02/02 Bagnor Feeder

Location: Bagnor Feeder  CES 7 of 8
Session: 02/02//2022 07:45 to 11:30hrs
Notes: It seem that most of the regulars were more interested in territory than coming to feed. Normally at  this time of year at least 50% of those captured are re-traps, but few came today; just 16% of the capture. The Great Spotted Woodpecker was a long-winged bird, a millimetre over the normal range for British birds. Nice to ring a couple of Goldfinch. Great Tit still relatively scarce.
Present: JL,IW
Weather: some sunny periods mostly overcast, calm, cool
Nets:  12metres, 2 rides of 6M nets one each side of feeder up from 08:00 to 11:00 hrs
Lures: Feeder: Peanut, Black Sunflower, Niger, Fat Balls  

Recaptures:(5)

Blue Tit           ringed: 09/11/2021x2, 10/12/2021, 30/1/2022-Snelsmore feeder

Great Tit         pulli ringed: 28/05/2021 box C02

Sightings: A female Sparrowhawk soaring over towards Snelsmore, Mistle Thrush and

Skylark singing, a Lesser Redpoll flew over NE calling and the usual three Siskins regularly

came to drink near the feeder. Nine Chaffinch flew south late in the session, the most I have

seen here for some time.