Movement 1030-1530:
meadow pipit- 45 NW in first hour, 11 thereafter
swallow- 11 NW
redpoll sp.- 2 NW
siskin - 2 N
merlin- 1W
skylark- 1N
wheatear-* 2N
(*1235h. surprised to hear a harsh contact call and find two of these night-orientated migrants heading over North at about 20 metres off the hilltop. Continued high (c50m up) over the town. Can't say whether they had been in flight for a few hours or a few minutes only, (same with all these 'vis.' birds!) but behaviour interested me nonetheless. Half an hour later I picked up a flock of five similar-looking passerine dots quite high NE which were probably also this species).
No target species of the OP kind. Good views of local sparrowhawks and buzzards down to 5 metres. A little egret went over West and pitched down on Aldcliffe marsh.
960 pink-footed geese were seen feeding on Colloway Marsh.
(Pictured below- a local raptor at 30 feet.)
DH
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