08/09 Greenham Common Western Enclosure

Location: Greenham Common Western Enclosure

Session: 08-Sep-2015 06:45 to 11:15
Weather: Overcast cool windy after about 09:15hrs.
Present: JL, DL
Nets: 280’ in 5 rides up from 07:15 to 10:30hrs
Lure: Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Goldcrest, Firecrest, Garden Warbler, Siskin, Dartford Warbler intermittently.
Capture 22: Blackcap 5/0, Chiffchaff 7/0, Goldcrest 3/1, Linnet 1/0, Redstart 1/0, Robin 1/0, Stonechat 1/0, Willow Warbler 1/0
Recaptures: Goldcrest 6 days
Age Range: All 1t summer except for an adult Chiffchaff

Redstart 1st summer female

Notes: Disappointingly cold and dank and it never really warmed up. Not much activity on the heath; some quality species though.

Sightings 27 Species: Two flocks of Siskin flying about, one flock at least 100 strong, a few warblers in the scrub. Seven Stonechats; all in one bush. A Dartford Warbler calling early in the day.

·         Blackbird 1 ·         Blackcap 8 ·         Buzzard 1 ·         Carrion Crow 2 ·         Chiffchaff 12 ·         Coal Tit 1 ·         Cormorant 1 ·         Dartford Warbler 1 ·         Goldfinch 2 ·         Great Spotted Woodpecker 1 ·         Great Tit 1 ·         Green Woodpecker 2 ·         Grey Heron 2 ·         Jay 2

·         Linnet 7 ·         Magpie 2 ·         Pied Wagtail 2 ·         Red Kite 1 ·         Redstart 1 ·         Robin 2 ·         Siskin 110 ·         Stock Dove 4 ·         Stonechat 7 ·         Swallow 4 ·         Willow Warbler 1 ·         Woodlark 3 ·         Woodpigeon 15