Monday October 20th 2014 Visible Bird Migration - Burton In Kendal, for Hutton Roof Cumbria (Track Vicarage Lane) from 0730hrs to 1100hrs. Wind: WSW 14 to 25mph, 11c, 99% Cloud, 16300m, 1011mb pressure.
All passerine movement West (50%) which will have re-orientated S, and directly South (50%). All Redwings SW, W, or NW. A strange sort of morning. You can tell its going to be hard going when you get Chaffinches and Redwing "Blogging". (more details can be obtained on this in my Flight Study Notes on the Blog later).
Chaffinch: 574 (50% to the W which will have re-orientated S, and 50% directly to the South) Goldfinch: 25S (15,10) Linnet: 5 Redpoll: 1 Greenfinch: 1 Skylark: 1NW Alba Wagtail: 5 Blackbirds: In the hedgerows everywhere indicating a very large "fall" last night! Redwing: 163 SW,W,NW. (best party: 50SW) Woodpigeon: 57 Mallard: 7 (5,2)