Location:
Snelsmore Feeder CES2024/25.07
Session: 26/01/2025 07:45 to 10:10hrs.
Notes: Early morning weather
forecasts were good but predicted heavy rain and 40+ mph winds from around
10:00 hrs (it was from 11:00hrs until this morning). We decided to try
for as much of the session as possible until the rain arrived. The wind began increasing
from around 09:30hrs and it got colder, we kept looking at the rain radar and seeing
that heavy rain was imminent, we took the nets down at 10:00hrs. Few birds were
coming to the feeder anyway, and we would probably have struggled to reach over
30 had we been able to do a normal three hour session. Some of us stayed
chatting until about 10:45hrs and only about five birds were on the feeders
when we left. The matching session for the 2023/24 winter has a much better
total mainly due to the number of Blue Tit. Their numbers, particularly of
first winter birds, have been lower than expected this winter. Upon review, it is evident that there have been
similar and fewer Blue Tits during visit 7 in previous winters, specifically in
2019/20 (pre-covid), 2016/17, 2013/14, and 2012/13. This suggests that other
factors, possibly early breeding territory activity, may be influencing the
numbers for this visit.
Present: JL,IW,RAD,IQ,DL,LC.
Weather: overcast, light
breeze early strong later, cold, session stopped at 10:00hrs, and the rain arrived
about 10:20hrs.
Nets: 2x6M nets, one each side of feeder up from 08:00 to (10:00hrs)
Lures (Feeder): Fat Balls,
Sunflower Hearts, Peanuts.
FG =age indeterminate
Recaptures: (11)
Blue Tit ringed: 19/11/2023,10/12/2023x2, 03/11/2024,
17/11/2024, 15/12/2024, 29/11/2024
Coal Tit ringed: 03/11/2024
Great Tit ringed: 17/11/2024, 15/12/2024, 29/12/2024
Sighting: Ian’s list. It was a dismal morning with very little bird activity generally.
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