04/02 Snelsmore Common

Location: Snelsmore Common Feeder CES 2023/24.07

Session: 04/02/2024 07:45 to 11:30hrs

Notes: The session started relatively quietly for this site, but more birds came after about 10:00hrs. Blue Tit dominated and the Robin was a change from ringing tit species.

This is the only site where we regularly ring Coal Tit.

Present: JL,IW.JHW.DL

Weather: overcast, breezy, cool, very light drizzle early.

Nets: 12M of nets, 6M each side of the feeders from 08:10 to 11:00hrs.

Lures: Feeders with Fat Balls, Sunflower Hearts, Peanuts.

Recaptures:(26) note nest box prefixes CP and WH Snelsmore Common.

Blue Tit                ringed: 24/11/2019x2, 30/01/2022, 05/02/2023x2, 19/02/2023, 05/03/2023, 05/11/2023x3, 21/11/2023, 10/12/2023x3, 17/12/2023x2, 07/01/2024x2

                            pulli ringed: 20/05/2023 box WH13, 24/05/2023 box WH19, 27/05/2023 box CP05

Coal Tit                ringed: 07/01/2024x2, 21/01/2024.

Great Tit               pulli ringed: 24/05/2023 box CP28

Sighting: Very quiet, little about or over-flying. Ravens flying early in session. It was drizzling a little when we arrived and while we hesitated whether to put the nets up an immature male Sparrowhawk did a run at the feeders perching on the feeder support rail briefly.