24/10 Greenham Common

Location: Greenham Common Western Enclosure

Session: 24Oct-2019 07:35to 11:30hrs

Notes:  Guess what this is. Couldn’t believe what I saw when I notice it in the bottom shelf of the net. Radde’s Warblers don’t turn up inland do they? Left the Redwing in the net just above it that I went to the net for when I saw a species that looked very different from the phylos I first thought it to be. It looked like it was very near to escaping so I quickly took it out of the net.. My first thoughts were for it to be a Radde’s, but we were not completely sure until we checked several books. Just because I couldn’t ring yesterday when the weather was perfect for ringing, I made an effort this morning despite the weather forecast for rain (that didn't materialise).

Glad I did.

Weather: overcast warm, calm, few spots of rain early and last thing.
Present: JL, IW, RJC
Nets: 48metres in three rides of 18m, 18m, 12m up from 08:00 to 11:00hrs
Lure (audio): autumn, BBCCGCFC, Yellow-browed Warbler, intermittently 

Capture (New/Recapture) 15(13/02) 7 Species	Matching Visit: (Thurs) 24/10/2018 02(02/00) 2 Species
Species New Rtp Juv Adult BLUTI 2 2 2 2 COATI 1 1 GOLDC 3 3 GRETI 3 3 RADWA 1 1 REDWI 1 1 ROBIN 1 1	Species New Rtp Juv Adult GOLDC 1 1 WREN 1 1

Recaptures: 2 BLUTI ringed 29/08/2017 and 29/08/2019

ID photos of Radde's Warbler that came from Siberia?

Sightings 29 Species: Excepting the obvious it was quiet on the common, the Dartford was quite noisy though and flitting about for much of the morning. Fieldfare still just one or two birds, Redwings mostly going south-west still. Never expected to add Radde’s Warbler to my Berkshire list!

Blackbird (2)                                              Black-headed Gull (6)                             Blue Tit (6)                                                Buzzard (1)                                               Carrion Crow (3)                                      Chaffinch (2)                                             Coal Tit (1)                                                Cormorant (2)                                           Dartford Warbler (1)                                Fieldfare (5)                                              Goldcrest (3)                                             Great Spotted Woodpecker (1)             Great Tit (4)                                               Greenfinch (4)                                          Jackdaw (5)

Jay (2)                                                        Linnet (1)                                                   Little Egret (1)                                           Long-tailed Tit (10)                                  Magpie (2)                                                 Meadow Pipit (20)                                    Radde's Warbler (1)                                Raven (2)                                                  Redwing (134)                                          Robin (4)                                                    Stock Dove (20)                                       Stonechat (2)                                            Woodpigeon (10)                                     Wren (2)