09/02 Snelsmore Common

Location: Snelsmore Feeder CES visit 2024/24.08

Session: 09/02/2025 07:45 to 11:30hrs.

The Snelsmore Feeders in the gloom this morning 10th Feb.

Notes: The session started slowly for this feeder but numbers pickup towards the end. Comparison with last years matching visit again highlights the lower numbers of Blue Tits this winter.  

Present: JL,IW,CMD,SMD,RAD,DL,JA,DB.

Weather: overcast, cold, calm.

Nets: 2x6M nets, one each side of feeder up from 08:00 to 11:00hrs.

Lures (Feeder): Fat Balls, Sunflower Hearts, Peanuts.

Recaptures: (22) (nest box ref CP,WH = Snelsmore Common)

Blue Tit    ringed: 19/01/2020, 02/02/2020, 10/12/2023, 04/02/2024, 03/11/2024x3, 17/11/2024x2, 15/12/2024x2, 29/12/2024, 19/01/2025, 26/01/2025.

                 pulli ringed: 14/05/2024 box CP22.

Coal Tit    ringed: 17/12/2023, 04/02/2024, 03/11/2024.

Great Tit   ringed: 17/12/2023, 03/11/2024

                pulli ringed: 24/05/2023 box WH14.

Robin      ringed: 07/01/2024

Sighting: Ian’s list, not much activity, mostly birds visiting the feeder.