27/02/Snelsmore Feeder

Location: Snelsmore Feeder
Session: 27/02/2022 07:45 to 11:15hrs
Notes. A post CES visit enabled an additional net to hopefully add some variety to the species captured. A couple of re-trap  Marsh Tits. One was the individual ringed recently with the very obvious bleached tips to the old greater coverts and the other was ringed Nov 2019 and not re-trapped again until today. There were few early birds as is usual for the time of year with most birds arriving from around 10:00hrs. The local Coal Tits stayed away, the two captured being new birds. Otherwise, a little bit more variety than the usual three or four species from this site.
Present: JL,IW,JHW,DL,IQ
Weather: bright, sunny occasionally breezy, cold.
Nets:  24metres, a 12m net to the west of the feeder and  2 rides of 6M nets one each side of feeder up from 08:00 to 11:00 hrs
Lures: Feeder: Fat Balls, Niger, Black Sunflower, Peanut plus a scattering of mixed seed ground bait.  

Recaptures:(17)

Blue Tit               ringed: 27/12/2018, 20/02/2019, 25/02/202, 16/12/2020, 21/11/2021x2,

                           01/02/2022, 16/01/2022           
 pulli ringed 31/05/2021x22 box CP03 & box CP04

Dunnock            ringed: 06/12/2020

Great Tit            ringed: 21/11/2021, 13/02/2022

Marsh Tit           ringed: 10/11/2019, 13/02/2022

Sightings: Ian’s List, quite a lot of song, several siskins heard calling from the firs and flying over but might have been the two individuals seen flying about.