Location: Snelsmore Common Car Park Feeder

Session: 18-Nov-2014 07:00 to 11:30
Weather: Calm, cloud clearing to bright sunshine, quite cool
Present: JL,IW,RGS
Nets: an 18’ net each side of feeder 36’ up from 07:50 to 11:00hrs
Lure: Feeders: Peanuts Black Sunflower, Fat Balls
Capture: 64 Blue Tit 18&11, Coal Tit 5&7, Great Tit 13&9, Marsh Tit 0&1

Recaptures: Blue Tit 2y 312 days, 1y 165days, 1y 164days,345days, 310days, 249days, 187days, 183 days
Coal Tit 345days, 292days
Great Tit 310days, 249days, 189 days, 182days, 182days, 180days
Pulli 2013 Blue Tit 1 from WH22, 1 from (Mount Hill) A01 2014 Blue Tit 1 from WH06, 1 from (Mount Hill) B02 Great Tit 1 from each of  WH27, WH24, WH03, CP20
Others recent

Age Range: Blue Tit 1st win. 58%, Coal Tit 1st win. 83%, Great Tit 1st win. 72%

Todays Marsh Tit retrap from last visit.

Notes: Good session, species a bit limited but some good retraps including several pullus from nearby nest boxes maximum distance travel 2KM direct.

Sightings: Number Species 24

Blackbird 1 Blue Tit 35+ Chaffinch 6+ Coal Tit 15+ Dunnock 1 Fieldfare 3 Goldcrest 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker 3 Great Tit 25 Green Woodpecker 1 Jackdaw 3 Jay 2

Lesser Black-backed Gull 8 Long-tailed Tit 5+ Marsh Tit 1 Nuthatch 2+ Pheasant 1 Raven 1 Red Kite 1 Redwing 20 Robin 2 Treecreeper 2 Woodpigeon 5 Wren 1