Monday, October 16, 2006

Caldene Fields 16-10-2006

16th of October 06 watch 0.700 – 0.9.15
Weather: A dry overcast misty morning with 95% low cloud cover and a F2 S/E wind. Temp 9c

Comments: An increase in Redwing numbers but interestingly movements followed the same pattern as yesterday where around ½ hour after first light 4 reasonable sized flocks flew S/W basically one after another and then for the rest of the watch only odd single birds trickled through.

Pink Footed Goose >109N/W
Black Headed Gull >33S
Stock dove >2N/W
Wood Pigeon 62>N – 78>S/W
Meadow Pipit > 9E
Alba Wagtail > 21S/E – 2>S/W
Redwing > 183S/W
Song Thrush 1>N/W
Starling >22S – 9>N/W
Carrion Crow >7N/W
Chaffinch > 10>N/W – 4>N/E
Greenfinch > 31N/W – 3>E
Goldfinch > 2S
Reed Bunting > 1>E

Martyn