Saturday, October 15, 2005

Ringstone./Lapland Bunting

A second bite today!.total fog this morning. Almost on top of the fog at times with periods of good
vertical visibility through to open sky. Redwings constantly on the move with
biggest parties of 60 and 45 going south-west together with lots of smaller
groups. As usual with Redwings on the move, more
groups were heard than seen and counted. Small parties of Fieldfare the largest been 50.The bushes around the feeding station(east side )Held large numbers of Greenfich ,Chaffinch,Goldfinch and 1 Brambling called loudly as they all took to the sky.I then walked up the track next to the farm, large numbers of Meadow Pipit were streaming through and then i herd the call of Lapland Bunting above me moving south.I herd the call another time before seeing the bird dissapearing southward (brilliant).2 Skylarks, 1 jack snipe ,35 Snipe ,10 Twite near where Nick placed nijer seed and 65 Pinkfeet made for a great hour at Ringstone

3 comments:

Nick Carter said...

Any colour ringed Twite amonst 'em Andy?

AndyC said...

No they did not settle after been flushed.Just calls, but they stayed in the area

AndyC said...

The call i herd was repeated twice and the same call can be herd at RSPB' video sound recording 'Lapland Bunting .give it a try there are still birds about 4 at Thornton moor Sunday 16th .