Caldene Fields, Low Moor... redwings surge! 13-10-2009

Caldene Fields, S Bradford

13th of October 2009 Watch 07.00 –010.30
Weather: A dry start with a drop in temperature to 1c and no real wind of note. 20% thin high cloud to the E giving excellent visibility to beyond 10 miles. Around 09.00thin high cloud increased to around 50% to the W.

Comments: An excellent movement of Redwing was noted moving in the main over the Morley and Dewsbury areas and to the S/W. The movement was on a broad front stretching from around Morley to Low Moor and birds were travelling fairly high. There were 2 main waves noted one from around 07.15 – 07.45 which was the strongest movement giving the highest count of 300 then a period of inactivity and then second around 08.30 – 09.00. A small party of Fieldfare were my first and Greenfinch again surged through. An increase in Mipits moving S and 3 Snipe to the N/W capped an excellent watch.

Snipe > 3 N/W
Black Headed Gull > 77
LBB Gull > 1 W
Wood Pigeon > 101 S/S/W
Collard Dove > 1 N + 2 S/W =3
Meadow Pipit > 19 S + 9 W = 28
Alba Wagtail > 7 S
Starling > 68 S/W
Redwing > 3,507 S/S/W
Fieldfare > 3 S/W
Mistle Thrush > 3 W
Carrion Crow > 9 W/N/W + 11 S = 20
Jackdaw > 4 S/W
Chaffinch > 6 S/W
Greenfinch > 138 W/S/W
Goldfinch > 4 S + 1 N/W = 5
Siskin > 1 S

Martyn Priestley