Saturday, September 26, 2009

Cold Edge/Hunter Hill

Vis Mig 06.45 - 10.00 with MH
(Martyn - I have sent you an email with the hourly counts split up if needed)

Most birds heading W to SW
Meadow Pipit - 716
Swallow - 52
Linnet - 34
Goldfinch - 29
Skylark - 19
Pink-footed Goose - 14 W> at 10.00
L B B G's 6 NE>
Greylag Goose 5 (going round in circles!)
Snipe - 5
Chaffinch - 4
Mistle Thrush - 3
Starling - 3 NE>
Woodpigeon - 3
Grey Wagtail - 2
Pied Wagtail - 2
Jay - 2
Goosander - 2 NE>
Greenfinch - 1

Also present nearby
2 Wheatears
1 Wren
1 Robin
1 Sparrowhawk
1 Green Woodpecker
2 Little Owls calling in the valley
1 Kestrel
8 Canada Geese dropped into fields near Mt Tabor
1 Cormorant - dropped into Ogden - and 6 Mallard
1 probable Golden Plover - but at a distance
Several Jackdaws, Carrion Crows and a Pheasant
1 Brown Hare

2 comments:

martynbirder said...

a great day Dave, hope to see you up there again,

today was to say the least a bit poor with thick fog and only 1 Meadow Pipit seen!

Martyn

Nick Carter said...

Good work chaps