Wednesday, 13 May 2015

13/05 Snelsmore Common & Winterbourne Holt Nest Boxes

Location: Snelsmore Common & Winterbourne Holt Nest Boxes
Session: 13-May-2015 06:30 to 10:30hrs
Weather: Sunny warm calm
Present: JL
Notes: 65 boxes checked 11 not occupied
Blue Tit occupy 27 boxes, most still sitting on eggs or just hatched chicks; 1 brood of 9 ringed
Great Tit occupy 20 boxes, some sitting others with chicks to young to ring; 4 brood of 7, 6, 7, 6 ringed
Nuthatch occupy 7 boxes, 1 sitting on eggs others with chicks to young to ring; 1 brood of 8 ringed
Sightings 28 Species: Noted while checking boxes not many Marsh Tits about this year.

Mallard
Woodpigeon
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Jackdaw
Carrion Crow
Blue Tit
Coal Tit
Long-tailed Tit
Willow Warbler
Garden Warbler
Treecreeper
Blackbird Mistle
Thrush
Dunnock

Pheasant
Green Woodpecker
Jay
Rook
Goldcrest
Great Tit
Marsh Tit
Chiffchaff
Blackcap
Nuthatch
Wren
Song Thrush
Robin
Chaffinch