Monday 18 February 2019

17/02 Greenham Feeder

Location: 17/02 Greenham Estovers Feeder
Session: 17-Feb-2019 07:40 to 11:20hrs
Notes: A disappointing session, the number of birds coming to the feeder is a shadow of what it was at this time a few years ago. The mild weather encourages feeding from natural sources and territorial behaviour. A recaptured Song Thrush from 2017 is good; we don't ring many these days. The total is the same as last winter’s matching visit but a slightly different species profile.
Weather: clear, mild, sunny, breezy
Present: JL, JHW, IW, DL
Nets: 58metres in two scrub rides of 12m, 12m, feeder rides of 10m, 12m, 12m up from 08:00 to 11:00hrs
Lure (feeder): niger, niger, black sunflower, peanuts, black sunflower
Capture (New/Recapture)
12(09/03)
Matching Visit: 20-Feb-2019
12(08/04)
Species
New
Rtp
1stCY
2nd+CY
BLUTI
3
1
4

GRETI
4
1
4
1
GOLDF
1


1
ROBIN
1

1

SONTH

1

1
Species
New
Rtp
1stCY
2nd+CY
BLUTI
2

2

BULLF
1

1

GOLDF
1

1

GRETI
4
3
4
3
MARTI

1
indeterminate
Recaptures: (03) recent except SONTH ringed 19/11/2017

Sightings 30 Species: Ian’s list, singing Woodlark and a Raven over probably the best birds. Song Thrush are easier to detect at this time of year, they seem to be in full territorial mode singing well into and  through the daytime. Although there is a good variety of species the numbers of finches and tits are low for February at this site.

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