Location: Greenham Common Feeder

Session: 08-Mar-2015 07:40 to 11:15hrs

Weather: Warm mainly overcast with a blustery wind

Present: JL, IW, DL, JHW, JPM

Nets: four nets 18’, 40’, 30’ 60’+40’ up from 08:00 to 11:00hrs

Lure: Feeders :- Nyger (4), Black Sunflower, Peanut, Mixed Seed

Capture 22: Blackbird 1/0, Blue Tit 4/2, Chaffinch 0/1, Dunnock 1/0, Goldfinch 6/1, Great Tit 1/1, Greenfinch 1/0, Long-tailed Tit 0/2, Robin 0/1

Recaptures: Robin 1y 256days, Long-tailed Tit 4y 51days, 1y 355days, Blue Tit 2y 12days, 112days, Great Tit 1y 12days, Chaffinch 119days; others less than 100days.

Age Range: (1st winter) Blackbird 1, Blue Tit 2, Chaffinch 1, Dunnock 1, Goldfinch 5 

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Notes: All sessions at feeders over the last week have shown low capture numbers. From the increase in activity once the nets are taken down it is probable that many birds are aware of the nets or it might be that after 11:00hrs is the peak visit time.

Sightings 35 Species: Quite a lot of activity early morning that diminished as it became overcast and the heavy cloud moved over; a few spits and spots as we took the nets down but the heavy rain forecast for later today has yet to materialise. The Little Owl was seen by Ian near the golf clubhouse.

Blackbird 7 Black-headed Gull 6 Blue Tit 7 Bullfinch 2 Carrion Crow 5 Chaffinch 16 Coal Tit 1 Cormorant 1 Dunnock 3 Goldfinch 20 Great Spotted Woodpecker 2 Great Tit 5 Green Woodpecker 1 Greenfinch 6 Grey Heron 1 Herring Gull 1 Jackdaw 14 Jay 2

Kestrel 1 Lapwing 8 Lesser Redpoll 4 Little Owl 1 Long-tailed Tit 2 Magpie 3 Mute Swan 4 Pied Wagtail (yarrellii) 1 Red Kite 4 Redwing 1 Robin 5 Song Thrush 1 Sparrowhawk 1 Starling 1 Woodlark 2 Woodpigeon 10 Wren 1