05/07 Greenham Common

Location: Greenham Common Western Enclosure (wk27)
Session: 05/07/2022 07:40 to 10:45hrs
Notes. All juveniles captured showing that local post breeding dispersal in well underway, shame we missed last week. Another Lesser Whitethroat, that’s four so far this session and about two weeks earlier than previous years. A lot more variety in last year’s matching visit though.
Present: JL,IW
Weather: bright sunny clear, light breeze, warm
Nets: 48metres 3 Rides, 18M, 18M and 12M up  from 08:00 to 10:30 hrs
Lures: Warblers, Misc Migrants, Misc Residents, Redstart intermittently.

Recaptures:(00) none

Sightings: The heath was quiet today, not much moving. It is noticeable that there are fewer Green Woodpeckers about this year so far; usually they are quite noisy when the fledged youngsters disperse. Not many butterflies on the wing and where are the  dragon and damsel flies? Ian did manage to find a Common Dodder, a parasitic plant that grows on heather.