09/12 Snelsmore Common Feeder

Location: Snelsmore Common Feeder

Session: 09-Dec-2018 07:45 to 11:15hrs

Notes: Very windy at Greenham when I first looked out the window. Decided to see what conditions were like at Snelsmore; breezy but tolerable. It mizzled a bit early that increased to a light shower to a level where we began to consider abandoning the session. Quite soon the breeze dropped, and the cloud lifted to quite a pleasant morning. A good capture of Blue and Coal Tits; the latter mostly captured on the first two rounds and a couple on the pre-nets down round. Great Tits numbers as at the other two feeders and here have dropped compared with the November sessions, I think. A 2015 Blue Tit pulli (4 years) is notable as is no 2018 Great Tit pulli this session. A pleasant enjoyable session, quite a busy though.

Weather: Breezy, mizzle and a shower early, brighter and less breezy later, cool
Present: JL, IW, DL, RJC
Nets: 12metres a 6m net each side of feeder up from 08:00 to 11:00hrs
Lure (feeder): black sunflower, niger, fat balls, peanuts

Capture (New/Recapture) 68(50/18)	Matching Visit: 15/12/2017 46(30/16)
Species New Rtp 1stCY 2nd+CY BLUTI 28 13 37 4 COATI 13 1 14 GRETI 9 2 8 3 MARTI 2 2	Species New Rtp 1stCY 2nd+CY BLUTI 8 16 20 4 COATI 2 10 8 4 GRETI 4 1 4 1 GRSWO 1 1 LOTTI 1 MARTI 1 1 2 ROBIN 1 1

Recaptures: (18) recent except:

    BLUTI        15/12/2017, 07/01/2018, 25/03/2018
                  Pulli: 20/05/2015 box CP24, 26/05/2018 box CP08,
                           28/05/2018 box CP03
GRETI       Pulli 11/05/2017 box CP27, 14/05/2017 box CP35

Sightings 25 Species: Ian’s list, probably missed a few, the first time for a week or two that we have encountered the Ravens here, otherwise quiet; no winter thrushes!.