02/02 Greenham Common

Location: Greenham Feeder
Session: 02/02/2025 07:45 to 11:00hrs.

Notes: The first session at this site since the 10/11/2024 mainly due to unsuitable weather at weekends. This visit also indicates that there are fewer species visiting the feeder compared to the 2023/24 winter matching visit. In particular fewer finches coming to the feeder or around this part of the common compared to recent years. From about 10:00hrs cars were entering the carpark continuously such that by around 10:30hrs our ringing station in front of the museum building was surrounded by overflow parking such that we began to pack-up early; probably in future we will finish at 10:00 hrs and may be start earlier particularly on sunny days.
Present: JL,IW,CMD.
Weather: sunny clear, cold, calm.

Nets: 2x6M nets, one each side of feeder and 2x12M scrub nets up from 08:00 to 11:00hrs.

Lures (Feeder):, Niger, Sunflower Hearts, Peanuts.

Recaptures: (13)

Blue Tit   ringed: 22/10/2023, 24/12/2023, 14/01/2024, 13/10/2024x3, 27/10/2024,
29/10/2024 (Western Enclosure)

Great Spotted Woodpecker ringed: 27/10/2024

Great Tit ringed: 13/10/2024, 27/10/2024, 10/11/2024

Sighting: Activity was poor with little flying over or about the area. The Woodlark was singing intermittently some distance away over to the southeast on the common. Not easy to hear as the Museum building fire? alarm was going continuously and has been since Xmas apparently.