Sunday 5 December 2021

05/12 Snelsmore Common Feeder CES 3 of 8

Location: Snelsmore Common Feeder CES 3 of 8
Session: 05/12/2021, 07:45 to 11:30hrs
Notes: The third visit of the winter CES shows a concerning drop in capture numbers of Coal Tit and Great Tit when compared to the one and only equivalent visit made in winter 2020/21. A Blue Tit that travelled across Newbury from Greenham Common is interesting.
Present: JL,IW,JHW,IQ
Weather: Overcast , breezy, cold
Nets: 312metres 2 rides of 6M nets one each side of feeder up from 08:00 to 11:00hrs
Lures: Feeder:  Fat Balls, Niger, Black Sunflowers, Peanut

Recaptures:(34)
Blue Tit ringed: 25/11/2018, 10/11/2019, 08/12/2019, 02/02/2020, 06/12/2020x2,
                      13/10/2021 (Western Enclosure),  24/10/2021x8, 07/11/2021x3,   21/11/2021x3,                                     23/11/2021(Bagnor FDR)
             pulli ringed 22/05/2018 box WH28, 29/05/2021 box CP28,
                               02/06/2021 box B08 (Mount Hill)
Great Tit ringed 06/12/2020, 24/10/2021x2, 21/11/2021x3,
               Pulli ringed 05/05/2019 box CP28, 27/05/2021 box WH21, 29/05/2021 box CP21 
Sightings: Ian’s list, probably missed a few species but it was very quiet, “other” species-wise


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