Location: Bagnor Feeder

Session: 16-Dec-2014 0745 to 11:30 hrs
Weather: ground frost cold, light wind warm for the time of year in the sun.
Present: JL, IW, RGS
Nets: 2 18’ nets one each side of feeders up from 08:00 to 11:00hrs
Lure: Feeders nyger seed, fat balls, black sunflower seed, peanuts
Capture: 44 Blue Tit 20&15, Chaffinch 1, Coal Tit 1, Dunnock 0&1, Greenfinch 1, Great Tit 2&1, Great Spotted Woodpecker 2&1
Recaptures: 4y 296d Blue Tit, 2y 165d Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2y 16d Blue Tit, 1y 315d Blue Tit, 1y 272d Blue Tit, 1y 199d Blue Tit, 342d Dunnock, 329d Blue Tit, 287d Blue Tit, 215d Blue Tit (2) Great Tit (1) 209d Blue Tit (2) Others recent.
Pulli (all from Mount hill 1km away) Blue Tit  (2013) from B03, (2014) from B03  C02, C04; Great Tit C06
Age Range: Adults Blue Tit 42%, Dunnock 1, Great Spotted Woodpecker 1

Notes: A cold start with some good number for the early net rounds that stopped around 10:00hrs with another flurry for the final round. Like the other feeders Greenfinch and Goldfinch numbers have dropped to just the odd individual, probably have moved south? Lots of long wing mostly adult Blue Tits and weight varied from 9.8 to 11.8grms. A near 5 year old Blue Tit is a good recapture.
As for most of the second winter period few thrushes about and even fewer winter finches.

Sightings: 33 species seen

Blackbird 3 Black-headed Gull 76 Blue Tit 45 Buzzard 1 Carrion Crow 6 Chaffinch 5 Coal Tit 2 Dunnock 2 Feral Pigeon 22 Goldfinch 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker 4 Great Tit 2 Green Woodpecker 1 Greenfinch 1 Grey Wagtail 1 Jackdaw 17

Jay 2 Kestrel 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull 35 Little Egret 3 Magpie 2 Mistle Thrush 1 Moorhen 2 Nuthatch 2 Pheasant 5 Red Kite 1 Redwing 6 Robin 2 Rook 6 Siskin 2 Woodpigeon 110 Wren 2