Session: 28-Oct-2014 Greenham Common Western Enclosure
Weather: Fine, sunny, warm for time of year, windy
Present: JL, I W, RGS
Nets: 160’ in three rides, up from 07:30 to 10:30hrs
Lures: Audio
Capture: 5 - Goldcrest 3, Blackbird 0&2
Recaptures: Blackbirds from Jun-2013 (juv) and from Jul-2014 (juv)
Age Range: Adults 1 Blackbird, rest 1st winter
Notes: First time out since 19/10 mainly due to windy weather. Today was not as calm as forecast. Wind from the south not a good direction for this site. Not many birds about though and most flying over fairly high. Looks like summer migrants have finally left; no Chiffchaff etc. Not many winter migrants either.
Location: Greenham Common West
Sightings: for Tuesday 28/10/2014 07:00 to 11:00hrs

Blackbird 6 Black-headed Gull 16 Blue Tit 1 Bullfinch 2 Buzzard 3 Carrion Crow 5 Chaffinch 3 Dartford Warbler 1 Goldcrest 3 Goldfinch 9 Green Woodpecker 3 Greenfinch 4 Jackdaw 117 Jay 2 Kestrel 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull 4

Lesser Redpoll 1 Linnet 5 Magpie 6 Meadow Pipit 3 Pied Wagtail (yarrellii) 6 Redwing 7 Reed Bunting 1 Robin 5 Siskin 9 Skylark 3 Song Thrush 1 Sparrowhawk 1 Starling 70 Stonechat 2 Woodpigeon 25 Wren 3

Total Number Species 32