Wednesday October 15th 2014 
Visible Bird Migration - Burton In Kendal, Cumbria (Russell Farm, Dalton from 0730hrs to 1130hrs) 
All movement SE unless stated otherwise. Wind East 10 to 15mph and increasing to 20/25 by 1000hrs, 8c, 47% Cloud cover, 15300m vis, 1007mb pressure. Chaffinch going well but very fragmented broad line coming over as far as you could see from both directions width. Redwing again difficult. I did manage to find lots on a line, but as the morning went on they started to drop into Hutton Roof, and were continually seen leaving and going back repeatedly and so I had to stop counting them at times until things settled down. No continual regularity about passage. Nice to have first Siskin of the year. Also good Woodpigeon coming across the West side. (More Flight Direction Notes to follow shortly on Blogsite) 

Chaffinch: 449 SE 
Siskin: 4 (one party) 
Linnet: 5 (3,1,1) 
Goldfinch: 10 (one party) 
Redpoll: 6NW (one party) 
Greenfinch: 1 
Reed Bunting: 3 (one party) 
Redwing: 1422 (41 parties: best: 140, 2x80, 1x60, 5x50, 15x30, 9x20, 8x10) Mainly SE but 100NW, 370NE. 
Fieldfare: 137 (80,30,20,7) one party 30NE all others SE 
Blackbird: 4 W (one party) 
Mistle Thrush: 2SE 
Skylark: 6 (2,2,2) 
Alba Wagtail: 2 
Woodpigeon: 146 (best party: 2x30,2x20,3x10) 
Starling: 47W (best 20) 

Bryan Yorke 
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