Wednesday, 14 June 2023

14/06 Greenham Common

Location: Greenham Common Western Enclosure (wk24)
Session: 14/06/2023 07:40 to 11:05hrs
Male Whitethroat the only sylvia warbler to respond today
Notes: First visit of the year to the Western Enclosure. A family party of Coal Tits is unusual out on the heath, probably crossing to get to the Pyle Hill side woodland. The adult had been ringed as a 1st year male here. Today it was in full moult and looked quite tatty also it had a brood patch which made me think it to be female except the long wing length (61mm) suggested a male. It was ringed as a male with a 62m wing length Oct 2022. Otherwise much as expected except we hoped for a few more sylvia warbler.
Present: JL,IW,IQ
Weather: sunny clear, hot, light to middling breeze
Nets: 48metres 3 Rides, 18M, 18M and 12M up from 08:00 to 10:30hrs
Lures: Warblers, Misc Migrants, GH, RT (2hrs), WL-DW-SC (20min) intermittently.

Recaptures: (01)

Coal Tit                     ringed: 04/10/2022

Sightings: Blackcap, Garden Warblers, Whitethroat etc very quiet and not responding to lures, just the one Whitethroat turned up in the net. No Butterflies seen surprisingly!




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