06/10 Greenham Common

Location: Greenham Common Western Enclosure (wk40)
Session: 06/10/2023 07:45 to 11:10hrs

Firecrest 1st Winter Male

Notes:  The seventh Firecrest of the season, and a Chiffchaff with a fat score of B3 weighed 9.2grms, normal weight for a Chiffchaff is 6.0 to 7.0grms. When we went to take nets down at 10:30hrs one net was full of Long-tailed Tits plus other species; almost ran out of clean bags.
Present: JL,IW.
Weather: sunny periods, breezy early lighter later, cold early warm later
Nets: 48metres 3 Rides, 18M, 18M and 12M up from 08:00 to 10:30hrs.
Lures: (BC-CC-WW-GW-WH-LW-GC-FC), (W-WC-SF-RZ-TP), (FF-RE), (RT-YB-GC-FC) intermittently.

Recaptures: (02)

Blue Tit                      ringed: 12/10/2021, 15/08/2023

Sightings: Some movement today but not as much as earlier in the week. Highlight the two adult Great Black-backed Gulls over south and Ravens seem very active this week.