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Birdmigration early morningcountings 13 oct 1999

Weatherconditions 13 - 10 - 1999    07.27 - 09.57 h
Precipitation in min. View Clouds in eighths Sunshine in min. Temperature in oC Wind 
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3-0
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120
1-8oC
SW 1B

 
 
Species                   .
          N 
   
Cormorant 
Greylag Goose  45 
Sparrowhawk 
Golden Plover 
Lapwing 
Green Sandpiper 
Black-headed Gull 
Stock Dove  14 
Woodpigeon  20 
Great Spotted Woodpecker 
Skylark  33 
Meadow Pipit  107 
Water Pipit 
Grey Wagtail 
White Wagtail  18 
Dunnock 
Blackbird 
Fieldfare  23 
Redwing  11 
Jay 
Starling  1946 
Tree Sparrow 
Chaffinch  413 
Brambling  44 
Greenfinch 
Goldfinch 
Siskin  21 
Linnet  14 
Redpoll 
Crossbill 
Reed Bunting 
   
Species
31 
ex.
2758 
Note:
  • For the first time this autumn, there was frost on the grass this morning and there was also fog.
Local birds and other specialities:
  • There were much less Chaffinches, Skylarks and Meadow Pipits in the air then yesterday but the were lots of Starlings. Largest group excisted of 1200 birds.
  • It seems that there will be also migration of Redpolls this year. Yesterday I saw the first one and today I counted 6 already.
  • New at the observationpoint is a roost of Greylag Geese on the water near the decoy. In earlier years it was very rare when Greylag Geese came down on the fields or on the water. This year, I saw the first group of 13, landing on 3 august, and a much larger group of 83, on 6 september. After that, on 3 oktober, a group of 7 was present, increasing to 21 on 10 oktober The last four days, numbers increased from 21; 22; 25 to 39 today.
  • Other birds: Rudy Shelduck 2, Little Grebe 2, lots of ducks again, Goldcrests, Goshawk, Water Pipit, Kingfisher, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker.