08/02 Greenham Estovers (616) Feeder

Location: Greenham Estovers(616) Feeder
Session: 08-Feb-2017 07:45 to 11:15 hrs
Headlines: A few birds around early including several Great Tits, probably they outnumbered Blue Tits around the feeder. After a promising start capture became sporadic and slowed to just the occasional bird. We put a net up in the gorse scrub which accounted for the Bullfinch and Robin. Last year’s matching visit was not as many as I thought but had some winter finches that so far are absent on the common!
Weather: Overcast, dank, cold calm to slight breeze.
Present: JL, GB, IW
Nets: 46metres, a 12m net each side of feeder and one at right angles, 10 metre in gorse scrub. Up from 08:00 to 11:00hrs
Lure (feeders): Niger(1), black sunflower, peanuts, black sunflower
Capture (New/Recapture)

12(7/5)	21(17/4) matching visit 07-Feb-2016
Species code New Rtp 1st CY 2nd+CY BLUTI 4 1 5 BULLF 1 1 GOLDF 1 1 GRETI 1 3 1 3 ROBIN 1 1	Species code New Rtp 1st CY 2nd+CY BLABI 1 1 2 BLUTI 5 2 4 3 CHAFF 5 3 2 GRETI 1 1 LESRE 1 1 NUTHA 2 1 Indeterm SISKI 2 1 1 2

Recaptures:  5 Great Tit 2y 112d, 2y 84d, 349d; others recent.
Sightings 30 Species: Several groups of Lesser Black-backed Gulls heading towards Lower Farm GPs from the south. As for other feeders fairly quiet.