Wednesday, 19 November 2014


Location: Bagnor Cress Beds Feeder
Session: 19-Nov-2014 07:30 to 11:30hrs
Weather: Cloudy threat of rain, some spotting, later clearing to sunny periods, generally calm.
Present: JL,IW
Nets: an 18’ net each side of feeder, 36’ up from 08:00 to 11:00hrs
Lure: Niger, Sun Flower Peanut, Fat Ball feeders
Capture: 60 Blue Tit 19&24, Goldfinch 2, Great Spotted Woodpecker 3&1, Great Tit 6&5
Recaptures: Great Spotted Woodpecker (2012) 2y 29days ringed at Greenham Common Feeder 7KM away,
Blue Tit 2y 360days, 1y 172days(2),365days, 341days(5), 334days(3), 302days, 188days(2) 184days, 182days(2), 178day
Great Tit 188days, 182days, 165days
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Blue Tit from Mount Hill boxes A01, B03, B08, C02, C04, C05, and Snelsmore Common WH06
Great Tit from Mount Hill B01(2),C06

Age Range: Blue Tit 1st winter 61% Great Tit 1st winter 72%
Notes:  Did I say that Blue Tit numbers were low! Interestingly captures either consisted mostly of Blue Tits or one round mostly Great Tits.
Sightings: Click here to enter text.
Blackbird 8+
Black-headed Gull 2
Blue Tit 50+
Bullfinch 3+
Carrion Crow 4
Chaffinch 12+
Dunnock 4
Feral Pigeon 12
Fieldfare 115+
Gadwall 1
Goldcrest 2
Goldfinch 5
Great Spotted Woodpecker 5+
Great Tit 15+
Green Woodpecker 1
Greenfinch 6
Grey Wagtail 1
Jackdaw 100+
Jay 3
Kestrel 1
Lesser Black-backed Gull 19+
Little Egret 3
Long-tailed Tit 5+
Magpie 2
Mallard 6
Mistle Thrush 1
Moorhen 2
Nuthatch 2
Pheasant 10+
Red Kite 1
Red-legged Partridge 1
Redwing 132+
Robin 4
Rook 3
Stock Dove 2
Woodpigeon 374
Wren 4
Total Number Species 37