Today we covered one of the feeder sites at Sculthorpe Moor. Activity has dropped at the feeders as we advance into early spring and birds of some resident species are getting ready for the breeding season. Robin ANZ9512 has already developed a brood patch in preparation for warming eggs throughout the incubation period. Several retrapped tits that had been ringed in the beaver enclosure last year were at the feeders, including Marsh Tit ACX6613, a young bird experiencing its first winter. The feeders are particularly important during February and March as natural food becomes more difficult to find and birds need to get into condition for migration back to the summering grounds and/or the breeding season.
We also spoke to some visitors that had seen a wing tagged Buzzard on an earlier visit and have been able to secure a resighting of ZB, ringed and tagged as a nestling on the boundary of Sculthorpe and Hempton last summer.
Total: 18 (10)
Robin - 0 (2)
Dunnock - 2 (2)
Blue Tit - 7 (3)
Great Tit - 1 (2)
Marsh Tit - 0 (1)
Coal Tit - 1
Siskin - 1
Greenfinch - 6