Tuesday 24 July 2018

24/07 Greenham Common

Location: Greenham Common Western Enclosure
Session: 24-Jul-2018 06:40 to 10:15hrs
Headlines: Capture was slow today, and no obvious movement although the few phylos warblers captured did arrive together mid-session. One or two non-target species captured some part of a mixed tit flock that crossed west of the enclosure. As there were a few Swallows about we tried playing the song and attracted up to five individuals but they could see the nets blown by the breeze except for one female; not sure I had the audio in the right place. I tied it to the pole but think it might be more successful in the scrub. Not many Sylvia warblers today. The reason I have no 2017 matching visits is that I was on holiday until early August.
Weather: Sunny, calm, warm early, scattered cloud, light breeze, hot later
Present: JL, IW
Nets: 48metres in three rides of 18M, 18M 12M up from 07:00 to 10:00hrs

Lure (audio): Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Goldcrest, Firecrest, willow Warbler, Garden Warbler, Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, Redstart, Swallow intermittently
Capture (New/Recapture)
22(22/00)
No Matching Visit:

Species
New
Rtp
Juv
Adult
BLABI
1

1

BLACA
4



BLUTI
2

2

CHIFF
3

3

GARWA
1

1

GOLDC
1

1

GRETI
1

1

SWALL
1


1
WHITE
3

2
1
WILWA
3

3

WREN
2

2

Species
New
Rtp
Juv
Adult











Recaptures: none
Swallow, adult female, amber feathers just above base of upper mandible + brood patch etc

Sightings 28 Species: apart from the tit flock fairly quiet today only notable species Skylark not recorded this end of the common for a while.

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