Sunday 1st November 2015 - 0700hrs - Laid up at present FOGBOUND 

Saturday 31st October 2015 - 1130hrs to 1430hrs - Hutton Roof Walk 

Weather was OK at first but turned to drizzly rain with poor visibility by 1330hrs, yet did prior to this manage to pick up one or two parties of thrushes: 

Redwing: 183 all N/NW (20,30,60,20,40 etc) 
Fieldfare: 80 all S/SE (20,80) 

Saturday 31st October 2015 - 0700hrs to 1100hrs - Vicarage Lane, Burton In Kendal SD5384277020 and SD5383676964 

Wind: SE 8-20mph, 12c, 53% Cloud cover, 1019mb pressure. 
Clear morning (at start) and birds were going over immediately although in small numbers, but the quick burst of birds was over almost as quick as it started. The routing of the Fieldfare today had taken on a South East, whilst most of the Redwing kept to their West/North West corridors. The Main line of Fieldfares today was noticed travelling down the central Pennines with counts of 9000 birds in Bradford, and 5000 in Winter Hill. The last two or three days have been good with Albas 

Redwing: 312 predominately West (but some South/SE, NW, N) 
Fieldfare: 802 predominately SE with odds going in various 
Alba Wagtail: 17 (one pair and all the rest singles) SE 
Chaffinch: 122 SE (Lets celebrate, the first three figure count this year!) 
Goldfinch: 6 SE 
Skylark: 4E 
Meadow Pipit: 4 SE 
Redpoll: 1 SE 
Greenfinch: 3 SE (all singles) 
Linnet 1 SE 
finch species: 20 party travelling with Fieldfare party. 
Woodpigeon: 83 SE 
Starling: 24 
Pink Footed Goose: 35 (East to South West) 
Goosander: 1 SE 

Red Admiral Butterfly: 1 
Comma Butterfly: 1 


Friday 30th October 2015 - 0700hrs to 0800hrs (Rain and Fog) 

Wind: E 8-13mph, 9c, 100% Cloud Cover, 1011mb pressure. 
Heavy rain right from off and visibility down to 200 yards either side. Did eventually stop raining at 1100hrs. 

Redwing: 30 SW 
Goldfinch: 20 SE 

(Large Fieldfare movements noted even through bad weather at: High Tatham (Pete) and further South at Winter Hill). Mega numbers of Fieldfares had the day before landed in Northern Scotland and have been today been recorded heading South.

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