Location: Bagnor Feeder

Session: 22-Jan-2015 07:45 to 11:20 hrs

Weather: Above freezing until about 08:30, then freezing fog follows by a warmer sunny period, then more freezing fog and cold at end of session.

Present: JL, IW, RGS

Nets: 2 nest one 18’ each side of feeder up from 08:00 to 11:00hrs

Lure: Feeders: Peanuts, Black Sunflower, Nyger, Fat Balls

Capture 25: Blue Tit 11/9, Great Tit 1/2, Marsh Tit 2

Recaptures: (pulli box)
Blue Tit 3y 252 days (WH23), 1y 236 days (B03), 248 days (WH25), 252 days (B08, C04)
Great Tit 252 days (C06), 254 days (CP28)

Age Range: 1st Winter Blue Tit 90%, Great Tit 3

Notes: It became very cold towards the end of the session to the point where fingers began to malfunction. Fewer birds at the feeder than when topping up yesterday, the finch flock didn’t turn up!

Sightings 33 Species: Some winter thrushes late session, Little Egrets quite active, (calling and chasing) and a reasonable flock of Siskin.

Blackbird 3 Black-headed Gull 26 Blue Tit 25 Buzzard 2 Carrion Crow 8 Chaffinch 5 Coal Tit 1 Fieldfare 10 Great Spotted Woodpecker 2 Great Tit 5 Green Woodpecker 2 Grey Heron 1 Grey Wagtail 1 Jackdaw 15 Jay 3 Kestrel 1 Little Egret 3

Long-tailed Tit 3 Magpie 3 Mallard 2 Marsh Tit 2 Mistle Thrush 2 Moorhen 2 Nuthatch 4 Pheasant 5 Red Kite 1 Red-legged Partridge 3 Redwing 9 Robin 4 Rook 40 Siskin 15 Woodpigeon 115 Wren 5