19/03 Snelsmore Common

Location: Snelsmore Common Feeder
Session: 19/03/2023 07:45 to 11:20hrs
Notes: Birds not coming to the feeder as much, spending more time on territory as their breeding season begins. The food uptake is slowing down and will drop away to a few local birds only and feeding will stop at the end of this month.
Present: JL,IW,DL,IQ,JHW
Weather: sunny periods, cool, calm
Nets: 12Metres, 2 rides 6M each side of feeder  up from 08:00 to 11:00hrs
Lures: Feeders – Fat Balls, Black Sunflower Seed, Peanuts

Recaptures:(17)

Blue Tit ringed: 24/10/2021, 21/11/2021, 02/01/2022x2, 30/01/2022, 13/03/2022, 05/02/2023,

                         19/02/2023, 05/03/2023

Coal Tit  ringed: 23/03/2021, 06/11/2022

Great Tit  ringed: 21/12/2021, 06/11/2022, 15/01/2023, 05/02/2023

                pulli ringed: 17/05/2019 nest box CP17

Marsh Tit ringed: 06/11/2022 

Sightings: A few birds singing and displaying, no winter or summer migrants detected.