Soil Hill

 Absolutely phenomenal morning on Soil Hill, with thrush migration starting from first light and continuing until early afternoon. I counted from 07:30 - 12:30, although birds were still trickling through after this time.

• The bulk of the birds moving were Redwing, with 12679 until I left. The movement was more consistent for the first couple of hours after sunrise, although bursts of movement continued during the morning. There were also flocks of Fieldfare moving between Redwing flocks, I counted 1035 of these.

• My first Whooper Swans of the autumn came south, flying over Ogden before continuing down the valley. There were also three skeins of Pink-footed Geese that flew northwest.

• Just as I was wrapping up, a Red Kite flew north, my first here this year.

• There was also decent Woodpigeon movement, with 812 going south, slightly less than the 1291 that went past yesterday.

Also five Teal (3 drakes) on the NK pond still

In total managed 47 species this morning, the full list here; https://ebird.org/checklist/S120932642

-Whooper Swans

-Red Kite