05/02 Bagnor Feeder

Location: Bagnor Feeder
Session: 05-Feb-2019 07:45 to 11:30hrs

Notes: The weather has been difficult so  far this month and the forecast is for unsettled, so decided to ring today as it looked to be one of the better days for this half of the month. It was very slow to start with four birds for each of the first two rounds. This included LOTTI’s and a couple of BLUTIs. At 09:20 it began to pick up, the next round of eight included three SISKIs and more BLUTIs. More BLUTIs followed with a couple more SISKI. Although GRETIs were singing in the hedge and scrub the first and only capture of this species was in the penultimate round when a new  pair was ringed; an adult and a toy-boy. An at least six year old GRSWO was the oldest bird today and  some more  pulli from nearby Mount Hill and one from Winterbourne Holt woods on Snelsmore Common. Last winter’s matching visit  illustrates the better survival of 1st calendar birds this year; more GRETIs last year though!

Weather: Dull, overcast mizzle, cool, calm, colder as cloud lifted and wind increased towards the end of the session
Present: JL, IW
Nets: 18metres a 6m each side of feeder up from 08:00 to 11:00hrs
Lure (feeder): peanuts, black sunflower, niger, fat balls

Capture (New/Recapture) 44(20/24)	Matching Visit: 02/02/2018 30(19/11)
Species New Rtp 1stCY 2nd+CY BLUTI 12 18 19 11 GRSWO 1 1 GRETI 2 1 1 LOTTI 5 na na MARTI 1 1 SISKI 5 2 3	Species New Rtp 1stCY 2nd+CY BLUTI 13 9 20 2 GRSWO 1 1 GRETI 8 2 5 2

Recaptures: (24) recent except

BLUTI             ringed: 01/11/2017x2, 17/11/2017x2, 19/12/2017, 19/01/2018, 02/02/2018

                        pulli: 15/05/2018 Box B08, 22/05/2018 Box WH25, 

                        23/05/2018 Boxes A01 & B02, 28/05/2018 Box B01)

GRSWO         ringed 10/01/2012
LOTTI             ringed 12/11/2015, 01/11/2017-2/11/2018

Sightings 31 Species: Two new species for the year at this site: Water Rail and Skylark. Corvids and others may be less visible than usual as the surrounding fields have loud crow scarers firing at regular intervals. The small flock of Siskin absent for the last couple of weeks has returned, otherwise much as expected although the flock of Greylag Geese flying west is unusual for here. Still a lot of game birds about. at the end of the season. Gulls are scarce this winter due the the pig farm near Boxford going out of business last year.