enjoying the thread. I was on Dalton Crag and Hutton roof on 3rd Nov dodging heavy rain. No GGS but flushed 6 snipe near the top

enjoying thread. was up on dalton crags to hutton roof crags on 3/11 dodging heavy rain . No GGS but flushed 6 snipe near the top. seemed out of place amongst the rocks

Thr Nov 5th 2009 - Hutton Roof Cumbria.
0700-0930hrs
Wind: W 3mph
Movement:
all Thrushes mainly SW, with odd party W
all finches either E or W
Starlings: 99% South East
Woodpigeon: South West
Pied Wagtail & Meadow Pipit always SE
all others South unless stated.

Some Fieldfare were moving during first hour and then stopped. Rolling mist kept coming up from the Lune Valley to the East and would at times fog out, but would clear within 10 minutes, this happened 3 times whilst on count.

Fieldfare: 465 (12 parties: 40,12,16,20,50,6,80,50,70,20,60,40) one party West all others South West
Redwing: 6 W (3,3)
Starling: 337 (all SE) also ex roost party today 3,700 (0721hrs). again all SE
Brambling: 9 (3W 6E)
Chaffinch: 60 E or W
Woodpigeon: 97 all S or SW best parties: 40,24,20)
Redpoll: 9 (2,2,5)
Meadow Pipit: 6
Linnet: 3
Pied Wagtail: 1
Blackbird: 1W
Mistle Thrush: 1W
Siskin: 1W
Greenfinch: 2E
Pink Footed Goose: 200 approx, one skein N at 0922hrs.

Hi Louise,
There must be a few Snipe on Hutton at the moment, I also flushed one the other day (on Clawthorpe side), which does seem strange (for me!), flushing a Snipe off "limestone pavement"!!

Didnt have much time at High Tatham and many of these were whilst emptying the moth trap!

Vis 0800-0830 High Tatham
Brambling - 16 SW (13 in one flock)
Chaffinch - 39 SW
Redwing - 47 W
Fieldfare - 88 W
Meadow Pipit - 2 SE
rest of stuff probably bloggers

Moth trap included Silver Y, Sprawler & Exapate congellata

Friday November 6th 2009 - Hutton Roof, Cumbria.
0700hrs-0930hrs
Wind: SW 5 mph
Movement:
Thrushes: at first all West and later all East/NE/SE
Finches: E or W
Starlings: South East

Today there was a little Thrush movement especially with Fieldfares, but certainly not a move of urgency, just ambling along, unsure... A pair of Yellowhammers to E. Nice Starling Ex Roost parties.

Fieldfare: 1675 (25 parties, best: 120,140,100,140,200,140,100) All W at first then from 0730hrs all E/NE or SE.
Redwing: 116 (6 parties, best: 50,30,12) All W at first then from 0730hrs all E/NE or SE
Starling: 302 (11 parties mainly SE but odd parties NW) also Ex Roost today: at least 12,000 SE
Chaffinch: 84 (either E or W)
Redpoll: 6 (1W others E)
Brambling: 8 (1,4,1,2 all E)
Meadow Pipit: 13
Woodpigeon: 105 (40,60,5) all SE
Greenfinch: 8 (1E all others W)
Goldfinch: 10 (3E all others W)
Siskin: 2 E
Reed Bunting: 1 E
Yellowhammer: 2 E (paired)

also:
Sparrowhawk: 1
Kestrel: 1
Jay: 1


Bryan Yorke.

I did 20 minutes or so at High Tatham from dawn(ish) today prior to work and was rather surprised to see a loose flock of about 2,800 Starlings heading east followed by 2 other smaller goups of 450 & 600ish. I'm assuming they were ex-roost, perhaps some of 'your' birds at Hutton roof but about 25 Fielffare had tagged along with the big flock

Otherwise 2 Brambling and about 15 Chaffinch south

Its odd that Brambling (or Chaffinch) have not featured in recent Pennine vis. We had c6 Brambling grounded near Slaggyford, west of Alston this afternoon

Pete

Sat November 7th 2009 - Hutton Roof, Cumbria.
0700hrs-0900hrs
Wind: SW 8mph
Movement:
Thrushes: all NW
Starlings: all SE
Finches: all E or mainly W
All others South unless stated otherwise.

