Above - 1 of 2 skeins of Pink-footed Geese that came through from the east this afternoon. 112 at 2.45pm and 78 at 3.15pm.
A Stoat came to check us out at the watchpoint.Other moving birds between 1.45 and 3.30 pm
43 Meadow Pipits
24 Swallows
1 Grey Wagtail
2 Snipe
1 B H gull
1 Goldfinch
Also present nearby; 1 Wheatear, Green Woodpecker, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, Grey Heron, Jay, Mistle Thrush and 9 Linnet.
Also from NK at Soil Hill this afternoon a Hobby came through and circled above the hill about 4 pm then off to the south.
Also from Queensbury, BS had c250 Redwings >SW just around mid-day. I wonder if any will be moving through the area tonight? Will have to go out and listen for them passing over!
1 comment:
Hi Dave
100 Pink-feet flew SW at 17:00hrs over Fixby, so clearly an east-west movement today which is an unusual direction at this time of the year bearing in mind most birds seen over our area usually emanate from Iceland or Greenland
Post a Comment