22/12 Snelsmore Feeder

Location: Snelsmore Common Feeder

Session: 22-Dec-2019 07:45 to 11:15hrs

Notes: A quite busy session that slowed towards the end. As for most of the bigger totals this winter Blue Tit numbers comprise over 50% of species. It is noticeable that there are fewer “other” species around the feeders such as Robins, Dunnocks, Chaffinches etc so far this winter. We finished with a nice warming cup of coffee in the Snug, thanks Duncan.

Weather: cloudy, some sunny periods, cold, light breeze.

Present: JL, IW, DL,RJC

Nets: 12metres in 2 nets one 6M each side of feeders up from 08:00 to 11:00hrs

Lure (Feeder):Fat Balls, Black Sunflower, Niger, Peanut

Capture (New/Recapture) 72(35/37) 4 Species	Matching Visit: (Sun) 27/12/2018 103(62/41) 7 Species
Species New Rtp 1stCY 2ndCY+ BLUTI 24 22 34 12 COATI 3 7 6 4 GRETI 8 3 9 2 LOTTI 2 3 indeterminate	Species New Rtp 1syCY 2ndCY+ BLUTI 35 22 45 12 COATI 11 5 14 2 DUNNO 2 2 GOLDF 2 3 1 1 GRETI 11 12 22 1 LOTTI 1 indeterminate MARTI 1 1

Recaptures: (37), recent except

Blue Tit            ringed: 12/11/2017,11/11/2018, 25/11/2018x2, 09/12/2018, 27/12/2018,                                        06/01/2019, 20/01/2019
.                       pulli ringed: 26/05/2018, 20/05/2019x2 boxes CP04, CP05
Coal Tit            ringed: 12/02/2019x2, 24/02/2019
Great Tit          pulli ringed: 06/05/2019 box CP28
Sightings 25 Species: Ian’s list, the feral pigeons in a tight flock were probably racing, the Raven was quite vocal for a while out of sight at the back of the fir trees. Since the demise of the local pig units, large gulls are less frequent than a few years ago and few winter thrushes and no winter finches about.

Blackbird (3) Blue Tit (48) Buzzard (1) Carrion Crow (3) Chaffinch (6) Coal Tit (10) Dunnock (1) Feral Pigeon (15) Goldfinch (1) Great Spotted Woodpecker (2) Great Tit (12) Jackdaw (4) Jay (1)

Lesser Black-backed Gull (5) Long-tailed Tit (5) Marsh Tit (2) Mistle Thrush (2) Nuthatch (3) Pheasant (1) Raven (1) Redwing (13) Robin (1) Rook (2) Woodpigeon (7) Wren (1)