27/12 Snelsmore Common Feeder

Location: Snelsmore Common Feeder

Session: 27-Dec-2018 07:45 to 11:30hrs

Notes: for most of the session it was just DL and me while IW did his BTO winter bird survey, so we were constantly processing or extracting. The first round was of six birds, the next of 17, followed by 28 then 31 and the final round was of 21. We had some good recoveries including two Blue Tits ringed in nest boxes in 2017 also two ringed full-grown birds from 2015. A Coal Tit from 2017 and also a Great Tit. All the pulli of the latter were from the 2018 breeding season. We were glad to see IW towards the  end of the session to help us finish. I know one of my trainees has decided to lapse but where were the other two? By the way congratulations to VG who is now an (independent) A ringer. A good session compared to last winter’s matching visit. It reinforces the perception that 2018 had a better breeding season and post-fledging survival than 2017.

Weather: a cold fog appeared and disappeared for most of the morning with periods of sun through the murk, cold, calm

Present: JL, DL, IW-(part)

Nets: 12metres, a 6m ride each side of feeder up from 08:00 to 11:00hrs.

Lure (feeder): black sunflower, niger, fat balls, peanuts

Capture (New/Recapture) 103(62/41)	Matching Visit: 24-Dec-2107 30(16/14)
Species New Rtp 1stCY 2nd+CY BLUTI 35 22 45 12 COATI 11 5 14 2 DUNNO 2 2 GOLDF 2 1 1 GRETI 11 12 22 1 LOTTI 1 MARTI 1 1 2	Species New Rtp 1stCY 2nd+CY BLABI 1 1 BLUTI 10 4 12 2 COATI 3 1 4 GRETI 5 7 7 5

Recaptures: (41) all this winter except:

BLUTI             21/01/2015, 07/02/2015, 22/10/2017, 12/11/2017, 24/12/2017
.           pulli    14/05/2017 boxes CP15 & CP20, 22/05/2018 box WH25
.                      25/05/2018 boxes WH16 & CP36, 26/05/2018 boxes CP17& CP24
COATI           12/11/2017, 28/01/2018
GRETI           15/12/2017
.           pulli    19/05/2018 box CP28, 22/05/2018 boxes WH13 & CP06(2)
LOTTI            18/02/2018

Sightings 18 Species: not really able to do a count so the list below is of species noticed while ringing