Saturday 18 November 2017

17/11 Bagnor Feeder

Location: Bagnor Feeder Visit 02 of 10
Session: 17-Nov-2017 07:40 to 11:30hrs
Headlines: Another session showing the difference in totals between this winter and last winter and showing the lack of first calendar year birds in winter 16/17. A very busy session kept both of us ringing for the whole session. Some interesting pulli captures: the Great Tits that nested in Mount Hill box A03 seems to have been particularly successful with five of the ten pulli ringed  in May recaptured so far this winter. The box is about 2km away but much further for the birds that will have travelled along hedgerows and field margins. They probably roost in the copses and borders at Mount Hill. They may even still roost in their natal nest box, travelling out each day in search of food. They probably have regular circuit including the gardens of Bagnor village and other hamlets in the area, visiting our feeder as part of a regular route, returning each evening. Sometimes individuals usually attending this feeder turn up at the Snelsmore feeder the other side of the common near the car park entrance. A look at visit 02 totals for the last 10 years shows that winter 13/14 also had a low capture. A pleasant day once the sun came over the tree line.
Weather: Ground frost, cold calm, later warmer in the sun.
Present: JL, IW
Nets: 12metres one 6M net each side of feeder. Up from 08:00 to 11:00hrs
Lure (feeder): peanuts. black sunflower, fat balls
Capture (New/Recapture)
59(34/25) visit 02 of 10 Winter 17/18
18(12/06) visit 02 of 10 Winter 16/17
pecies
New
Rtp
1stCY
2ndCY+
BLUTI
26
13
33
6
CHAFF
1

1

COATI
1
2
3

DUNNO
1

1

GRETI
5
10
13
2
Species
New
Rtp
1stCY
2ndCY+
BLUTI
9
3
9
3
GRETI
3
1
3
1
LOTTI

2
indeterminate
Totals for visit 02 (last ten winters)
07/08
09/10
10/11
11/12
12/13
13/14
14/15
15/16
16/17
17/18
46
51
NC
22
55
15
60
45
18
59

Recaptures: (25) all ringed here on visit 01 except:
Blue Tit pulli from Mount Hill boxes AMT1, B02, D07 all 192d, Winterbourne Holt box WH16 187d, Snelsmore CP box CP29 1y 172d
Great Tit three pulli from Mount Hill  box A03 190d, Winterbourne Holt box WH17 193d also a full grown ringed 2y 257d ago at the feeder in March 2015

Sightings 28 Species: Just a list of species today as there was little time to observe and count.

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