08/01 Snelsmore Common Feeder

Location: Snelsmore Common Feeder
Session: 08-Dec-2015 07:45 to 11:30hrs
Headlines: Much colder today. In the sunny conditions birds were in the tops of trees many singing and displaying or feeding on ripening buds. A steady trickle came to the feeder in easily manageable numbers Coal tit numbers were low for here and great tit have all but stopped coming for the present. Although attendance at the feeder was low there had been considerable activity since I last topped up on Tuesday as the feeders were quite low.
Weather: Clear sunny and cold for this winter. As forecast a light rain shower at about 09:10hrs lasted for about 10 minutes before the sunny weather returned.
Present: JL, IW
Nets: 12M one 6M net each side of feeder.
Lure (feeder): fat balls, black sunflower, peanuts
Capture (New/Recapture) 38: (19/19)

Blue Tit 15/13	Coal Tit 2/4
Great Tit 0/2	Long-tailed Tit 2/0

Recaptures: 19 all recent except Blue Tit 3y 329d, 3y 63d, 1y 228d from nest box CP12, 332d
Coal Tit 362d
Great Tit 1y 361d, 233d from nest box WH07
Age Range: all 1st winter except adult: Blue Tit 9, Coal Tit 1, Great Tit 1
Sightings 12 Species: not much moving except rooks to and from the nearby rookery.

Blackbird 4 Blue Tit 35 Chaffinch 5 Coal Tit 12 Great Tit 5 Jackdaw 3

Nuthatch 2 Pheasant 1 Robin 2 Rook 20 Woodpigeon 10 Wren 1