Sunday 5 November 2017

05/11 Greenham Common Feeder

Location: Greenham Common Estovers Feeder
Session: 05-Oct-2017 07:30 to 11:30hrs
Headlines: The first coldish day of the winter and a blustery breeze. Compared to 2016’s matching visit the capture total was nearer to previous years, not sure of the low total for winter 13/14, probably similar weather to that on this visit. Early captures consisted of tits, mostly Coal Tits. Then Greenfinches started coming, there are good numbers of these at the feeder each time I top up with food. It tailed off a little as the breeze increased and became more blustery with the wind direction changing frequently. Meanwhile the nets in the scrub provided variety although we were unable to get Redwings and winter finches low enough for a chance of capture. Just before nets down, a flurry of mostly Blue Tits and the first Great Tits of the morning arrived at the feeder. A good session, the uncomfortable cold, windy conditions perhaps a reminder of things to come.
Weather: Cold, bright, breezy getting stronger towards the end of the session.
Present: JL, IW, JHW, DL, GB, JPM, RJC
Nets: 44metres, three rides of 10M, 12M and 12M around the feeders and two rides 10M and 10M in gorse and scrub, up from 08:00 to 11:00hrs
Lure (feeder): Nyger, Black Sunflower, Peanut and Black Sunflower
         (audio):   Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Goldcrest, Siskin, Redpoll, Redwing intermittently
Capture (New/Recapture)
49(38/11) visit 01 of 10 winter 17/18
11(09/02) visit 01 of 10 winter 16/17
Species
New
Rtp
1stCY
2ndCY+
BLABI
2

1
1
BLUTI
10
3
12
1
BULLF
2

2

COATI
6
5
11

DUNNO
1

1

GOLDC

2
2

GOLDF
1

1

GREFI
10
1
10
1
GRETI
3

3

MARTI
1

1

ROBIN
1

1

SONTH
1

1

Species
New
Rtp
1stCY
2ndCY+
BLUTI
3
2
4
1
COATI

2

2
GOLDC
5
1
5
1
GREFI
5

5

GRETI
1
1
1
1
LESRE
1

1

ROBIN
2

2

SONTH
1


1
WREN
1

1

Totals for visit 01 for the last five years
13/14
14/15
15/16
16/17
17/18
31
86
114
35
49

Recaptures: (11) all recent

Sightings 32 Species: Ian’s list, thrush movements seem to have tailed off and just a few winter finches otherwise little of note.





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