Visible Bird Migration - Hutton Roof from Burton In Kendal (Track off Vicarage Lane) 0700hrs to 1030hrs. Wind: SW 13mph and decreasing, 7c temp, 33% Cloud cover, 15100m vis, 966mb pressure. All movement South/South East unless specified. Quite a bit of Woodpigeon activity. Heavy Rain shower at commencement, but abated after 10 minutes to fine and dry with dark passing clouds, rain could be seen over to the Warton and coastal directions.
Woodpigeon: 910 (lots of parties moving N to S along the western Hutton Roof flank. Then at approx 0930 to 1000hrs you could see balls of between 50s and 80s moving back North West over Farleton Fell. No idea if they were the same birds or not!!)
Chaffinch: 163
Goldfinch: 6
Greenfinch: 1
Starling: 57 W (several small groups)
Fieldfare: 200 (S/SE) 5 parties
Redwing: 36 SE (6,30)
Mistle Thrush: 12 S
Skylark: 1
Tree Sparrow: 5 S/SE (one party)
Whooper Swan: 3 SE (one party)
Pink Footed Goose: 205 S (3 skeins seen going over Arnside Knott)
