28/08 Greenham Common

Location: Greenham Common Western Enclosure
Session: 28-Aug-2020, 07:30 to 10:50hrs
Notes: Ideal Conditions again today with a threat of rain that didn’t materialise.  Chiffchaff and Willow Warblers seemed to be on the move in particular, many phylos feeding in the surrounding gorse. Two Chiffchaffs ringed on the same day 3rd Jun this year is interesting; wonder where they have been since ringing? A reasonable capture by this year’s standards to date but no where near last year’s matching visit total. Blue Tit numbers are well down and haven’t seen Long-tailed Tit for some time.

1st CY Chiffchaff

1st CY Willow Warbler

Present: JL,IW
Weather: Sunny early with dark cloud building to overcast with occasional sunny periods, cool, light SW breeze.
Nets: 48metres in 3 net rides, two 18M and one 12M net up from 08:00 to 10:30hrs
Lure (Audio): Warblers, Misc Migrants, Redstart, intermittently.

Recaptures:(3)        Chiffchaff ringed 03/07/2020 x 2, 18/08/2020
Sightings 30 Species: The first Siskins since spring over south, a Green Sandpiper on the floods and a Wheatear out on the grassland to the east also two Ravens. No hirundines again although there may have been one or two over the common to far away to ID.