hrs I took what I thought to be the last three birds out of the net ready for nets down. I processed the birds and returned a few minutes later at about 10:30hrs to find one net full of birds, mostly Long-tailed Tits; so much for a quick getaway. 
Not such an illustrious cast at last year's matching visit! 

Weather: overcast, mizzle early, brighter later, calm

Present: JL

Nets: 48metres in three rides of 18m, 18m, 12m up from 08:00 to 10:30hrs

Lure (audio): Autumn, BCCCGCFC, Yellow-browed Warbler, Meadow Pipit, intermittently 

Capture (New/Recapture) 38(36/03) 10 Species	Matching Visit: (Tues) 16/10/2018 24(22/02) 7 Species
Species New Rtp Juv Adult BLACA 1 1 BLUTI 5 1 4 2 CHIFF 10 10 COATI 2 2 GOLDC 5 1 6 GRETI 2 2 LOTTI 6 2 REEBU 1 1 ROBIN 1 1 WREN 1 1	Species New Rtp Juv Adult BLUTI 2 2 CHIFF 3 1 4 FIREC 1 1 GOLDC 2 2 LOTTI 11 1 REEBU 1 1 YEBWA 2 2

Recaptures: (3) recent except a BLUTI ringed 09/11/2017

Sightings 33 Species:  Some Skylarks on the move today, all going west as did several small groups of Redwings and Starlings, finches scarce but I did get my first Lesser Redpoll of the autumn.

Blackbird (4)                                   Blackcap (1)                                   Blue Tit (10)                                   Carrion Crow (5)                           Chiffchaff (10)                                Coal Tit (2)                                     Dartford Warbler (1)                     Dunnock (5)                                   Goldcrest (6)                                  Golden Plover (12)                       Goldfinch (3)                                  Great Tit (8)                                   Green Woodpecker (2)                Greenfinch (1)                               Grey Wagtail (4)                            Greylag Goose (2)                        Jackdaw (15)

Jay (2)                                             Lesser Redpoll (1)                        Long-tailed Tit (8)                          Magpie (2)                                      Meadow Pipit (10)                         Mistle Thrush (1)                           Raven (1)                                       Redwing (27)                                 Reed Bunting (2)                           Robin (5)                                         Skylark (14)                                    Sparrowhawk (1)                           Starling (45)                                   Stonechat (3)                                 Woodpigeon (20)                          Wren (2)