05/02 Bagnor Feeder

Location: Bagnor Feeder

Session: 05-Feb-2020 07:40 to 11:20hrs

Notes: Ringing started slowly, we didn’t capture the first bird until 08:50hrs, the next birds arrived at 09:20hrs after which numbers increased over the next 3 rounds. Still no winter finches about, just a few locals. We were watch by a Barn Owl in the top hedge for most of the session.

Weather: calm, cool, warm in the sun.

Present: JL, IW

Nets: 12metres in 2 nets one 6M each side of feeders up from08:00 to 11:00hrs

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

Capture (New/Recapture) 34(21/13) 5 Species	Matching Visit: (Sun) 05/02/2019 44(20/24) 6 Species
Species New Rtp 1stCY 2ndCY+ BLUTI 12 10 19 3 CHAFF 1 1 COATI 1 1 GOLDF 2 2 GRETI 5 3 4 4	Species New Rtp 1stCY 2ndCY+ BLUTI 12 18 19 11 GRSWO 1 1 GRETI 2 1 1 LOTTI 5 indeterminate MARTI 1 1 SISKI 5 2 3

Recaptures: (13), recent except
BLUTI             ringed: 16/03/18, 16/11/18, pulli ringed13/05/19 box A02
GRETI            ringed: 06/03/18, 02/11/18
Sightings 30 Species: The first Meadow Pipit  recorded of the year at this site, also Linnet; the first seen by me this year. A surprising number of Pheasants still around.

Barn Owl (1) Blackbird (4) Blue Tit (29) Bullfinch (2) Buzzard (2)  Carrion Crow (4)     Chaffinch (3)            Coal Tit (2)   Dunnock (2) Great Spotted Woodpecker (2)    Great Tit (10)           Grey Heron (1)        Jackdaw (16)           Jay (2)           Linnet (24)

Long-tailed Tit (2)    Magpie (4)    Mallard (4)    Marsh Tit (1) Meadow Pipit (1)     Mistle Thrush (1)     Moorhen (2) Pheasant (28)          Red Kite (3)  Robin (4)      Rook (13)     Skylark (1)    Song Thrush (4)      Woodpigeon (22)    Wren (4)