Wednesday, 8 April 2015

08/04.Greenham Common Feeder

Location: Greenham Common 616 feeder
Session: 08-Apr-2015 08:00 to 10:30hrs
Weather: bright sunny calm
Present: JL, IW and BBOWT CT’s etc.
Nets: 4 nets rides 15’, 40’ 30’, 60+40 up from 08:30 to 10:00 hrs
Lure: Feeders 2xNyger, Sunflower Hearts, Black Sunflower, Peanuts.
Capture 7: Dunnock 0/1, Goldfinch 1/0, Great Spotted Woodpecker 0/1, Greenfinch 1/0, Nuthatch 1/0, Robin 1/0, Song Thrush 1/0
Recaptures: Great Spotted Woodpecker 3y 262 days, other recent.
Age Range: 1st winter Goldfinch, Robin, Song Thrush, others adult or indeterminate.
No Photos
Notes: A short session for the BBOWT CT’s etc. Not many birds coming to the feeders now as we are running them down for the summer, also finch flocks have moved north and on territory as are most of the locals; the season finished early this year.
Sightings 31 Species: A wander over the common towards the Fire Plane Gravel and back produced the following list of species

Blackbird
Blue Tit
Bullfinch
Buzzard
Carrion Crow
Chaffinch
Chiffchaff
Dartford Warbler 4
Dunnock
Goldfinch
Great Spotted Woodpecker
 Great Tit
Green Woodpecker
Greenfinch
Grey Heron
Jackdaw
Linnet
Long-tailed Tit
Magpie
Meadow Pipit 6
Mute Swan
Nuthatch
Pheasant
Red Kite
Ringed Plover
Robin
Skylark 2
Song Thrush
Stonechat 4
Woodlark 2
Wren