Location: Bagnor Feeder

Session: 18-Mar-2015 07:35 to 11:30hrs

Weather: Foggy with a breeze early, sunny and relatively calm later.

Present: JL, RGS, IW

Nets: Two 18’ nets one each side of feeder up from 07:55 to 11:00hrs

Lure: Feeders: peanuts, Black sunflower, fat balls, nyger

Capture 35: Blue Tit 13/10, Goldfinch 4/0, Great Tit 7/1

Recaptures: Blue Tit 3y 23days, 1y 56days, 1y 20days, 307days from box B08, 301 days from box A01, 134days, 119days Great Tit 323days from box CO22; others less 100days

Age Range: (1st Winter) Blue Tit 13 (57%), Goldfinch 3, Great Tit 7

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Notes: Last session of the season. A bit busier considering we struggled to reach 10 birds at the session two weeks ago, a greater number of adult Blue Tit and more new birds than is normal for the end of the season.

Sightings 34 Species: Several groups of Meadow Pipit landed in the field began feeding and then flew off heading north. This correlates with Portland BO reporting large numbers in off the sea yesterday also, at least two Chiffchaff singing/present.

Blackbird 3 Blue Tit 30 Carrion Crow 4 Chaffinch 2 Chiffchaff 2 Coal Tit 1 Dunnock 2 Feral Pigeon 1 Goldfinch 6 Great Spotted Woodpecker 3 Great Tit 10 Green Woodpecker 1 Greenfinch 2 Grey Heron 1 Grey Wagtail 1 Jackdaw 12 Kestrel 2

Jay 1 Little Egret 2 Magpie 2 Meadow Pipit 55 Mistle Thrush 1 Moorhen 2 Pheasant 5 Pied Wagtail 1 Red Kite 1 Red-legged Partridge 2 Robin 5 Skylark 2 Song Thrush 2 Sparrowhawk 1 Starling 1 Woodpigeon 115 Wren 2