Fieldfare: 167
Redwing: 71
Starling: 127 E (8,40,70,3,6) also 9300 ex roost
Chaffinch: 39
Greenfinch: 2
Woodpigeon: 17
Goldfinch:2
Common Gull 1E
Pied Wagtail: 1 SE
Siskin 1
Jay 1


Bryan Yorke.

Peter, I am sure they are. Just coming over here from Leighton there is probably well over 15000 but you struggle to see more than 5000 most days dependant on their width and height and obviously wind on that particular morning.

I was overseeing a Hedging Competition near Holme (Pye's Bridge Lane) yesterday, 7th Nov (not a good day for it!) and noticed several hundred Redwing around the hedgerows, c200 Fieldfare, 2 flocks of finch spp 50+ and c200 Woodpigeon.

Tony, I am wondering if these same birds are also hanging around Burton, because I have just this minute come back from Hutton Roof, down to Clawthorpe and across the road in and above the field across and at the side of the Motorway there are hundreds of mixed Fieldfare, Redwing and Starling...

Sunday November 8th 2009 - Hutton Roof, Cumbria.
0700-0900hrs
Wind: East 8-10 mph

Fieldfare: 10 (9S)
Redwing: 20 S
Chaffinch: 48 (either W or E)
Pied Wagtail: 7
Woodpigeon: 15 (SE)
Greenfinch: 1E
Goldfinch: 2W
Starling: 89 (all East, best party 60) also: 5,400 (ex roost party all SE)

also Green Woodpecker.

Monday November 9th 2009 - Hutton Roof Cumbria.
0700-0900hrs
Wind: Little and variable
Movement:
Thrushes mainly West
Starlings: mainly SE
Finches: all E or W
Gulls: all SE

A few Fieldfare in first 1/2 hour. Best was a party of immature Whoopers at 0718hrs. Also Skylark (first for about a month)..

Fieldfare: 322 (11 parties: best 30,50,90) 15 SE all others West
Redwing: 50 E (just one party)
Chaffinch: 55 either E or W
Starling: 77 (8W all others SE) also 3630 ex roost at 0723hrs all South West.
Whooper Swan: 7 Immatures from SE (Kirkby Lonsdale) to my NW and then on reaching Burton deviated South (0718hrs).
Woodpigeon: 143 all SE
Common Gull: 113 all SE (possibly local)
Pied Wagtail: 2
Skylark: 1 S
Greenfinch: 1W
Siskin: 1
Meadow Pipit: 1
Linnet: 1
Mistle Thrush: 1


Thats it for me! another years vismig finished...
Bryan Yorke...

Tuesday November 10th 2009 - Burton in Kendal
0820 -0930hrs
Wind: light variable
Movement:
Thrushes all South
all other movements South unless stated.

I had actually call it a day with vismig, but Dave kindly rang me at 0810hrs to alert me to a movement of Fieldfare, which I quickly responded and went out in the garden and it was noticeable that straight away large parties where going through all South. This was great but petered out within about 45mins.

Fieldfare: 985 (13 parties, best: 220,180,200,150)
Redwing: 14
Starling: 100 (60NW & 40 SE)
Chaffinch: 34
Goldfinch: 2
Greenfinch: 2
Common Gull: 20
Linnet: 12N
Woodpigeon: 6
Pied Wagtail: 1

also Leighton Starling roost yesterday evening 11th Nov 2009, I counted in at 20,000 approx..


Bryan Yorke

Wednesday November 11th 2009 Hutton Roof Cumbria.
0700hrs-0900hrs
Wind: E 2mph
Movement:
Thrushes:NE to SW
Starlings: SE
Finches: E or W

Lots of small (3 to 10s) Starling parties on the move today.


Fieldfare: 902 (15 parties: best 200,180,200,75,70) all NE to SW
Redwing: 37 (3 parties: 11,15,11) all W
Starling: 293 (16 parties: best 60,20,17) all SE also: 7500 ex roost at 0720hrs all SE
Redpoll: 1W
Pied Wagtail: 2 SE
Siskin: 1E
Common Gull: 140 E (probably local foraging)
Chaffinch: 78 all E or W
Goldfinch: 2
Meadow Pipit: 6
Woodpigeon: 72 (mainly South)


Bryan Yorke.

