08/03 Snelsmore Common

Location: Snelsmore Feeder

Session: 08-Mar-2020, 07:30 to 11:20hrs

Notes: Quite a good session today in comparison with last winter matching visit and a clear indication of the better tit survival of this winter. Goldfinch are unusual at this feeder. The weather forecast was pretty accurate this morning it was raining at 07:00 and stopped about 07:30. It cleared to sunny periods and stayed that way until I got home about 11:40, when it rained; more or less as forecast.

One session left for this winter at each of the feeders.

Weather: Bright sunny, breezy, cool

Present: JL,IW,DL,JA

Nets: 12metres in 2 net rides, one 6 metre net each side of feeders up from 08:00 to 11:00hrs

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

Capture (New/Recapture) 39(26/13) 6 Species	Matching Visit: 10/03/2019 14(11/03) 6 Species
Species New Rtp 1stCY 2ndCY+ BLUTI 12 8 18 2 COATI 3 2 4 1 GOLDF 2 1 1 GRETI 8 2 9 1 LOTTI 1 indeterminate ROBIN 1 1	Species New Rtp 1stCY 2ndCY+ BLUTI 3 2 2 3 COATI 2 2 GRETI 3 1 4 LOTTI 1 indeterminate MARTI 1 1 SISKI 1 1

Recaptures: (13), recent except
BLUTI             ringed: 11/02/17
.                       pulli ringed 10/05/19 box CP24, 20/05/19 box CP25
GRETI            pulli ringed: 06/05/19 box WH13, 17/05/19 box CP17
LOTTI             ringed12/11/17
Sightings 19 Species: Apart from the feeder not much avian activity at all today.

Pheasant (1)            Mallard (3)    Woodpigeon (2)      Buzzard (1)  Great Spotted Woodpecker (2)    Jay (1)           Jackdaw (4) Carrion Crow (2)     Coal Tit (8)   Blue Tit (25)

Great Tit (12)           Long-tailed Tit (1)    Wren (1)       Nuthatch (1) Blackbird (1) Song Thrush (1)      Robin (1)      Chaffinch (2)            Goldfinch (2)