04/11 Greenham Common

Location: Greenham Common Western Enclosure (wk44)
Session: 04/11/2022 07:45 to 11:00 hrs

Notes: A bright sunny day, different to the last day or so, colder though. We had a good start when two Redwings went in the nets just after we had finished putting the nets up; managed to get to them before they could get free. After, we had a steady stream of birds through the session including Goldcrests and tits but also our fifth Firecrest of the year. Also sunning itself, a Common Darter, can’t remember seeing one or any Odonata this late in the year, shows how mild the weather has been. The forecast for tomorrow onwards is back to wet and windy, unfortunately. Some not very good photos of some of todays interesting species below, had a bit of shadow trouble with the phone camera. Its difficult holding the bird in your left hand and the phone in the other, checking the focus, while pressing the touch screen to fire the camera, especially when you are left handed and phone covers are designed for right handed people.

Present: JL,IW
Weather: sunny, clear, light breeze early increasing to a stronger breeze later, cool.
Nets: 48metres 3 Rides, 18M, 18M and 12M up from 08:00 to 10:30hrs
Lures: BC-CC-FC-GC, Thrushes, Yellow-browed Warbler, Misc Winter Migrants, intermittently.

Firecrest

Common Darter

Redwing

Recaptures: (09)

Blue Tit                     ringed: 12/10/2021, 20/07/2022

Goldcrest                 ringed: 18/10/2022, 26/10/2022

Great Tit                   pulli ringed: 18/05/2022 (Greenham Common nest box PK32)

Long-tailed Tit         ringed: 03/10/2022x3

Robin                        ringed: 20/09/2022

                        

Sightings: Several small parties of Redwing, but just a single flock of Fieldfare today. One or two Chaffinch over, and the Song Thrush dropped in before flying off high towards the trees to the south. We only trapped three of the 9+ flock of Long-tailed Tits that crossed the heath northwards. The Reed Buntings were lured to the scrub around the enclosure but did not go in.