Tuesday 4th October 2016 - Off Vicarage Ln (SD5410576859) Burton In Kendal 0715hrs to 1045hrs

Wind: 12-28 ESE, 11c, 60% Cloud cover, 12900m vis, 1031mb pressure.  All movement SE unless specified. No Meadow Pipits, Finch numbers much reduced though still going through on my depart. Party numbers dropping instead of build, but think this will be purely down to local conditions. Redwings nominal early morning stuff with small (12 ish) parties heading S/SE and a few parties heading NW which like yesterday could not resist the temptation to drop down into Hutton Roof, just like a magnet pulling them out of the sky.  This in itself is always a sign that there will be no migration today! Majority of movement had dropped at 0900hrs with odds and sods after.  Although the Chaffinch are still going through at about 1 per minute on my leaving.

Chaffinch: 365 (27W all the rest to the SE) Best: 1x11,1x9,2x6

Goldfinch: 21 (8,7,6)

Siskin: 1

Greenfinch: 1

Starling: 5W (2,3)

Alba Wagtail: 3 (2,1)

Swallow: 5 (1,4)

Mistle Thrush: 1

Song Thrush: 6 (5,1)

Redwing: 297 (146 S/SE and the remainder W/NW) best: 3x30 most parties 12 to 20

Skylark: 12 (one party)

Common Snipe: 4SE (one party)

Greylag Goose: 7 (one party considered local)

Brent Goose: 1S

Also Yellow Browed Warbler seen yesterday in Lancelot (Hutton Roof) by Robert Ashworth