01/12 Greenham Common

Location: Greenham Common Feeder(616)

Session: 01-dec-2019 07:35 to 11:20hrs

Notes: A steady flow of birds in the early part of the session; just one or two later. Not so many Goldfinch at the feeders so far this year. A flock of about 35 arrived in the trees and scrub around the feeder, mostly they dropped down to feed on the ground. We tried to nudge one on the niger feeder into the nets but on both attempt it bounced out. A better capture than last year’s matching visit looks to be due to the increased number of Blue and Great Tits from the last breeding season.

Weather: cloudy, some sunny periods, cold, light breeze occasionally gusting, a cold stronger breeze later.
Present: JL, IW, DL, JPM
Nets: 12metres in two nets “L” shaped to feeders up from 08:00 to 11:00hrs
Lure (Feeder): Peanut, Niger, Black Sunflower 

Capture (New/Recapture) 37(28/09) 5 Species	Matching Visit: (Sun) 01/12/2018 23(19/04) 3 Species
Species New Rtp 1stCY 2ndCY+ BLUTI 16 6 15 7 COATI 2 1 2 1 GOLDF 1 1 GRETI 8 2 9 1 WREN 1 1 1	Species New Rtp 1syCY 2ndCY+ BLUTI 10 1 10 1 GOLDF 6 3 9 GRETI 3 3

Recaptures: (63), recent except

Blue Tit           ringed 01/11/2015, 21/10/2018x2, 12/09/2019 ringed at the Western Enclosure
Coal Tit           ringed elsewhere 17/12/2017, details awaited
Great Tit         ringed 21/10/2018
Sightings 31 Species: Ian’s list, one substantial flock of Redwings flying WSW, the others flying about, otherwise much as expected for the time of year.

Blackbird (3)                                                  Black-headed Gull (5)                                    Blue Tit (22)                                                   Bullfinch (2)                                                    Buzzard (1)                                                    Canada Goose                                              Carrion Crow (3)                                            Chaffinch (6)                                                  Coal Tit (3)                                                     Cormorant (2)                                                Dunnock (3)                                                   Golden Plover (30)                                        Goldfinch (40)                                                Great Spotted Woodpecker (1)                      Great Tit (10)                                                 Green Woodpecker (2)

Greenfinch (9)                                                Jackdaw (21)                                                Jay (2)                                                            Lesser Black-backed Gull (1)                        Magpie (3)                                                     Marsh Tit (1)                                                  Mute Swan (2)                                               Nuthatch (2)                                                   Red Kite (2)                                                   Redwing (65)                                                 Robin (4)                                                        Song Thrush (1)                                             Starling (1)                                                     Woodpigeon (5)                                             Wren (2)