28/01 Snelmore Common

Location: Snelsmore Common Feeder visit 06 of 10
Session: 28-Jan-2018 07:40 to 11:20hrs

Headlines: Another quiet session but only 4 down on 2016/17 visit 06. We had bigger variety of species; last year’s session had a greater numbers of Blue Tit. The nest box pulli captured were from nearby boxes. Apart from four of the mostly early winter periods the capture today is not too bad; would have been nice to be busier though.

Weather: Overcast, warm for time of year, light breeze but sheltered
Present: JL, VG, IW, DL, JHW, JPM
Nets: 24metres, a 6m nets each side of feeders and 12m nets in nearby scrub up from 08:00 to 11:00hrs
Lure (feeder): fat balls, niger, black sunflower, peanuts
Capture (New/Recapture)

30(19/11) visit 06	34(14/20)  2016/17 visit 06 22-Jan-2017
Species New Rtp 1stCY 2ndCY+ BLABI 2 2 BLUTI 5 4 8 1 CHAFF 1 1 COATI 5 3 7 1 DUNNO 1 1 GRETI 3 2 4 1 LOTTI 1 indeterminate ROBIN 2 2 TREEC 1 indeterminate	Species New Rtp 1stCY 2ndCY+ BLUTI 9 9 10 8 COATI 2 5 7 GRETI 2 3 3 2 NUTHA 1 1 ROBIN 1 2 3

Totals for visit 06 of 10 for the last 9 winter periods

2009/10	2010/11	2011/12	2012/13	2013/14	2014/15	2015/16	2016/17	2017/18
160	51	34	26	68	54	28	34	30

Recaptures: (11) all recent except:

BLUTI             2Y 41D, 343D, pulli 262d box CP08, 259d box CP15
LOTTI             2y 20d
TREEC          1y 358d

Sightings 26 Species: Ian's list. Raven calling from behind the line of fir trees, they have been quiet since the beginning of the year. A flock of Black-headed over the only notable occurrence and the Treecreeper was a first of the year for some of us.