(Skyscape this morning at Hutton Roof 0715hrs)
Visible Bird Migration - Tuesday September 27th 2011.
Hutton Roof, Cumbria.
0700hrs - 0800hrs
Wind: SW 12-15mph.
Movement: South unless stated.
Chaffinches on the increase.
Meadow Pipits: 138 (best parties: 20,10,10,10)
Chaffinch: 158 (best parties: plenty of 6s) 90% W 10% E
Goldfinch: 19 (one party 15)
Linnet: 2
Siskin: 5
Golden Plover: 1W
Woodpigeon: 1E
Alba Wagtail: 6
Great Spotted Woodpecker: 1
Starling: 3E
Swallow: 1E
24th April
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Samey conditions - even those that were initially propitious, migrant-wise
- eventually see numbers fizzle out as birds get the hang of what's going
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