Location: Greenham Common 616 Feeder

Session: 08-Feb-2015 07:45 to 11:20hrs
Weather: Bright sunny the first day this year with real warmth from the sun; calm, clear.
Present: JL,JHW,RJC,IW,DL,RGS
Nets: three net rides 100+40’, 40’ 30’ up from 08:00 to 11:00hrs
Lure: Feeders: Nyger, Black Sunflower, Peanuts, Mixed Seed 

Audio: Redwing Goldcrest

Capture 24: Blackbird 0/1, Blue Tit 6/1, Dunnock 2/1, Goldfinch 0/1,Great Tit 6/1, Marsh Tit 0/1, Robin 2/0, Sparrowhawk 1/0
Recaptures: Blackbird 1y 356days, 306days, Dunnock 1y 83days, Great Tit 3y 122days, 

                      Marsh Tit 4y 86days,; others less than 100days.

Age Range: 1st Winter Blue Tit 7, Dunnock 1, Goldfinch 1, Great Tit 6, Robin 2

Sparrowhawk 2nd Winter Male 08-Feb-2015

Notes: The birds mostly held back from the feeders while nets up, one or two bounced or dodged over the nets. Once nets down many appeared and fed. The sparrowhawk lurking in the bushes and subsequent found in one of the nets and a visit from a kestrel may have accounted for the lack of activity for some of the time. Sparrowhawk a nice second winter male; bronze fringes on medium coverts and some rump feathers

Sightings 31 Species: the first Woodlarks singing over the gravel areas this year; mid-Feb is about the usual time for them to return to site; may check the rest of the common tomorrow.

Blackbird 4 Black-headed Gull 5 Blue Tit 20+ Canada Goose 2+ Carrion Crow 4 Chaffinch 11 Coal Tit 1+ Dunnock 5 Feral Pigeon 1 Goldcrest 2 Golden Plover 23 Goldfinch 14 Great Spotted Woodpecker 2 Great Tit 10+ Green Woodpecker 2 Greenfinch 7

Jackdaw 11 Kestrel 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull 3 Magpie 4 Marsh Tit 1 Mistle Thrush 1 Mute Swan 3 Red Kite 2 Robin 8 Song Thrush 2 Sparrowhawk 2 Stock Dove 1 Woodlark 2 Woodpigeon 15+ Wren 1