Thursday, September 24, 2009

COLD EDGE VISIBLE MIGRATION

It has not been ideal conditions for Vis-mig on Cold Edge this week but the birds have been moving, unfortunately I have been restricted to the first couple of hours, most of the birds are travelling SW or W

24th W 3/4 Good Visibility 6.45 - 8.30

Diver spp 2 NE (travelling very fast,probably Red Throated Divers)
Meadow Pipit 108
Swallow 12
Pied Wagtail 2 S
Linnet 9
Canada Goose 2 E
Jackdaw 4
Skylark 9
Cormorant 1
Mistle Thrush 11
Chaffinch 4

23rd WSW 5 good visibility 6.45 - 8.20


Meadow Pipit 109
Pied Wagtail 2 S
Linnet 41
LBBG 3 NW


22nd SW 5/6 light rain, drifting mist, poor visibility, horrible

despite the poor conditions birds were still struggling through

Meadow Pipit 64
Goldfinch 4 plus feeding flock of 40+
Skylark 3

21st SW 4 clear good visibility 6.30 - 8.30

Meadow Pipt 148
Swallow 10
LBBG 12 NW

2 comments:

Nick Carter said...

Interesting records already Martyn, especially the Divers, welcome back to the blog, glad you got your access sorted.

David Sutcliffe said...

Nice one with the divers Martyn, pretty strong fliers and a great reward for you. See you there soon!