Location: Greenham Common 616 Feeder

Session: 30-Nov-2014 07:30 to 11:30hrs
Weather: Low mist, overcast, sunny later cool calm
Present: JL, IW, DL, JPM, JHW
Nets: Five rides consisting of 60’+40’, 40’, 30’, 40’, 40’ up from 08:00 to 11:00hrs
Lure: Feeders: niger, fat balls, black sunflower hearts, mixed seed, peanuts; Audio: Redwing song
Capture: 91; Blue Tit 13&23, Bullfinch 4, Chaffinch 1, Coal Tit 0&1, Dunnock 2, Goldcrest 0&1, Goldfinch 16, Great Spotted Woodpecker 1&1, Great Tit 4&6, Greenfinch 7, Long-tailed Tit 4&3, Marsh Tit 1,Redwing 2,Wren 1
Recaptures:
Blue Tit 3y 44 days, 1y 178 days, 1y 94 days (2), 1y 6 days, 364 days (2), 329 days, 252 days;
Coal Tit 1y 6days;
Long-tailed Tit 1y 257days
Age Range: Adults; Blue Tit 30%; Coal Tit 1; Goldfinch 19%; Greenfinch 43%; Great Tit 20%
Notes: A good busy morning. The Redwing song called in several of the few flocks flying over, most sat about in nearby trees but two more dark birds to the tally . Plenty of Blue Tit and Goldfinch at the feeder but fewer Greenfinch and Chaffinch disappeared as usual while the nets were up. We are getting smaller numbers of Great Tit to date here than at the other feeders. On the sightings front nothing unusual about ,quiet for the time of year. Two Siskin heard, over calling when topping up the feeder after the ringing session.

Sightings: Probably not a true count due to the busy ringing session.

Blackbird 7 Blue Tit 40 Bullfinch 5 Canada Goose 27 Carrion Crow 4 Chaffinch 8 Coal Tit 1 Cormorant 4 Dunnock 5 Fieldfare 6 Goldcrest 4 Goldfinch 40 Great Spotted Woodpecker 5 Great Tit 15 Green Woodpecker 1 Greenfinch 12

Jackdaw 5 Kestrel 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull 9 Linnet 2 Long-tailed Tit 10 Magpie 3 Marsh Tit 1 Mute Swan 5 Pheasant 1 Pied Wagtail (yarrellii) 3 Redwing 44 Robin 6 Siskin 2 Song Thrush 2 Woodpigeon 15 Wren 3

Total Number Species 32