Cold Edge/Hunter Hill

Vis Mig - Location - Hunter Hill - (Thrushes, Starlings and Crossbills)
Saturday 17th October 2009
Counting period 07:20 - 10:20
Weather - 7 degrees C wind NW F1 clear to the east and cloud to the west becoming hazy F2 by 09:30 and by 10:00 temperature to 9 degrees C

3 seperate hour counts and totals of moving birds SW to W (unless stated otherwise)

Meadow Pipit - 72, 16, 10 = 98
Fieldfare - 346, 413, 642 = 1,401
Redwing - 190, 128, 184 = 502
Starling - 301, 211, 256 = 768
Blackbird - 0, 12, 1 = 13 >N
Mistle Thrush - 0, 21, 5 = 26

Chaffinch - 12, 3, 6 = 21 >N
Greenfinch - 2, 7, 0 = 9 >N

Woodpigeon - 125, 66, 7 = 198

Lapwing - 13, 0, 28 = 41

Jackdaw - 34, 21, 12 = 67

Herring Gull - 0, 2, 1 = 3
Lesser B B Gull - 0, 0, 1 = 1
B H Gull - 89, 12, 8 = 109 >S
Common Gull - 0, 0, 1 = 1 >S

other moving birds (first hour)
alba wagtails 2
Linnet 1
Mallard 3 >E
Snipe 2
Golden Plover 1
Stock Dove 1
Greylag Goose 21 at 07:45

other moving birds (3rd hour)
Skylark 2
Goldfinch 6
Crossbill 31 came directly overhead from Ogden direction calling as they headed towards Roils Head/Calder Valley? I have since spent some time cleaning up my scope after I foolishly placed my coffee on top of the scope as the crossbills flew over!

Total moving birds - 3,328 individuals of 25 species

Other birds present
1 Green Woodpecker, 3 Little Owl, 6 Magpie, 20 Carrion Crow, 2 Pheasant, and 1 each Robin and Wren