Monday 27 April 2020

26/04 Greenham Common


C19 Walk update: 35 days (five weeks) since I started doing this regular count. I missed two days through rain. A 73 species total is not bad but disappointed that I have not found any scarce migrants apart from a Black Redstart. The have been a couple of days when there seemed to be passage through the site both associated with cloud cover or north sea murk. As most nights have been clear migrants probably went straight through. I still have a few common summer migrants missing that I would have seen by now, like Reed and Sedge Warblers and Swift, the habitat is wrong for the first two and I have been scanning the sky for the latter but no success yet. Not sure how much longer I will keep it going as I can mostly predict where I will see individuals and look out for them if they are not there. Occasionally some disappear for a few days then return; I expect it is when they have eggs etc. One species there is no shortage of is homo sapiens . They are everywhere even pre-dawn. I try to get home as early as possible to minimise the number of encounters.
Greenham Common West
C19 walk
Mar
April
WK
WK
WK
Wk
WK17
Pairs
Species
13
14
15
16
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
Black Redstart



1







Blackbird
89
122
180
138
26
20
21
24
28
22
17
21
Blackcap

10
65
62
11
14
9
14
10
12
17
10
Black-headed Gull

1
2








Blue Tit
46
55
75
58
8
9
5
5
8
9
5
8
Bullfinch
1
2
2





1

2
2
Buzzard


1
2

1


1


2
Canada Goose

4
5
7






2
Carrion Crow
27
37
48
29
4
5
6
3
5
4
3
5
Chaffinch
6
6
19
18
2
2
1
2
1
5
1
3
Chiffchaff
68
103
109
70
8
7
12
14
14
7
14
13
Coal Tit
14
14
17
12
2
5
2
1
1
2
2
2
Collared Dove
4
6
4
6
1


2
2
2
3
3
Cormorant
1
1









Cuckoo




1





1
Dartford Warbler
3
4
4
4
1


3
1
2
1
3
Dunnock
66
98
104
72
14
12
11
10
15
12
13
13
Egyptian Goose


4


4





Feral Pigeon
1
5
8
3
2


2
1


2
Garden Warbler


1

2
4
3
3
4
5
7
4
Goldcrest
13
9
16
8
2
2
1
2
2


3
Golden Plover
11
180
100








Goldfinch
21
22
24
18
3
1
2
1
4
5
2
3
Great Spotted Woodpecker
8
10
14
2
2
1
2
3
2
1
1
2
Great Tit
39
51
59
53
12
8
7
11
9
5
9
7
Green Sandpiper





1





Green Woodpecker
7
13
15
6
2
1
1
1
1
3
1
2
Greenfinch
64
107
72
55
9
8
9
10
8
9
15
10
Grey Heron

3
1
2



1
1

1
Grey Wagtail
1
1
1








Greylag Goose


2
6







House Martin


3
1







House Sparrow
2


2







1
Jackdaw
89
114
100
90
19
10
18
21
30
30
18
16
Jay
3
7
8
5




2


2
Kestrel
1
5
4

2
1





1
Lesser Black-backed Gull

2
1








Lesser Spotted Woodpecker

1
1








Lesser Whitethroat



1







Linnet
40
94
240
227
21
45
30
28
33
26
38
27
Little Egret
1










Little Ringed Plover

3
11
3
2
2

2
2
2
2
1
Long-tailed Tit
6
10
8
8

3

2
3
1

3
Magpie
59
56
79
46
4
6
7
4
3
5
12
8
Mallard
4
2

4





2

Meadow Pipit
17
23
25
14
2
1
4
1
3
1
1
2
Mistle Thrush
4
2
8
3







1
Moorhen







1



1
Mute Swan
2
3









Nightingale


3
2
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
Nuthatch
25
26
21
19
3
1
2
1
2
1
2
3
Peregrine




1






Pheasant
1
2
7
10
1

2
2

1
2
Pied Wagtail
2
4
7
4




1


Red Kite
4
7
4
10
4
1



1
1
2
Red-legged Partridge

1
1








Redwing
11
2









Robin
112
165
171
114
29
21
24
26
27
14
20
23
Skylark
4
8
9
6
2
2
1
2
1
1
2
2
Song Thrush
19
12
22
10
1
4
2
6
5
2
4
3
Starling
17
5
15
9

1

2
2

3
2
Stock Dove
5
22
15
3
4
2
3
2
2
1
3
2
Stonechat
43
62
73
56
6
7
5
8
7
5
4
8
Swallow


3
1


3

4
2

Tawny Owl


1








1
Treecreeper
1










1
Wheatear


2
5
1
1





Whitethroat


2
2
1
5
4
6
9
4
11
5
Willow Warbler


41
49
9
5
13
11
9
8
8
8
Woodlark
8
22
28
33
4
2
5
4
3
3
4
4
Woodpigeon
81
100
124
105
22
17
13
8
15
7
19
Wren
50
99
107
84
19
23
16
21
21
20
20
15
Yellow Wagtail



1
1






Species Count
47
52
59
53
42
40
33
40
43
38
40
51

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