18/02 Bagnor Feeder

Location: Bagnor Feeder

Session: 18-Feb-2020, 07:45 to 11:15hrs

Notes: Spotted a gap in the windy wet weather this morning and although it was forecast to be breezy the direction of the wind meant that the feeder was sheltered by Mount Hill. We had a reasonable capture dominated by Blue Tits. Another Chaffinch without papilloma virus at this feeder, hopefully the infection is subsiding in the local population. It got very windy as we took the nets down and rain clouds were building. Just one Blue Tit in last winter’s matching visit capture and so far, no sign of any Siskins at the feeders this half of the winter.

Weather: Sunny periods, cool, light breeze early gaining strength towards the end.

Present: JL,IW

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

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

Capture (New/Recapture) 40(28/12) 5 Species	Matching Visit: 19/02/2019 20(14/06) 3 Species
Species New Rtp 1stCY 2ndCY+ BLUTI 18 10 22 6 CHAFF 1 1 COATI 1 1 GOLDF 5 4 1 GRETI 3 2 4 1	Species New Rtp 1stCY 2ndCY+ BLUTI 1 1 GOLDF 3 1 2 2 GRETI 1 3 3 1 LOTTI 1 MARTI 1 NUTHA 1 1 SISKI 8 4 4

Recaptures: (12), recent except
BLUTI             ringed: 01/12/17, 02/02/18, 16/11/18
.                       pulli ringed: 09/05/19 box C02, 20/05/19 box B08
GRETI            pulli ringed: 13/05/19 box F5A
Sightings 27 Species: Buzzards displaying over Snelsmore, Jackdaws flying about, no sign of the Barn Owl; not seen it since before the storms.

Blackbird (3) Blue Tit (30) Buzzard (6)  Carrion Crow (4)     Chaffinch (2)            Coal Tit (2)   Dunnock (2) Goldfinch (5)            Great Spotted Woodpecker (1)    Great Tit (8) Green Woodpecker (2)      Jackdaw (35)           Jay (2)           Linnet (20)

Little Egret (1)          In the village Mallard (2)    Marsh Tit (1) Mistle Thrush (1)     Pheasant (8)            Pied Wagtail (1)       Red Kite (2)  Robin (4)      Rook (3)        Skylark (1)    Song Thrush (3)      Woodpigeon (17)    Wren (4)