15/12 Bagnor Feeder

Location: Bagnor Feeder
Session: 15-Dec-2015 07:45 to 11:20hrs
Weather: overcast, dank, warm, damping occasionally
Present: JL, IW, RGS, DL
Nets: 36’, one 18’ net each side of feeders up from 08:00 to 11:00hrs
Lure (feeders): Peanut, Black Sunflower and niger.
Capture (New/Recapture) 59:

Blue Tit 23/7	Coal Tit 1/2
Goldfinch 7/1	Great Spotted Woodpecker 1/0
Great Tit 7/2	Greenfinch 4/0
Long-tailed Tit 1/1	Nuthatch 2/0

Recaptures: 13

Blue Tit 3y 305d, 1y 214d pulli from Winterbourne Box WH21, 1y 201d pulli from Mount Hill Box C04, 364d, 313d, 208d pulli from Mount Hill Box B03 Great Tit 272d, 208d pulli from Mount Hill Box B07 Others recent.

Age Range: all 1st winter except:

Adults Blue Tit 10, Goldfinch 4, Great Tit 3 Indeterminate Long-tailed Tit 2

Notes: First session after a week’s break in Madeira; a late posting due to Christmas visitors; an overage session for the time of year; of note few Great Tit captures until a late morning arrival of mostly this species. Most of the first half winter feeder visits missed due to the weather. Decided to do at least this one due to its longevity; first ringed at a feeder here Feb 1985

Sightings 34 Species: Quite a busy morning so probably missed a few; quite a lot of activity along the hedge at the top of the field.

Mallard 1 Pheasant 5 Grey Heron 1 Little Egret 1 Buzzard 1 Moorhen 3 Lesser Black-backed Gull 33 Woodpigeon 20 Green Woodpecker 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker 1 Magpie 2 Jay 2 Jackdaw 38 Rook 46 Carrion Crow 5 Goldcrest 2 Blue Tit 40

Great Tit 12 Coal Tit 3 Long-tailed Tit 10 Nuthatch 3 Wren 2 Blackbird 4 Fieldfare 7 Song Thrush 2 Redwing 16 Mistle Thrush 2 Robin 3 Dunnock 1 Chaffinch 7 Greenfinch 10 Lesser Redpoll 2 Goldfinch 15 Siskin 40