07/10 Greenham Common

 Location: Greenham Common - Western Enclosure wk 2025-41

Session: 07/10/2025 07:40 to 11:00hrs

Present: JL,IW,KMB,ERL,NC.

Weather: overcast, cool, calm

Nets: 48metres 3 Rides, up from 08:00 to 10:35 hrs

Lures audio: (BC-CC-FC-GC),(FF-RE-ST),(YB),(BR-LR-SK), intermittently.

Notes: Lots of finch activity around the enclosure today – Goldfinch, Redpoll(Lesser) and Siskin. We played a mixed finch audio that called some into the enclosure scrub but unfortunately not into the nets. Three Firecrests all females in one session, probably an indication of the increasing local population. That’s seven here and one at Thatcham Marsh LNR so far this year!

Recaptures: (00) none

Sightings: As mentioned above lots of finch flocks included a flock of 38 Goldfinch and one flock of nine Redpoll also a few Siskin. A lone Mistle Thrush over west momentarily grabbed our attention hoping it might be a winter thrush. They must be due anytime we’ve ringed Redwing week no38 (2018) in the past but week no40 onwards seems around the usual time. Most of the Jackdaws were put up over by the bunkers by some sort of disturbance.