26/02 Greenham Common Feeder

Location: Greenham Common Feeder
Session: 26/02/2023 07:40 to 11:40hrs
Notes: Mostly Blue Tits again, surprisingly few Great Tits, hopefully absentees stayed on territory. The finches came from nets in the gorse scrub. The was one Goldfinch visiting the feeders, but it evaded the nets. A very spring-like day when it was good to be out.
Present: JL,IQ,JHW,IW,DL
Weather: clear bright sunny, calm, warm
Nets: 48M, 2 rides 6M each side of feeder and 3 rides in gorse scrub up from 08:00 to 11:00hrs
Lures: Feeders – Black Sunflower Seed, Peanuts, Niger.

Recaptures:(13)

Blue Tit  ringed: 04/11/2018, 06/03/2022x2, 13/011/2022x6, 27/11/2022, 12/02/2023

Bullfinch  ringed: 23/01/2022

Coal Tit   ringed: 27/11/2022

Sightings: Woodlarks singing over, a very high flying female Sparrowhawk and a gathering of

6 Ravens circled.