Friday Sept 17th 2010 - Hutton Roof

Wind: NE 8mph very cold, 0630hrs - 0800hrs

 

Chaffinch 93 (20E all others W)

Meadow Pipit: 58

Mistle Thrush: 3

Swallow: 28

Pink Footed Goose: 44 (one skein at 0655, seen disorderly formation at low height, probably come off estuary and climbing very high and formed orderly formation and then direction out to North East.

Alba Wagtail: 5

Linnet 20

Starling: 16E (8,7,1) first time showing squadron move direct East)

Goldfinch: 5,

Greenfinch: 2

Common Snipe: 1.

Great Spotted Woodpecker 1E

 

Barbondale (Underwood footpatch sign) above Dent 0930hrs-1030hrs

 

Meadow Pipit: 33

Swallow: 13

Alba Wagtail: 11 (one party 8)

Great Tit: 1 (possibly local) at high altitude

Goldfinch: 1

Chaffinch: 2

Redpoll: 1

Buzzard: 1

 

also

Wheatear 1 (on walls)

Sm. Tort Butterfly.