12/10 Greenham Common

Location: Greenham Common Western Enclosure Week 41

Session: 12/10/2021, 07:30 to 10:50rs

Notes: Unfortunately, I was unable to do a visit yesterday and it was good ringing weather

that looks set for the rest of this week. We had a Redwing in the net, but it escaped before we

got to it. Goldcrest are moving through, about a week later than usual. Still a few Chiffchaffs

around and a late Blackcap or are they early winterers?;

Present: JL,IW

Weather: Cloudy  sunny later, calm, cool

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

Lures Audio:  BC-CC-FC-GC, Yellow-browed Warbler, Meadow Pipit, Thrushes (Fieldfare,

Redwing)

Recaptures:(none)

Sightings: The first substantial Redwing flock (26) of the autumn took some interest in the

audio but stayed up in the trees along the margin of the wood. A small movement of Pied

Wagtails headed west, as did at least two Skylark that went over unseen.  A Chaffinch pinked

from the woods and then flew out to a birch tree on the heath before returning to the woods;

these are a scarcity here since the spring. A flock of more than 15 small finches flew west,

possibly Siskin but we were unsure of the ID. I forgot my binoculars today which didn’t help.