13/01 Greenham Common

Location: Greenham Estovers Feeder

Session: 13-Jan-2020 07:40 to 11:15hrs

Notes: Intended to ring here yesterday, but as I was about to erect the nets it rained heavily, so I cancelled the session. By the time I got home, just along the road, it had stopped and the cloud had cleared to bright sunshine; a 10:00 hrs return visit confirmed the wind to be far too strong for ringing. So as there are only a few days left until mid-month we did a Monday session. It has been fairly quiet at this feeder this winter and once we had caught the locals the birds all but stopped coming.

Weather: overcast with some sunny periods, occasional light rain showers, cool, breezy.
Present: JL, IW, JPM
Nets: 12metres in 2 nets one 6M each side of feeders up from 08:00 to 11:00hrs
Lure (Feeder): Niger, Peanut, Black Sunflower

Capture (New/Recapture) 17(12/05) 4 Species	Matching Visit: (Sun) 13/01/2019 33(23/10) 6 Species
Species New Rtp 1stCY 2ndCY+ BLUTI 6 3 7 2 COATI 1 1 DUNNO 1 1 GRETI 4 2 6 0	Species New Rtp 1stCY 2ndCY+ BLUTI 6 8 12 2 DUNNO 1 1 GOLDC 2 2 GOLDF 9 8 1 GRETI 6 6 JAY 1 1

Recaptures: (05),all recent except

Sightings 21 Species: Not much about, the only notable species a lone Herring Gull, a year tick and we nearly dismissed it as a Lesser Black-back. Just shows you should check every bird out.

Blackbird (4) Blue Tit (15) Bullfinch (1) Carrion Crow (2) Coal Tit (1) Cormorant (3) Dunnock (3) Goldfinch (6) Great Spotted Woodpecker (1) Great Tit (10) Greenfinch (2)

Grey Wagtail (1) Herring Gull (1) Kestrel (1) Magpie (3) Red Kite (1) Robin (5) Song Thrush (2) Starling (25) Woodpigeon (2)  Wren (2)