31/10 Greenham Common

Location: Greenham Common Western Enclosure
Session: 31-Oct-2019 07:35 to 10:20hrs
Notes: Did a little better than for the last two visits. Five Meadow pipits were hopping about under the nets but we only managed to flush two into the nets and get to them before they got out. Had it been less breezy we might have had more.
Weather: overcast, cold, light, Breeze, stronger later.
Present: JL, IW

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

Lure (audio): autumn, BBCCGCFC, Yellow-browed Warbler, Meadow Pipit intermittently 

Capture (New/Recapture) 07(06/01) 3 Species	Matching Visit: (Thur)  no visit
Species New Rtp 1stCY 2ndCY+ BLUTI 1 1 2 GOLDC 3 3 MEAPI 2 2	Species New Rtp 1syCY 2ndCY+

Recaptures: 1 BLUTI recent

Sightings 24 Species: The only excitement was on the edge of the wood, six Blackbirds, Two Dunnocks, a Great Tit and three Jays were mobbing something in a gorse bush. Spent about 20 minutes investigating, Ian searched from in the wood. Eventually unable to see what it was at a distance I approached the bush only to see a fast moving medium sized brownish bird  disappear into the trees. Probably a Sparrowhawk or maybe an owl. 

Blackbird (11)                                          Black-headed Gull (2)                            Blue Tit (2)                                               Buzzard (1)                                              Carrion Crow (3)                                     Dartford Warbler (1)                               Dunnock (3)                                             Goldcrest (3)                                            Goldfinch (7)                                            Great Tit (4)                                             Greenfinch (5)                                         Jackdaw (11)

Jay (3)                                                       Lesser Redpoll (1)                                  Magpie (3)                                                Meadow Pipit (8)                                     Pheasant (1)                                            Red Kite (2)                                             Redwing (47)                                           Reed Bunting (1)                                    Robin (4)                                                  Starling (3)                                               Woodpigeon (10)                                    Wren (2)