06/01 Snelsmore Common Feeder

Location: Snelsmore Common Feeder
Session: 06-Jan-2019 07:40 to 11:20hrs

Notes: Not as frantic as the previous visit here. Some good pulli recaptures. We haven't captured many Blackbirds recently and two ring-able Chaffinches! Blue Tits about the same as the matching visit except more new birds, Great Tit numbers well up on last year’s visit.

Weather: overcast, warm for the time of year, calm, poor light, lighter later when some blue sky

Present: JL,IW,JHW,DL

Nets: 24mteres a 6m nets each side of feeders and 12m 4metres west of feeder up from 08:00 to 11:00hrs

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

Capture (New/Recapture) 59(30/29)	Matching Visit:07-Jan-2018 40(13/27)
Species New Rtp 1stCY 2nd+CY BLABI 1 1 BLUTI 15 7 19 3 CHAFF 2 2 COATI 5 6 10 1 DUNNO 1 1 GRETI 7 15 19 3	Species New Rtp 1stCY 2nd+CY BLABI 1 1 BLUTI 8 15 14 7 COATI 4 6 8 2 DUNNO 1 1 GRETI 2 4 6 NUTHA 1 indeterminate

Recaptures: (29) recent except

BLUTI             pulli 08/05/2017 box WH02, 22/05/2018 boxes WH02, WH28
COATI            ringed 26/05/2017
GRETI            pulli 19/05/2018 box CP28x2, 22/05/2018 box WH13x2,
                        26/05/2018 box CP13

Sightings 20 Species: Ian’s list, probably missed some, I missed the Raven for my year list, otherwise as expected.