03/09 Greenham Common

Location: Greenham Common Western Enclosure Week 35
Session: 03/09/2021, 07:35 to 11:30hrs
Notes: Good ringing conditions today. A slow start with a trickle of birds that included another Redstart. Then at 10:15hrs we captured 11 that included another Magpie, this one was docile compared to yesterday’s bird.

Another immature male Redstart

One of the last Willow Warblers of the year? (a 1st calendar year)

Present: JL,IW,NC
Weather: overcast, light easterly breeze, cool early, warmed up with the arrival of sunny periods
Nets: 48metres in 3 rides of 18M, 18M, 12M up from 07:50 to 10:40hrs
Lures Audio: Warblers, Misc Migrants, Hirundine, Redstart, Grasshopper Warbler

Recaptures:(02)

Blue Tit                     ringed: 18/08/2021

Chiffchaff                 ringed: 01/09/2021

Sightings:  Quite a lot of activity around the heath including Lesser Whitethroats, but little response to audio until late in the session.