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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
1/8
120
1-8oC
SW 1B

 
 
Species                   .
          N 
   
Cormorant  6 
Greylag Goose  45 
Sparrowhawk  1 
Golden Plover  1 
Lapwing  4 
Green Sandpiper  1 
Black-headed Gull  2 
Stock Dove  14 
Woodpigeon  20 
Great Spotted Woodpecker  1 
Skylark  33 
Meadow Pipit  107 
Water Pipit  1 
Grey Wagtail  3 
White Wagtail  18 
Dunnock  1 
Blackbird  2 
Fieldfare  23 
Redwing  11 
Jay  1 
Starling  1946 
Tree Sparrow  2 
Chaffinch  413 
Brambling  44 
Greenfinch  5 
Goldfinch  3 
Siskin  21 
Linnet  14 
Redpoll  6 
Crossbill  5 
Reed Bunting  4 
   
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.