Thr Nov 12th 2009 - Hutton Roof Cumbria
0700hrs-0815hrs
Wind: SW 8mph
Movement as stated

Redwing: 66 (1E,3W,14W,10E,11W,27W)
Fieldfare: 100 (33SE,7NW,60NW)
Starling: 345 SE plus (ex roost: 5100) all SE
Chaffinch: 52 either E or W
Pied Wagtail: 2 SE
Brambling: 1 E
Goldfinch: 4W
Linnet: 9W
Greenfinch: 3W
Blackbird: 1W
Common Gull: 1E
Meadow Pipit: 6S

Friday November 13th 2009 - Burton In Kendal
0715hrs-0815hrs
Wind: S 3mph
Movement as stated.

Starling: (9000 ex roost party only)
Goldfinch: 2S
Chaffinch: 22S
Woodpigeon: 323 (a definate Northerly movement going across bottom of Dalton (13 parties, biggest 80)
Fieldfare: 6 (2N 4S - local foraging)
Redwing: 1 (local foraging)
Greenfinch: 6 S
Pied Wagtail: 1S
Blackbirds: everywhere, must have counted over 50 in garden and local hedgerows. (99% males)

Hi John,
Finally got the totals for Hutton Roof. Hope everything is OK, but if you have any queries please do not hesitate to get in touch.

All the best,
Bryan.

TOTALS OF PASSAGE THROUGH HUTTON ROOF – SEPTEMBER 11TH 2009 – NOVEMBER 12TH 2009.

From September 11th to November 12th inclusive.



Cormorant:1
Whooper Swan: 7
Pink Footed Goose: 654
C. Buzzard: 3
Kestrel: 1
Lapwing: 4
C Snipe: 11
BHG: 46
Common Gull: 346
LBBG: 489
Stock Dove: 28
Woodpigeon: 2496
Gt S. Woodpecker: 7
Skylark: 121
Swallow: 82
House Martin: 9
Tree Pipit: 1
Meadow Pipit: 4469
Pied Wagtail: 283
Wheatear: 1
Blackbird: 128
Fieldfare: 24044,
Song Thrush: 21
Redwing: 28477
Mistle Thrush: 69
Long Tailed Tit: 20
Jay: 12
Starling: 8809
Chaffinch: 5096
Brambling: 80
Greenfinch: 484
Goldfinch: 418
Siskin: 317
Linnet: 160
Twite: 1
Redpoll: 149
Crossbill: 1
Bullfinch: 1
Yellowhammer: 4
Reed Bunting: 48 1

Other species present on a regular basis where: Willow Warblers (many calling from Hutton Roof on most days during September and early October, also regular sightings of Stonechats, Ravens and other Corvids. Brilliant flypast each day of large thousand plus Starling ex roost parties. Also many Kestrel, Sparrowhawk and Buzzard (presumed in most cases to be local).



Unless I could be sure they were on migration passage, I did not include in counts.

Sat 28th August 2010
0630hrs-1000hrs.
Heavy Showers intermittent.
Wind: NW 8-10 mph.

Although I dont expect to start vis-migging proper until around the middle of September. Today was the National Big Vis Mig weekend, so I decided to do a short count up at Hutton Roof.

It was quite early when I had two small waders come in fast from the East heading SW. I am 90% sure they where Knot. About 0800hrs I had 3 Comic Terns again heading out West, and one Common Snipe heading out SW.

Other stuff this morning was:
Chaffinch 19 (mainly South but 4E)
Goldfinch: 20 (2SE all others W)
Linnet: 3W
Reed Bunting: 1S
Meadow Pipit 5SE and also 20 blogging on Farleton Side.
Greenfinch: 2W
Swallow: 68 (best party 20) mainly going out SE
Comic Tern: 3W
Common Snipe: 1SW
Wader species possible Knot 2W.
Raven 4SE probably local
Buzzard 2S probably local
Woodpigeon 4W probably local
Mistle Thrush: 2 probably local.

(also in conversation with "local keepers wife": She said here husband had seen in recent times up to 20 Yellowhammers coming out of mixed crop planted area (put purposely for pheasant rough)in the Clawthorpe area - Hutton Roof side.) they are very well up on their birding id's...)