26/11 Snelsmore Common Feeder

Location: Snelsmore Common Feeder visit 2 of 10
Session: 26-Nov-2017 07:35 to 11:30hrs

Headlines: A quieter session than expected, maybe the disruption, Thursday and Friday , caused by taking down the unstable dead tree and rebuilding the feeder support cable affected the capture but probably not. We had Stephen Vickers one of Owain Gabb’s trainees with us today to get a Marsh Tit; we got him one, a re-trap. Although the session capture was lower than it might have been a look at the 2016/17 winter matching visit confirms this year so far to be good for 1st calendar year Blue Tits; not so good for Great Tits at this site. Early captures in good numbers tailed off as the session progressed and no late flush. We usually get a few Great Tit late on, only four today. The session ended on a high note when the coffee van turned up providing a really good and welcome cup. After nets down we replace the pulley installed on Friday with a more robust one.

Weather: Bright, sunny, breezy, cold
Present: JL, SHV, IW, GB
Nets: 12metres one 6M net each side of feeders up from 08:00 to 11:00hrs
Lure (feeders): fat balls, niger, black sunflower, peanuts
Capture (New/Recapture)

30(18/18) visit 2 of 10	19(18/01) winter 16/17 visit 2 of 10 23-Nov-2016
Species New Rtp 1stCY 2ndCY+ BLUTI 6 9 11 4 COATI 6 8 12 2 GRETI 3 1 2 2 LOTTI 2 MARTI 1 1	Species New Rtp 1stCY 2ndCY+ BLUTI 7 5 2 COATI 3 1 4 GRETI 8 8

Totals for visit 02 of 10 for the last nine winter periods

09/10	10/11	11/12	12/13	13/14	14/15	15/16	16/17	17/18
107	71	84	61	25	64	107	19	36

Recaptures: (18) all recent except Blue Tit 2 at 308d, pulli from Box CP30 192d Great Tit pulli from box CP19 109d

Sightings 28 Species: Ian's list, not much activity generally bird-wise, Ravens and Nuthatches quite vocal.