Location: Greenham Common 616 Feeder.

Session: 04-Jan-2015 07:30 to 11:30hrs

Weather: Colder than forecast below freezing for much of the morning, calm, foggy and low cloud.

Present: JL,IW,DL,JHW,RJC,RGS

Nets: 4 nets rides 40’, 60’+40’, 40’, 30’ total 210' up from 08:00 to 11:00hrs.

Lure: 3 Nyger feeders, Black Sunflower, Peanut and Mixed Seed Feeders.

Capture: 59 Blackbird 1/0, Blue Tit 5/23, Bullfinch 1/0, Coal Tit 0/2, Goldcrest 1/0, Goldfinch 6/3, Great Spotted Woodpecker 1/1, Great Tit 4/10, Greenfinch 1/0

Recaptures: 4y 107days CT, 4y 51days GS, BT, 3y 83days BT, 2y 106days BT, 1y 321days GT,
1y 278days GT, 1y 129days GT,1y 62days BT, 1y 55days BT(3), 1y 48days BT, 364days,BT, 350days BT(2), 314days GT(2), 308days CT, GT, 301days GT

Age Range: Adults BT 50%, GT 79%, CT 2, GO 2, GS 1

Notes: Very much colder than expected with the nets turning white on occasions, requiring net rounds to be almost continuous; not long enough between for the 10+ flock of Greenfinch to settle. Fewer birds about generally and difficult to see in the fog and poor light. A kestrel sitting on the middle flood light for a while watching the birds coming to the feeder gave hope of an interesting capture.

Sightings: 29 species

Blackbird 6+ Blue Tit 35 Bullfinch 3 Canada Goose 12 Carrion Crow 1 Carrion Crow 6 Chaffinch 6+ Coal Tit 4 Dunnock 3+ Goldcrest 2 Goldfinch 25+ Great Spotted Woodpecker 3 Great Tit 20 Greenfinch 12+ Grey Wagtail 1

Jackdaw 2 Jackdaw 3 Kestrel 1 Magpie 1 Mute Swan 5 Pheasant 1 Pied Wagtail 1 Redwing 6+ Robin 4 Siskin 2+ Song Thrush 1 Total number of species 22 Woodpigeon 5+ Wren 1