15/07 Greenham Common

Location: Greenham Common Western Enclosure Week 28
Session: 15/07/2021, 07:25 to 11:00 hrs

Notes: Weather started ok but then became overcast and blustery, wonder what happened to the bright sun and light breeze? Had an interesting Chiffchaff that appeared to be in primary moult, but body feathers disseminated with bare skin as juvenile and all primaries new except for three inners that were just out of pin or not present. A change of hand found the other wing primaries all present and not in moult. Wonder what happened for the bird to lose the inner primaries on one wing? Also had a Willow Warbler starting its moult and another ending its moult. The finches came to feed on flower seeds growing  in the enclosure out of the reach of cattle, horses and rabbits. Last year's visit had more variety and we have yet to see a decent tit flock on the common this year let alone catch one.

Adult Willow Warbler in primary wing moult (yet to moult body feathers etc)

Adult Willow Warbler after completing primary wing and body feather moult

The photo doesn't show how yellow the bird looked compared above

Present: JL
Weather: bright sun and light breeze early, warm, clouded over and breezy for most of the morning.
Nets: 48metres in 3 rides of 18M, 18M, 12M up from 08:00 to 10:30hrs
Lures Audio: Warblers, Misc Migrants, Hirundine, Redstart

Recaptures:(None)

Sightings 20 species: noticed while ringing, didn’t picked up every species though. 

Did see one of the Magpies for the first time this week.