03/07 Greenham Common

Location: Greenham Common Western Enclosure
Session: 03-JuL-2020, 07:30 to 10:30hrs

Notes: It rained before I was ready to leave the house yesterday so despite it being forecast to be windy today, I decided to give it a try. There was a light breeze when I reached the site and I put up the usual three nets. Unfortunately, quite soon after the wind began increasing and by mid-session was blowing strongly. This probably accounted for the disappointing capture as the last two birds were extracted from the nets before 09:00hrs. Last years matching visit was a little better.

Present: JL,IW
Weather: clear with sunny periods, warm, light  breeze early becoming strong halfway through the session.
Nets: 48metres in 3 net rides, two 18M and one 12M net up from 07:30 to 10:00hrs
Lure (Audio): Warbler, Misc Migrants, Redstart, Dartford Warbler, Woodlark, Stonechat intermittently.

Recaptures: (1) Robin ringed 02/10/2018
Sightings 23 Species: Best bird today was the Hobby that flashed through south, Swifts going south-ish again today, the wind seemed to subdue activity on the heath and not much singing except from the audio.