Wednesday 4th November 2015 - Hutton Roof (West) 0700hrs to 0830hrs
Wind ESE 10-12mph, 9-11c, 100% Cloud cover, 1012mb pressure. Very dark first thing with nothing hardly moving, just dribs and drabs, had enough by 0830hrs.
Greenfinch: 3 SE Redpoll: 2 SE Chaffinch: 26 SE Meadow Pipit: 23 SE Alba Wagtail: 1 SE Fieldfare: 8 SE (4 N) Redwing: 24 SE Mistle Thrush: 1 SE Blackbird: 1 SE Starling: 40W (15,25) Woodpigeon: 26 (3SE,10W,13NW)
Tuesday 3rd November 2015 - Hutton Roof (West then East) 0700hrs to 1000hrs
Wind: South East 3-5mph, 5-9c, 20% Cloud, 1016mb pressure. Mist coming up especially from the West side and eventually shrouding the lower (west side site) so we moved further up on to the edge of Farleton (East side). It was a lovely pleasure today to be joined by friend Clive McKay who was on a flying visit from Scotland and I was able to show him my local patch. I am sure he enjoyed it.
Redwing: 132 mainly SW (7 parties) Fieldfare: 805 mainly SW but some S and SE (18 parties) Woodpigeon: 346S (10 parties) Starling: 56 W (1 party 50) Alba Wagtail: 2SE Goldfinch: 12 (one party 10) Chaffinch: 17 SE Goldcrest: 1E Meadow Pipit: 3S (but score or so blogging) Spoarrowhawk: 1SW
also 2 local Peregrine and 2 local Yellowhammer.
Monday 2nd November 2015 - Vicarage Ln, Burton In Kendal 0700hrs to 0930hrs
Wind: SSE 5-6mph, 10c, 22% Cloud cover, 1024mb pressure. Clear were I was but fogbound in the lower levels and making sky creamy and difficult to distinguish birds at times.
Redwing: 82 mainly SW (20W 6 parties) Fieldfare: 367 S/SE (8 parties) Woodpigeon: 451 S (24 parties all S) Starling: 149 W (8 parties - best 50) Alba Wagtail: 4 Greenfinch: 1 Redpoll: 1 Skylark: 1 Goldfinch: 5 Linnet: 1 Chaffinch: 65 SE Crossbill: audible only ? Pink Footed Goose: 140W Great Spotted Woodpecker: 1 Red Admiral Butterfly: 1
also: A local roving party of approx 20 Yellowhammer and a local roving party of 31 Long Tailed Tits
Sunday 1st November 2015 - No Counts today - Totally Fogbound
