Location: Greenham Common Feeder
Session: 22-Feb-2015 07:30hrs to 11:20hrs
Weather: Cold bright sunny until about 10:30hrs when began clouding over and wind speed increased.
Present: JL, JHW, RJC, IW, JPM, DL
Nets: Four net rides of 18’, 40’, 30’ and 60’+40’ up from 08:00 to 11:00hrs.
Lure: Feeders 3 Nyger, Black Sunflower, Peanuts, Mixed Seed
Capture 39: Blackbird 1/0, Blue Tit 2/6, Brambling 1/0, Chaffinch 2/1, Dunnock 0/1, Goldfinch 3/3, Great Tit 5/2, Greenfinch 1/0, Lesser Redpoll 7/11 (1 control), Robin 0/3
Recaptures: Robin 4y 44days, 126days, Blue Tit 2y 155days, 357days, 105days-2, Great Tit 357days, Chaffinch 105days all others less than 100days.
Age Range: 1st Winter Blackbird 1, Blue Tit 4, Brambling 1, Chaffinch 2, Goldfinch 4, Great Tit 4, Lesser Redpoll 6, Robin 2

Lesser Redpoll 1st Winter Male 22-Feb-2015

Brambling 1st Winter Male 22-Feb-2015

Notes: The Lesser redpoll first seen at the feeder 12th Feb, much later than in recent winters, a flock of 10+ appears resident at around the feeder to date; four Brambling seen there this week, nice to capture the best marked bird. More Great Tit captured than Blue Tit which is different! Good variety of species.

Sightings 33 Species: A few finches flying about, not many Blue and Great Tits coming to the feeder; speaking to one of the cattle men they may have a better offer along the road, he says he has lots coming to his garden. Not as many as usual appeared when the nets came down

Blackbird 3+ Black-headed Gull 3 Blue Tit 10+ Brambling 1 Bullfinch 2+ Carrion Crow 6 Chaffinch 6+ Coal Tit 1 Cormorant 1 Dunnock 2+ Goldcrest 2 Golden Plover 121 Goldfinch 15+ Great Spotted Woodpecker 3 Great Tit 10+ Green Woodpecker 1+ Greenfinch 12+

Grey Heron 1 Jackdaw 13+ Kestrel 1 Lesser Redpoll 9+ Magpie 4 Marsh Tit 1 Mute Swan 3 Pheasant 1 Red Kite 1 Redwing 2 Robin 6+ Song Thrush 2 Stock Dove 2 Woodlark 2 Woodpigeon 10+ Wren 1+