04/03 Snelsmore Common Feeder

Location: Snelsmore Common Feeder

Session: 04-Feb-2016 07:45 to 11:20hrs

Headlines: More Siskins, if it wasn’t for this species captures this half of the winter would be quite slim. Tit activity at feeders is very low for the time of year presumably they are on territory or feed on burgeoning buds. A ring-able Chaffinch was good; no grotty foot for a change

Weather: Cold, sunny periods, slight breeze.

Present: JL, RJC, IW

Nets: 12metres one 6m net each side of feeders up from 08:00 to 11:00hrs

Lure (feeders): Fat Balls, Nyger, Black Sunflower, Peanuts

Capture (New/Recapture) 48 (31/17): Blue Tit 4/3, Chaffinch 1/0, Coal Tit 0/1, Great Tit 2/3, Lesser Redpoll 1/1, Long-tailed Tit 1/3, Siskin 22/6

Recaptures: 17 all recent except: Blue Tit 1y 365d, Great Tit 1y 280d from box C05, 286d from Winterbourne Holt box WH22

Age Range: all 1st winter except adults Blue Tit 2, Great Tit 3, Siskin 4
Indeterminate Long-tailed Tit 4

Sightings 22 Species: Some raptor activity, Siskin singing in the trees, most species singing early.

Blackbird 1 Blue Tit 10 Buzzard 2 Carrion Crow 3 Chaffinch 5 Coal Tit 2 Dunnock 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker 2 Great Tit 8 Jackdaw 4 Jay 2

Lesser Black-backed Gull 4 Lesser Redpoll 2 Long-tailed Tit 5 Mistle Thrush 1 Nuthatch 1 Raven 1 Red Kite 2 Robin 1 Rook 1 Siskin 35 Song Thrush 1