Session: 09-Nov-2014 Greenham Common 616 feeder

Weather: Cloudy at first clearing to sunny later, calm
Present: JL,IW,DL,JHW,JPM
Nets: 5 rides 60+40,40,30,40,40 up from 0745 to 11:10hrs
Lure:    Feeders: Niger, Fat Balls, Mixed seed, Black Sunflower, Peanuts
Also part time Redwing, Lesser Redpoll, Siskin, Goldcrest audio.
Capture: 86 Blackbird 4, Blue Tit 20&5, Chaffinch 3, Coal Tit 2&1, Dunnock 0&1, Goldcrest 2, Goldfinch 10,, Great Spotted Woodpecker 2&1, Great Tit 5, Greenfinch 26, Robin 0&2,
Song Thrush 2
Recaptures:  Great Spotted Woodpecker 329 days, Dunnock 357 days, Robin 357 days,
Coal Tit 252 days, Blue Tit 1yr 75 days. The rest recent (21 days)
Age Range:    Adults Blackbird 1, Blue Tit 2, Coal Tit 1, Dunnock 1, Goldfinch 2, Greenfinch 7,
Great Spotted Woodpecker 1, Robin 1
Notes: A good session, lacking retraps particularly Blue Tit and proportionately low numbers of Great Tit. Nice to have a capture of 26 Greenfinch. It has been quite a while since good numbers have been attracted to our feeders; perhaps a sign they are recovering from the bacteriological infection of the last few years. When I top the feeder up there are usually significant numbers of Chaffinches, they disappear as soon as we put nets up. The crows, Jackdaw and Magpie also disappear and fortunately today so did the grey squirrel.
The equivalent visit (10/11) last year had 31 captures: Blue Tit 22, Chaffinch 1, Coal Tit 2, Goldcrest 1, Great Tit 4, Marsh Tit 1

Location: Greenham Common 616
Sightings: Sightings for Sunday 9th November 2014 07:00 to 11:30

Blackbird 14 Black-headed Gull 1 Blue Tit 35+ Bullfinch 3 Carrion Crow 4 Chaffinch 12 Coal Tit 5+ Cormorant 1 Dartford Warbler 1 Dunnock 5+ Fieldfare 4 Goldcrest 4 Goldfinch 15+ Great Spotted Woodpecker 5 Great Tit 10+ Green Woodpecker 1

Greenfinch 35 Jackdaw 10 Kestrel 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull 2 Linnet 2 Long-tailed Tit 9+ Magpie 4 Mistle Thrush 2 Pheasant 1 Pied Wagtail 2 Redwing 230+ Robin 8 Skylark 1 Song Thrush 5 Woodlark 1 Woodpigeon 20+ Wren 3

Total Number Species 33