16/08 Greenham Common

 Location: Greenham Common Western Enclosure wk33

Session: 16/08/2024 07:35 to 10:50hrs

Notes: Seems to have been a bit of a movement through the common today that we may be caught the tail-end of. IW arrived before me and there was a lot of activity around the enclosure, which included the Green Sandpiper - over, Redstart, some Chiffchaffs, Reed Bunting and a tit flock (see sightings). By the time we got the nets up these seemed to have moved on. Blackcap appeared to be still about though. The first Firecrests of the year this session, a bit later than usual. Unusually no phylos warblers ringed.

Present: JL,IW.

Weather: sunny bright, warm, mostly calm.

Nets: 48metres 3 Rides, up from 08:00 to 10:30 hrs.

Lures audio: (Warbler), (Misc Migrants), (RT), (GH) intermittently.

Recaptures: (00

Sightings: No hirundine or Swift seen. Many species recorded by IW before JL arrived. Again, few Butterflies and Dragonflies about given the hot weather.