Thursday 10 October 2013

Wintersett Redwings 10.10.13 (also belated 09.101.3)

9 degrees,  brisk, cold northerly, sunny with scattered cloud.
Anglers CP Vis Mig:  An excellent Redwing total of  5185  flying west, with the majority (3500) between 08.15 and 09.15.   Numbers tailed off very quickly after 10.00 hrs.  Fieldfare 130 W,  Snipe 3 W,  House Martin 2 W,  Swallow 1 W,   Pink-footed Goose 1 E at 09.06hrs.
Anglers CP:  4 Whooper Swans flew in at 09.06hrs,  Greylag Goose 100.


Belated 09.10.13
ACP Vis Mig: The first LITTLE STINT for five years flew SW at 10.06hrs with 4 Dunlin, Meadow Pipit 627,  Swallow 1 S,  Merlin 1 S at 09.27hrs,  Peregrine 1S at -09.30 hrs,  Yellow-legged Gull 13 W, Cormorant 9S,
ACP:   Pintail  1, Yellow-legged Gull 1 adult,  Wigeon 412, Pochard 51 and  Gadwall 25.
Wintersett Res: Chiffchaff 6 and Shoveler 23.
Also flying: Speckled Wood 1 and Migrant Hawker 1.

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