Cold Edge Dans 14-08-2005

Great Stuff Brian, it does look as if your Canadas might be moving / return birds?
Dave.
----- Original Message -----
From: Brian Sumner
To: daveb
Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2005 2:44 PM
Subject: [vismig] Cold Edge Dams

0730-1045 hrs
A strong NW > F4-5 decreasing > F3 then increasing back to > F4-5 mid morning. Heavy drizzle showers early on clearing to leave some sunshine then cloud and drizzle again near the end of the watch. Good visibility.

Moving Birds:
SWALLOW 45 > SW
SWIFT 2 > W
HOUSE MARTIN 4 > W
SAND MARTIN 2 > W

Other.... 4 Linnets on seed 32 Mallard and an unusually high count of Canadas with 103 coming in from the > E and landing on the water and in the fields. These were,nt like the usual resident birds which are reasonably tame, instead they were very mobile, moving from one dam to the other and into the fields with the least disturbance.
Brian