Thursday 9 March 2017

09/03 Snelsmore Feeder


Location: Snelsmore Feeder
Session: 09-Mar-2017 07:40 to 11:15hrs
Headlines: Penultimate session of the winter and very few birds about. We did get into double figures though. The lack of winter finches standouts when compared to the 2016 equivalent.
Weather: bright, sunny, clear, warm, calm, breezy later
Present: JL, I
Nets: 24metres, a 6m each side of feeder and 12m along the scrub up from 08:00 to 11:00hrs
Lure (Feeders): Fat Balls, Black Sunflower, Niger, Peanuts
Capture (New/Recapture)
11(6/5)
48(31/17) matching visit 04-Mar-2016
SPEC
New
Rtp
1st CY
2nd+CY
BLUTI
1
1
1
1
CHAFF
1

1

COATI
1
2
3

GRETI
3
1
2
2
TREEC

1

1
SPEC
New
Rtp
1st CY
2nd+CY
BLUTI
4
3
5
2
CHAFF
1

1

COATI

1
1

GRETI
2
3
2
3
LESRE
1
1
2

LOTTI
1
3
Indeterminate
SISKI
22
6
24
4
Recaptures: Blue Tit 281d pulli from CP15, Great Tit 3y 91d, Treecreeper 1y 32d, others recent.

Sightings 26 Species: Raven active flying out and back over the common. Buzzards and Kites circling over, quite a lot of song

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