"For now we are young let us lay in the sun and count every beautiful thing we can see" Neutral Milk Hotel.

Saturday 5 November 2016

Cliffs: visible migration Friday 4th November 2016

Counting period: 06:35 - 09:10
Count type: coastal vismig (landbased birds only)
Weather: wind SW2, cloud-cover 1/8, temperature 7 ℃
Observers: Andy Brown, Gary Hibberd, Frank Branch and David Hawkins

SNSNSN
Pink-footed Goose  340  -  Waxwing  92  -  Richard's Pipit  1  -  
Red-breasted Merganser  3  -  Skylark  4  -  Meadow Pipit  8  -  
Little Egret  1  1  Starling  3329  -  Rock Pipit  4  1  
Lapwing  11  -  Blackbird  16  -  Chaffinch  42  -  
Snipe  1  -  Fieldfare  32  -  Linnet  1  -  
Woodpigeon  16  -  Redwing  5  -  Goldfinch  5  -  
Jackdaw  4  -  Grey Wagtail  1  -    

Totals: 3918 individuals, 20 species, 2:35 hours

Bold = Remarkable observation (scarce or rare species or large number)
Comments: A single flock of 75 Waxwings and a Richard's Pipit make up for poor numbers. The front that passed through in the night was over the North Sea as we counted! 

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