Location: Bagnor Feeder

Session: 07-Jan-2015 07:50 to 11:30hrs

Weather: Cold, ground frost, cold wind later, scattered cloud

Present: JL,IW

Nets: Two 18’ nets one each side of feeders up from 08:00 to 11:00hrs

Lure: Peanut, Black Sunflower, Fat ball, Nyger feeders.

Capture: 43: Blue Tit 18/14, Chaffinch 1/0, Goldfinch 2/0, Great Tit 3/3, Greenfinch 2/0

Recaptures: Blue Tit 3y 19days, 2y 352days, 1y 363days, 1y 18days, 237days, 231days, 213days,

Great Tit 1y 363days

Age Range: Adults Blue Tit 28%, Great Tit 1
Pulli Blue Tit from boxes - Snelsmore Common WH15 (2013), Mount Hill B02, B03

Notes: Slow start then a steady flow of mostly Blue Tit with the occasional other species.

Sightings: 33 species. As recently not a lot of species movement generally.

A steady flow of gulls flocks probably making for the Easton Pig Farm as well as loafing in a nearby field, some movement of woodpigeon; mostly flying about. Several gatherings of Jackdaw, Rook and Crows. Few winter thrushes and no winter finches.

Blackbird 5 Black-headed Gull 55 Blue Tit 40 Buzzard 2 Carrion Crow 10 Chaffinch 12 Dunnock 3 Feral Pigeon 6 Fieldfare 9 Goldfinch 8 Great Spotted Woodpecker 2 Great Tit 10 Green Woodpecker 2 Greenfinch 2 Jackdaw 100 Jay 2 Kestrel 1

Lesser Black-backed Gull 33 Little Egret 2 Magpie 3 Mallard 2 Moorhen 2 Nuthatch 2 Pheasant 6 Pied Wagtail (yarrellii) 1 Red Kite 4 Red-legged Partridge 3 Redwing 1 Robin 3 Rook 50 Water Rail 1 Woodpigeon 350 Wren 2