03/12 Bagnor Feeder

Location: Bagnor Feeder
Session: 03-dec-2019 07:45 to 11:50hrs

Notes:  Numbers are down in the previous two visits. The first Siskin of the winter, the first of many, hopefully. This was the only finch ringed, a mark contrast to last year’s matching visit, when 12 of three finch species were ringed. Two other significant differences: firstly the total number of Blue Tits including that re-traps out number new birds, secondly the number of Great Tits, just one for last year’s matching visit.
The Coal Tit controlled (recaptured) at the Greenham Feeder Sunday 1st Dec had been ringed at Swindon STW on the 17/12/2017; a good recovery, Coal Tits don’t normally travel far from their natal area.

Weather: cloudy, some sunny periods, cool, calm.
Present: JL, IW
Nets: 12metres in two nets one each side of feeders up from 08:00 to 11:00hrs
Lure (Feeder): Peanut, Black Sunflower, Niger, Fat Balls 

Capture (New/Recapture) 65(27/38) 8 Species	Matching Visit: (Sun) 01/12/2018 45(31/14) 7 Species
Species New Rtp 1stCY 2ndCY+ BLUTI 12 28 23 17 COATI 1 1 GRETI 12 5 14 3 GRSWO 1 1 LOTTI 2 indeterminate MARTI 2 2 SISKI 1 1 WREN 1 1	Species New Rtp 1syCY 2ndCY+ BLUTI 17 11 21 7 CHAFF 2 2 GOLDF 7 2 5 5 GRETI 1 1 GREFI 2 1 1 NUTHA 1 1 ROBIN 1 1

Recaptures: (38), recent except

Blue Tit           ringed 01/11/2017x2, 06/01/2017, 10/01/2018, 17/01/2018, 19/12/2018,                                       05/02/2019x2, 17/03/2019,
.                      pulli ringed 15/05/2018 box B08x2, 28/05/2018 box C04,                                                              09/05/2019, box D04,13/05/2019 boxes A01, B03x2, D08
Coal Tit           ringed 16/11/2018
Great Tit         pulli ringed 20/05/2019 box D06

Long-tailed Tit ringed 27/12/2016, 02/11/2018

Today's Siskin, a 1st year male. 

Sightings 33 Species: A Barn Owl flew low along the top hedge. Other notable species: the first Little Egret I seen here for a few weeks, at least one calling Water Rail in the cress beds, and Mistle Thrush attempting to sing!

Barn Owl (1)                                           Blackbird (6)                                           Blue Tit (40)                                            Bullfinch (2)                                             Buzzard (1)                                             Carrion Crow (5)                                    Chaffinch (5)                                           Coal Tit (1)                                              Dunnock (2)                                            Fieldfare (1)                                            Goldfinch (6)                                           Great Spotted Woodpecker (2)           Great Tit (20)                                          Jackdaw (10)                                          Jay (1)                                                      Lesser Black-backed Gull (1)              Little Egret (1)

Long-tailed Tit (4)                                  Magpie (3)                                               Marsh Tit (3)                                           Mistle Thrush (1)                                    Singing Moorhen (1)                                            Nuthatch (4)                                            Pheasant (31)                                         Red Kite (1)                                            Red-legged Partridge (2)                      Redwing (1)                                            Robin (3)                                                 Rook (6)                                                  Siskin (3)                                                 Water Rail (1)                                         Woodpigeon (53)                                   Wren (3)