05/01 Snelsmore Common

Location: Snelsmore Common Feeder

Session: 05-Jan-2020 07:45 to 11:15hrs

Notes: The first session of the New year was slower than expected. The birds seemed to trickle in rather than come in large groups. Many were feeding high in the trees. Quite early in the session a male Sparrowhawk hit the net but bounced out, collapsing the telescopic poles. A feature of this winter that has become apparent is the lack of “other” species at the feeder. The total was less than last winter matching equivalent and fewer species.

Weather: overcast, cold, calm.
Present: JL, IW, DL,RJC,RGS
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) 40(18/22) 4 Species	Matching Visit: (Sun) 06/01/2019 59(30/29) 6 Species
Species New Rtp 1stCY 2ndCY+ BLUTI 12 9 17 4 COATI 4 3 4 3 GRETI 2 9 8 3 LOTTI 1 indeterminate	Species New Rtp 1syCY 2ndCY+ BLABI 1 1 BLUTI 15 7 19 3 CHAFF 2 2 COATI 5 6 10 1 DUNNO 1 1 GRETI 7 15 19 3

Recaptures: (22), recent except

Blue Tit           ringed: 11/11/2018,12/02/2019                                                                                                        pulli ringed: 10/05/2019 boxes CP31x2, WH01, 17/05/2019 box CP12,                                            20/05/2019 box CP05
Coal Tit           ringed: 12/02/2019

Great Tit         ringed: 25/11/2018, 20/01/2019, 17/03/2019                                                     

                       pulli ringed: 17/05/2019 box CP17

Sightings 22 Species: Ian’s list, nothing of note except maybe the two Sparrowhawks.

Blackbird (3) Blue Tit (25) Carrion Crow (4) Chaffinch (7) Coal Tit (8) Goldfinch (1) Great Spotted Woodpecker (2) Great Tit (15) Jackdaw (8) Long-tailed Tit (14) Magpie (1)

Marsh Tit (1) Mistle Thrush (2) Nuthatch (3) Pheasant (1) Raven (1) Robin (2) Rook (7) Song Thrush (1) Sparrowhawk (2) Male and female. Woodpigeon (10) Wren (1)