Monday 3rd October 2016 - Off Vicarage Ln (SD5410576859) Burton In Kendal 0715hrs to 1115hrs. Wind: 7-12 ESE 6c, 68% Cloud cover, 20000m vis, 1027mb pressure. All movement SE unless specified. Quick blast with many birds at first light which died off after some 20 minutes and returned to something normality. First descent Redwing parties, a single calling Fieldfare. Majority of the Redwing came in from the Dalton side and crossing over Hutton Roof which most were tempted down and into the Lancelot/Burton Fell areas. Some went straight through to NW then later to the West.
Chaffinch: 713 (44W then all SE) Best: 20,16,2x12,2x11,3x10 Meadow Pipit: 88 (Best: 15,12,9) Alba Wagtail: 5 (3,1,1) Goldfinch: 20 (1,7,5,6,1) Swallow: 2 (1,1) Redpoll: 2 Song Thrush: 10 SW (one party) Blackbird: 2 Redwing: 640 to NW or W (28 parties) best: 3x50, Fieldfare: 1 SE Starling 23 E Common Snipe: 4SE (one party) Pink Footed Goose: 50 (one skein NW to SE at 0900hrs) Red Admiral Butterfly: 3 (1,1,1)
Went up to Whin Yeates (Top of Hutton Roof between Farleton) at 1230hrs and there was a blogging Meadow Pipit party of 70 plus and also lots of Redwing on Hutton Roof itself.