Sunday, 22 March 2015

22/03 Greenham Common Feeder

Location: Greenham Common Feeder
Session: 22-Mar-2015 07:15 to 11:20
Weather: Overcast to start, later sunny periods but throughout a gusty cold wind.
Present: JL, DL, IW, RGS, JPM
Nets: 4 net rides 18’, 40’, 60+40’ 30’ up from 08:00 to 11:00hrs.
Lure: Feeders 4 Nyger, Black Sunflower, Peanut
Capture 20: Blue Tit 1/1, Dunnock 0/1, Goldfinch 9/2, Greenfinch 1/0, Great Tit 1/4
Recaptures: Great Tit 1y 206days, 154days; others less than 100 days
Age Range: (1st Winter) Blue Tit 2, Goldfinch 9, Greenfinch 1, Great Tit 3
Goldfinch: the only species being captured in numbers
Notes: Not many birds coming to the feeder, nets a bit visible in the windy conditions. The arrival of the donkey and trap group broke the monotony of what could have seemed a long morning.

Sightings  33 Species: Chiffchaff singing contrasted with a couple of 20 strong flocks of Redwing; the change from winter to summer underway. 
Blackbird 9
Blue Tit 8+,
Brambling 1
Bullfinch 4
Buzzard 2
Carrion Crow 7
Chaffinch 9+
Chiffchaff 3
Cormorant 1
Dunnock 3
Goldcrest 1,
Goldfinch 20+
Great Spotted Woodpecker 1
Great Tit 10+
Green Woodpecker 1
Greenfinch 7+
Grey Heron 1
Jackdaw 13
Jay 1
Kestrel 1
Lesser Black-backed Gull 2
Long-tailed Tit 3
Magpie 2
Meadow Pipit 2
Mistle Thrush 1
Mute Swan 1
Red Kite 2
Redwing 43
Robin 5
Song Thrush 3
Wood Pigeon 15+
Woodlark 1
Wren 3