21/12 Bagnor Feeder

Location: Bagnor Feeder CES 4 of 8
Session: 21/12/2021 07:40 to 11:30hrs
Notes: A good session but limited species. We captured a Chaffinch but it had grotty foot so we couldn’t ring it. The Blue Tits ringed as pulli from the nest boxes on the near hills included two each from the same broods. The Great Spotted Woodpecker from Nov 2012 must be one of our oldest. It was a regular at the feeder winter 2012/13 and  once mid-December 2014 but not re-trapped since until now. Great Tit numbers remain low.
Present: JL,IW
Weather: overcast, cool, calm, colder with a light breeze late in session.
Nets:  12metres, 2 rides of 6M nets one each side of feeder up from 08:00 to 11:00hrs
Lures: Feeder: Peanut, Black Sunflower, Niger, Fat Balls

Recaptures:(31)

Blue Tit          ringed: 07/01/2020, 21/01/2020, 09/11/2021x6, 23/11/2021x5, 10/12/2021x9

Pulli ringed: 09/05/2019 box C02 Mount Hill, 26/05/2021x2 box C03 Mount Hill
02/06/2021x2 box A02 Mount Hill,

Great Tit         ringed: 19/12/2019, 09/11/2021, 10/12/2021

Great Spotted Woodpecker            ringed: 30/11/2012 (also Re-trapped 2013x4 and 2014)

Sightings: the Canada Geese were calling while we were at the nets, we didn’t see them so no count. The were quite large flocks of Jackdaw and Woodpigeon  some put up by the crow scarer that fired intermittently. The Marsh Tit called from the hedge to the north of the feeder and disappointingly worked its way south passed the feeder without visiting it. Robin was either very quiet or absent from the field margins; numbers here seem low this winter, not much thrush activity either.