20/01 Snelsmore Feeder

Location: Snelsmore Common Feeder

Session: 20-Jan-2019 07:40 to 11:20hrs

Notes: It was near freezing when we arrived and the air was a penetrating cold  that became a bit uncomfortable towards the end of the session even when the sun occasionally shone. Some good pulli recaptures including a 2014 Great Tit from the Winterbourne Holt boxes; nearly six years old. A 2017 Marsh Tit is also good, wonder where it has been as it is not one of the regulars. A much better capture than last winter’s equivalent, but less variety.

Weather: calm, cold, overcast.

Present: JL, IW, DL

Nets: 12metres, a 6m net each side of feeder, up from 08:00 to11:00hrs

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

Capture (New/Recapture) 73(38/35)	Matching Visit: 28-Jan-2018 30(19/11)
Species New Rtp 1stCY 2nd+CY BLUTI 21 20 33 8 COATI 9 5 13 1 GRETI 6 7 9 4 MARTI 2 NUTHA 2 1 Indeter ROBIN 1 1	Species New Rtp 1stCY 2nd+CY BLABI 2 2 BLUTI 5 4 8 1 CHAFF 1 1 DUNNO 1 1 GRETI 3 2 4 1 LOTTI 1 indeterminate ROBIN 2 2 TREEC 1 indeterminate

Recaptures: (35) recent except:

BLUTI             ringed 12/11/2017, 24?11/2017
                        pulli 25/05/2018 box WH16, 26/05/2018 boxes CP08, CP24x2
GRETI            ringed 06/12/2016, 26/02/2017,
                        pulli 13/04/2014 WH05, 14/05/2017 CP35, 26/05/2018 CP27
MARTI            ringed 22/10/2017
ROBIN           ringed 25/03/2018

Also, most of the recent recaptures were ringed 11/11/2018 (5) or 25/11/2018 (3) and not recaptured until this session; could there be a local movement?

Sightings 16 Species: Ian’s list, pretty thin, we were quite busy but there didn’t seem to be much about anyway. I missed the Raven calling again!