Session: 13-Mar-2016 0720 to
11:30hrs
Headlines: Started in very thick
cold fog, could hear the finches in the trees above the feeders. The nets went
up easy for a change. We had several good captures. Tits absent early
otherwise mostly siskin, redpoll and goldfinch throughout. Had a visit from an
edgy RSPB group, some people need to cheer-up!
Weather: Foggy and quite cold
until the last half hour of the session when the fog completely cleared and
the sun came out. The wind direction meant the building gave the nets shelter so it
was calm.
Present: JL, IW, DL, GB, SC
Nets: 40m in rides of 12,
10, 12 and 6M up from 07:45 to 11:00hrs.
Lure (Feeders): nygerx4, black
sunflowerx2, peanuts
Capture (New/Recapture) 78 (37/41) had 10
same day retraps! :
Blue
Tit 6/1, Chaffinch 3/0, Coal Tit 1/1, Dunnock 1/1, Goldfinch 2/3, Great Tit1/4
Greenfinch 4/0, Lesser Redpoll 11/13, Long-tailed Tit 1/0, Nuthatch 0/1, Robin
0/2, Siskin 7/15
Recaptures: 41 all less than
100days except: Blue Tit 3y 39d Coal Tit 1y 192d Goldfinch 1y 5d, 172d Great
Tit 1y 125d, 133dx3 Lesser Redpoll 1y 368d and the control we regularly
recapture first ringed at Bedwyn Common 16-Jan 2016 24KM away
Age Range: All 1st winter except:
Sightings 34 Species: A few winter
thrushes flocking and moving through. Still plenty of winter finches at the
feeder, soon to return to breeding areas; my garden has had none so far today,
quite few yesterday.
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Blackbird 7
Black-headed Gull 2
Blue Tit 10
Bullfinch 4
Buzzard 1
Canada Goose 4
Carrion Crow 5
Chaffinch 8
Coal Tit 2
Dunnock 2
Feral Pigeon 2
Fieldfare 30
Goldfinch 15
Great Spotted Woodpecker 1
Great Tit 8
Green Woodpecker 1
Greenfinch 12
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Grey Heron 1
Jackdaw 2
Kestrel 1
Lesser Redpoll 30
Long-tailed Tit 1
Magpie 5
Marsh Tit 1
Mute Swan 1
Nuthatch 2
Pheasant 2
Pied Wagtail 1
Redwing 23
Robin 6
Siskin 45
Song Thrush 2
Woodpigeon 6
Wren 1
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