17/03 Bagnor Feeder

Location: Bagnor Feeder

Session: 17-Mar-2020, 07:45 to 11:30hrs

Notes: Quite a good session, but the first round there were no birds in the nets; birds didn’t start arriving until after 08:30hrs. The first captures were all Great Tits. The next round included a few Blue Tits and for the rest of the session it was mostly this species. A 2015 (6 years) pulli Blue Tit that was ringed at a Boxford Common nest box is a good record and we haven’t re-captured it since 2016. A much better session than last winters matching visit although it would have been nice to catch a few Siskins this winter. This is the final ringing session for the winter here, the feeders will now be allowed to run down. Ian tells me that they have two big feeders at Jannaways, just across the road, so they won’t have far to go for  food.

Weather: Overcast, some bright periods, light breeze early stronger later, cool

Present: JL,IW

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

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

Capture (New/Recapture) 40(29/11) 4 Species	Matching Visit: 19/03/2019 09(09/00) 3 Species
Species New Rtp 1stCY 2ndCY+ BLUTI 14 9 20 3 COATI 1 1 GOLDF 3 3 GRETI 11 2 12 1	Species New Rtp 1stCY 2ndCY+ BLUTI 2 2 GRETI 3 3 SISKI 4 4

Recaptures: (11), recent except
BLUTI      ringed: 16/02/2018
                pulli ringed: 25/05/2015 box F2, 09/05/2019 box C02, 10/05/2019 box WH27
GRETI     ringed 16/11/2018
Sightings 30 Species: Chiffchaffs first heard singing yesterday here, also a Treecreeper appears to have made territory in the tall trees. The first substantial flock of Fieldfares I have seen here in the second winter period and they were probably on return migration north even though they flew south this morning.

Red-legged Partridge (1)   Pheasant (9)            Canada Goose (4)  Mallard (4)    Woodpigeon (52)    Moorhen (2) Red Kite (1)  Buzzard (2)  Great Spotted Woodpecker (3)    Green Woodpecker (2)      Jay (2)           Magpie (4)    Jackdaw (24)           Rook (4)        Carrion Crow (6)

Coal Tit (2)   Marsh Tit (2) Blue Tit (27) Great Tit (15)           Skylark (2)    Chiffchaff (3)            Wren (4)       Treecreeper (1)       Blackbird (3) Fieldfare (45)           Song Thrush (2)      Robin (4)      Dunnock (1) Chaffinch (4)            Goldfinch (5)