Location: Greenham
Common Western Enclosure
Session: 15-Jun-2016 06:30 to 10:30hrs
Headlines: A last minute
decision to try a session at the Western Enclosure noting that the ever
present rain showers of this summer were not due until late morning. The tail
end of the breeding season means no audio so expectations were low. It was
quiet with few signs of post fledging dispersal evident. As it turned out it
was better than hoped for with the first Woodlark ringed here since 2011. Not
much you can do with these as not a lot is known it seems of how the plumage
ages. She had a good brood patch so probably from a nearby territory. Woodlark
are almost always present when I ring the enclosure but are difficult to
capture so something of a bonus. Most of the other species captured were
foraging breeding birds. I have visited the enclosure several time in the last
week or so and have not been able to find any species breeding within the
enclosure; hence the early ringing session. There is a nice specimen Spotted
Orchid in the compound; the Bee Orchids are in the usual place but looking a bit trampled unfortunately.
Weather: sunny period, mostly
calm, becoming blustery towards the end of the session; rained as I left the
common.
Present: JL, RJC
Nets: 48Metres in rides of
18m, 18M and 12M up from 06:45 to 10:00hrs
Lure (None):
Capture (New/Recapture) 8 (7/1): Blackbird
1/0, Chiffchaff 1/0, Greenfinch 1/0, Whitethroat 3/0, Willow Warbler 0/1,
Woodlark 1/0
Recaptures: 1 Willow Warbler
363days (almost a year to the day when I ringed it on the 18th)
Age Range: All adults;
surprisingly the only juveniles seen a Dartford Warbler and a
Stonechat.
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| Spotted Orchid |
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| Woodlark (female) always look a bit dishevelled close up. |
Sightings
34
Species: Fairly quiet
as usual. A swallow through south!, a feeding flock of Swift and an over flying
Little Egret of note. A few Small Heath and Common Blue Butterfly, a
female Broad-bodied Chaser, a Spotted Orchid and seven Bee Orchids also seen.
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Blackbird 6+
Blue Tit 4+
Buzzard 1
Carrion Crow 2
Chaffinch 1+
Chiffchaff 3+
Cormorant 3
Dartford Warbler
Garden Warbler 1+
Goldfinch 2+
Green Woodpecker 2
Greenfinch 5+
House Martin 3+
Jackdaw 15+
Kestrel 1
Lesser Whitethroat 1+
Linnet 10+
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Little Egret 1
Magpie 2+
Meadow Pipit 1+
Nuthatch 1
Red Kite 2
Robin 1+
Song Thrush 4+
Starling 12+
Stock Dove 1+
Stonechat 3+
Swallow 1+
Swift 6+
Whitethroat 6+
Willow Warbler 4+
Woodlark 3+
Woodpigeon 5+
Wren 3+
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