Friday, 16 September 2016

15/09 Greenham Common Western Enclosure

Location: Greenham Common Western Enclosure
Session: 15-Sep-2016 07:15 to 11:00hrs
Headlines: With the expected breakdown of the warm weather decided to ring today as it will be my last chance to ring here for a few days. The weather was better than yesterday and not as forecast. Two Chiffchaffs captured at nets up and another four with a Blackcap on the next check with just a single Chiffchaff on the third round. All week I have been trying to attract the tit/phylos flock in the woods to cross through the enclosure today I didn’t bother and of course it crossed. We captured 19 consisting of Chiffchaffs, Long-tailed Tits, Blue Tit and a couple of Goldcrests. Following on from the theme of species capture when you are not expecting it, the next round as well as a Blackcap had two Stonechats. That was at about 09:30 and we had no further captures for the rest of the session.
Weather: Sunny, calm, warm
Present: JL, IW, GB
Nets: 48metres in three rides of 18M, 18M, 12M up from 07:30 to 10:30hrs
Lure (audio): Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Firecrest, Goldcrest, Willow Warbler, Meadow Pipit
Capture (New/Recapture) 29 (26/3): Blackcap 2/0, Blue Tit 3/0, Chiffchaff 14/1, Goldcrest 2/0, Long-tailed Tit 3/2, Stonechat 2/0
Recaptures: 3 Chiffchaff 2y 55days (no intermediate captures) Long-tailed Tit 1y 27days, 86days
Age Range: all 1st CY except adults Blue Tit 1, Chiffchaff 4; Long-tailed Tits indeterminate.
Both of the 1st year male (immature) Stonechats
Sightings 25 Species: Only visible migration was an over-flying Yellow Wagtail and singles of Meadow Pipit flying about. No over-flying gulls etc for over week now?
Blackbird 2+
Blue Tit 8+
Buzzard 1+
Carrion Crow 1+
Chiffchaff 20+
Coal Tit 1+
Dartford Warbler 4+
Goldcrest 3+
Goldfinch 5+
Great Spotted Woodpecker 3+
Great Tit 3+
Green Woodpecker 2+
 
Jackdaw 5+
Jay 2+
Long-tailed Tit 10+
Magpie 3+
Mallard 5
Meadow Pipit 3+
Red Kite 1
Robin 3+
Stock Dove 3+
Stonechat 5+
Woodlark 2
Wren 2+
Yellow Wagtail 1+

 

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