08/09 Greenham Common

Location: Greenham Common Western Enclosure Week 36

Session: 08/09/2021, 07:30 to 11:00hrs

Notes: There seems to have been a small influx of Dunnocks over the last two days. Not much

moving through the enclosure today; struggled to reach double figures. The rest of the week

locks a bit iffy weather-wise.

One of the many Blackcaps mostly 1st CY males captured this week, 

Looks like it has been eating blackberries

Present: JL,NC

Weather: clear bright, sunny, hot, calm-ish early then the south-easterly increased to a strong

breeze by the end of the session.

Nets: 48metres in 3 rides of 18M, 18M, 12M up from 08:00 to 10:30hrs

Lures Audio: Audio – Sylvia and Phylos Warblers, Crests, Grasshopper Warbler, Redstart,

Scarce Migrants

Recaptures:(01)

Chiffchaff                 ringed: 12/06/2021 Thatcham Marsh LNR

Sightings:  Probably missed a few. Unusually for the common at least three Sand Martins were with a flock of House Martins flying into wind. Heard a tit flock in the woods to the north, not sure how many as they stayed deep in the woods