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Barton 28/9/09Bring on the cold weather!! A really rather boring vis mig session this morning, especially as it should be really hotting up. I'm assuming the shortage of birds, and the lack of any sense of direction by those that there were, is down to a virtually non-existent wind and continuing unseasonally mild weather. Thursday is threatened as cold following a front moving south, so let's hope that perks thins up. Just boring numbers today as a pint or three beckons! On the move: 240 House Martins; 108 Meadow Pipits; 65 Linnets; 60 Swallows; 60 alba Wagtails; 31 Starlings (probably not really moving); 4 Yellow Wagtails; 2 Siskins; 2 Greenfinches; 2 Lesser Black-backed Gulls; 1 Grey Wagtail. On the deck: 5 Chiffchaffs; 3 Stonechats; 1 Wheatear (and missed one); 1 Goldcrest; 3 Song Thrushes; 1 Kingfisher. Only vaguely out-of-the-ordinary record was of a Redshank on the rocks (shaken not stirred Miss Moneypenny), a species I've only had on the patch a couple of times previously. 9:05 PM - Monday, September 28, 2009 - post comment
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Description A worryingly obsessive number of entries are likely to be boring counts from my Barton vis migging efforts. Hopefully there may occasionally be something interesting instead. Apologies now for what is likely to be a distinct lack of pretty pictures! Home User Profile Archives Friends Bird Reports CHOG sightings The Biggest Twitch Recent Entries - Behind again - Barton's best ever - Seawatching slip ups - Boring Barton 30/9/09 - Barton 28/9/09 |