Thursday 26th September 2013 - Visible Migration over Vicarage Lane fields, Burton in Kendal - just half hour 0700hrs to 0730hrs, all movement to the SE. Winds E 10mph (or F3 beaufort) Chaffinch: 111 (best: 8s and 5s), Meadow Pipit: 35 (best: 8,5,4), Swallow 7 (1,1,3,2) Redwing 1 (first of the year and audible only), Goldfinch: 20 (one party), Alba Wagtail: 3, Woodpigeon: 4. Notes: "No traffic noise today just the rustling noises of maize blowing resulting from the Easterly 10mph winds or F3 on the beaufort scale!" "Some of the Mipits are flying side on to compensate for the wind." "0730hrs - Got to go "daddies on chauffeuring duties today and again tomorrow, but will get over to Heysham for about 0830hrs and give Pete Marsh assistance in the vismig counting down there." over Heysham Observatory - 0830hrs to 1030hrs, all movement to the SE winds still E at 8mph (or F2-3 beaufort). Pete Marsh did prior to 0830hrs. - numbers are purely for my count only. Meadow Pipit: 197 (best parties: 14,10,8,8,8) the total count for this species including Pete's was over 400. Chaffinch:77, Greg Wagtail: 2, Alba Wagtail: 27 (best parties: 7,5,4), Goldfinch 30 (22,6,2), Greenfinch: 6, Swallow: 42 (6,9,7,7,13,1)
