Cold Edge - Hunter Hill

Watchpoint seen centre right - from the top of Slaughter Gap

Vis Mig Friday 30 October 2009
Counting period: 8:30-11:30 Weather: 10c mist and low cloud, poor visibility improving slightly by 11:30. Wind SE F2 -F4

Mallard 1 S
Fieldfare 141 S and 110 N
Goosander 1 S
Redwing 9 S
Sparrowhawk 1 S
Mistle Thrush 3 S
Stock Dove 2 S
Jackdaw 16 S
Woodpigeon 8 S
Rook 2 S
Great Spotted Woodpecker 1 S
Raven 2 N
Meadow Pipit 10 S
Chaffinch 6 N

Totals: 313 individuals, 14 species, 3:00 hours

Present nearby at Cold Edge and Mixenden Res'r: Canada Goose 1, Barnacle Goose 1, Black-headed Gull 62, Common Gull 12, Green Woodpecker 1, Meadow Pipit 88, Robin 1, Stonechat 1, Jay 2, Magpie 18, Carrion Crow 38.

Comments: Poor visibility and very little movement this morning other than 141 Fieldfares S and 110 N (but they could have been the same birds returning or disorientated in the mist?) 88 Meadow Pipits were feeding in the nearby quarry and most of the Carrion Crows were around a possible sheep carcass on the moor.