07/08 Greenham Common

 Location: Greenham Common Western Enclosure

Session: 07-Aug-2020, 07:05 to 10:45hrs

Notes: Warm from early today with bright blue sky. Willow Warblers the main species on the move and a few Chiffchaffs. Matching visit from last year had a few more birds.

Present: JL,IW

Weather: sunny, bright warm, calm

Nets: 48metres in 3 net rides, two 18M and one 12M net up from 07:30 to 10:30hrs

Lure (Audio): Warblers, Misc Migrants, Redstart, intermittently.

Recaptures:(none)

Sightings 28 Species Sparrowhawk only raptor seen, no kites or buzzards. As the heat of the day increased activity in the scrub decreased although many were flycatching ants; Starlings, Stonechats and a Chiffchaff in particular. There seems to be a regular flight of seven Mallards north, we have seen them several times at about the same time of day recently.