22/02 Bagnor Feeder

Location: Bagnor Feeder CES visit 8 of 8
Session: 22/02/2022 07:45 to 11:15hrs
Notes. The feeders have been slow over the last week or so, probably most birds visiting later in the day spending time on territory before coming to feed. Today the first birds didn’t arrive until 09:40hrs and activity remained slow for the rest of the session. Nice to capture a few Goldfinches, they are scarce at our feeders this year. This was the last visit this winter for the CES project, we managed to do all eight visits here despite the unsettled weather. Nice to get out after several days of being blasted by the gale force winds that destroyed my garden fence.
Present: JL,IW
Weather: overcast, breezy, cool
Nets:  12metres, 2 rides of 6M nets one each side of feeder up from 08:00 to 11:00 hrs
Lures: Feeder: Peanut, Black Sunflower, Niger, Fat Balls 

 

Recaptures:(06)

Blue Tit               ringed: 23/11/2021         
 pulli ringed 18/05/2021 box D11, 26/05/2021 box A01

Coal Tit              ringed: 09/11/2021

Goldfinch           ringed: 05/01/2022

Great Tit             pulli ringed: 26/05/2021 box F05

Sightings: It was very quiet around the feeder, the only unusual sighting being six Bullfinches

in the top of the scrub near the beehives. Very few Woodpigeons at this site at the moment;

none of the usual flocks.