08/10 Greenham Common Western Enclosure

Location: Greenham Common Western Enclosure

Session: 08-Oct-2015 07:15 to 10:30hrs
Weather: bright, sunny, clear, calm, cool
Present: JL, IW, RGS, DL
Nets: 160’ in three rides of 60’, 60’, 40’ up from 07:45 to 10:00hrs
Lure (audio): Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Goldcrest, Firecrest, Yellow-browed Warbler, Meadow Pipit
Capture (New/Recapture) 13:

Blue Tit 2/0	Chiffchaff 5/0
Goldcrest 6/0

Recaptures: None
Age Range: All 1st winter
Notes: A quick session as I had an 11:00 appointment. Looked to be a few Goldcrest about, wish I could have done a normal session. Still a trickle of Chiffchaff going through, otherwise quiet. Tried for Yellow-browed Warbler as there are a lot in the country mainly towards the east coast; it is two years ago yesterday that I ringed one here.
Jennifer left some rubbish in bags by my car for me to take. Left it on the heath, I don’t do dog pooh; don’t know who she thinks she is! Might have to put her straight next time I see her.

Sightings 31 Species: Some blackbirds dropping vertically “out of the sky”, a song thrush singing when I arrived and a few more finches about than usual. No sign of Redwing/Fieldfare yet.

Blackbird 10 Blue Tit 5 Carrion Crow 3 Chaffinch 4 Chiffchaff 8 Dartford Warbler 1 Dunnock 2 Goldcrest 8 Goldfinch 15 Great Spotted Woodpecker 2 Great Tit 3 Green Woodpecker 1 Greenfinch 2 Jackdaw 8 Jay 4 Lesser Black-backed Gull 1

Lesser Redpoll 3 Linnet 1 Long-tailed Tit 6 Magpie 5 Meadow Pipit 3 Pied Wagtail 1 Robin 4 Siskin 1 Skylark 3 Song Thrush 1 Starling 3 Stock Dove 1 Woodlark 2 Woodpigeon 15 Wren 1