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Birdmigration countings 15 oct 1999

Weatherconditions  early morningcountings 15 - 10 - 1999    07.31 - 10.01 h
Precipitation in min. View Clouds in eighths Sunshine in min. Temperature in oC Wind 
0
0
8/8
0
10-11oC
NNW-NE 0-1B

 
Weatherconditions late morningcountings  15 - 10 - 1999    10.01 - 12.31 h
Precipitation in min. View Clouds in eighths Sunshine in min. Temperature in oC Wind 
0
0
8/8
0
12oC
NE 0-1B

 
Weatherconditions daycountings 15 - 10 - 1999    13.25 - 16.15 h
Precipitation in min. View Clouds in eighths Sunshine in min. Temperature in oC Wind 
0
0
7/8- 8/8
80
14oC
NE 1B

 
 
Species early- morningcounting late-morningcounting daycounting Total
         
Cormorant 14  5  126  145 
Little Egret     2  2 
Grey Heron 10  15  1  26 
White-fronted Goose 8  51  241  300 
Greylag Goose 32  615  762  1409 
Common Shelduck     1  1 
Widgeon 40  93  31  164 
Mallard 12  10  10  32 
Pintail 1  49    50 
Pochard   11    11 
Tufted Duck   22    22 
Sparrowhawk   2  3  5 
Buzzard     7  7 
Merlin     1  1 
Golden Plover 5  10    15 
Lapwing 3  132  333  468 
Snipe 2  1  19  22 
Black-headed Gull   27  44  71 
Herring Gull 51    6  57 
Stock Dove 49  1  7  57 
Woodpigeon 2  3  1  6 
Skylark 273  1916  100  2289 
Meadow Pipit 49  34  33  116 
Water Pipit   1  1  2 
Grey Wagtail 1  1    2 
White Wagtail 7  2    9 
Dunnock   2    2 
Blackbird 2    2  4 
Fieldfare 400  850  161  1411 
Song Trush 1  2  3  6 
Redwing 38  791  721  1550 
Mistle Trush   1  1  2 
Blue Tit 4  13    17 
Great Tit   2    2 
Jay     1  1 
Jackdaw 216    117  333 
Starling 193  453  273  919 
Tree Sparrow 4      4 
Chaffinch 256  103  109  468 
Brambling 9  35  14  58 
Greenfinch 1      1 
Siskin 37  47  137  221 
Linnet 1  12  2  15 
Bullfinch   3    3 
Yellowhammer 1  1    2 
Reed Bunting 7  8  14  29 
         
Species 32  36  33  46 
Ex. 1729  5324  3284  10337 

Today was very special with lots of birds migrating. After two hours of counting with winds from NNW and normal numbers of birdmigration, suddenly the wind turned to NE.
Hundreds, even thousands of birds started to migrate in large groups.
In the afternoon, a couple of Little Egrets flew over to SW.
Very special were the large numbers of Skylarks, Redwings, Fieldfares, Greylag Geese and White-fronted Geese. But also the numbers of Pintails, Widgeons and Grey Herons were quit unusual.
After I stopped, birds were still flying the rest of the day.

The radar-images of rainfall showed large concentrations of bird along the borders of the Flevopolders, near the Oostvaardersdijk and perhaps also above the Wadden (Ameland & Terschelling).


Radar-pics of "birdmigration" this morning. 07.00 - 15.00 h
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