I didn't get going as early as Oxenhope, Soil Hill, Crow Hill and Queensbury. !! Though it seemed pretty odds on that a change in the wind direction to an easterly would offer an opportunity for thrushes to cross the north sea. !
My watch was a bit late at 10:00 to 11:40 but the thrushes were going strong on a wide front.
HC commented about it being overwhelming at times for a single observer and many birds will have been missed in the frenzy ! Totally agree.
Mostly all >SW
Redwing 6,500
Fieldfare 450
Woodpigeon 630
Mistle Thrush 8
Meadow Pipit 6
Also
Snipe 1 >E
Great Spotted Woodpecker 1 >N
Later in the afternoon a check at Ogden produced one large flock of c300 mixed Redwings and Fieldfares - again heading >SW. Then several flocks of Redwings came in from >NE and hesitantly looked to go to roost in the plantation adjacent the golf course. Who can blame them if they came across the North Sea during the night. A quite amazing day.
No comments:
Post a Comment