19/02 Bagnor Feeder

Location: Bagnor Feeder
Session: 19-Mar-2019 07:40 to 11:15hrs
Notes: Like  the other feeders a slow session. Lots of walking about to pass the time. Not much bird activity anywhere. Interestingly the five Siskin captured Sunday at the Snelsmore Feeder were all male while the four today were all female. This is the last schedule session at any of the feeders for this winter. It started well but sometime in late January many of the tits, particularly Blue Tits, stopped coming.
Weather: overcast, mostly calm, relatively warm for time of year.
Present: JL, IW
Nets: 12metres a 6m nets each side of feeder up from 08:00 to 11:00hrs
Lure (feeder): peanuts, black sunflower, niger, fat balls

Capture (New/Recapture) 09(09/00)	Matching Visit: 16/03/2018 21(15/04
Species New Rtp 1stCY 2nd+CY BLUTI 2 2 GRETI 3 3 SISKI 4 4	Species New Rtp 1stCY 2nd+CY BLUTI 1 1 2 CHIFF 1 DUNNO 1 1 GOLDC 5 4 1 GRSWO 1 1 GRETI 3 4 7 LOTTI 1 NUTHA 2 2 SISKI 1 1

Recaptures: none

Sightings 25 Species: Two singing chiffchaffs, and a lot of Skylark activity. A few more tits about than at Greenham but numbers are low here also. Most residents are in full territorial mode; lost of singing etc.