14/06 Greenham Common

Location: Greenham Common Western Enclosure (wk24)

Session: 14/06/2022 07:33 to 11.00hrs

Notes.  First session migration monitoring at this site. Quite a good capture for this early in the season. A couple of Goldcrest, an adult and a juvenile, also a juvenile Dartford Warbler. There was a family party of the latter, two adults and four juveniles, two went in the net but one got out before we got to it. A good selection of species otherwise.

Juvenile Dartford Warbler

Adult Male Goldcrest

Present: JL,IW
Weather: Sunny, bright, calm early light breeze later, hot.
Nets: 48metres 3 Rides, 18M, 18M and 12M up  from 08:00 to 10:30 hrs
Lures: BC-CC-GC-FC, Misc Migrants, Hirundine intermittently.

Recaptures:(02)

Goldfinch                  ringed: 22/07/2021

Willow Warbler         ringed: 23/07/2020

Sightings: The Dartford Warblers adults were  calling  frequently early, so it was no surprise when the family party appeared. A pair of Stonechats were flycatching around the enclosure; the male was ringed.  Several finch fledglings about. Swift and Swallow seen in distance when checking out Kites, Buzzard and Gulls. Most birds of prey including the Sparrowhawk were soaring high up for much of the morning. Surprising given the sunlight and warmth not many butterflies or dragonflies on the wing or humans on the common. A large dragonflies was seen too briefly to ID.