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

Tuesday, 14 April 2015

April 3rd - visible migration at Hunstanton Cliffs


Counting period: 06:15 - 08:45
Weather: wind SSE3, cloud-cover 8/8, precipitation rain, temperature 5 ℃
Observers: Andy Brown

SNSNSN
Egyptian Goose  1  -  Grey Wagtail  4  -  Greenfinch  16  -  
Lapwing  2  -  alba wagtail sp.  172  -  Goldfinch  50  -  
Mediterranean Gull  2  -  Jackdaw  14  -  Siskin  2  -  
Lesser Black-backed Gull  6  -  Rook  1  -  Linnet  46  -  
Woodpigeon  6  -  Carrion Crow  1  -  redpoll sp.  3  -  
Meadow Pipit  2667  -  Starling  24  -  Yellowhammer  1  -  
Rock Pipit  1  -  Chaffinch  20  -  Reed Bunting  6  -  

Totals: 3045 individuals, 21 species, 2:30 hours

Bold = Remarkable observation (scarce or rare species or large number)
Comments: The highest Meadow Pipit count since April 2009 and the highest alba Wagtail count since March 2002: both were the 3rd highest counts since we began counting in the mid 1990s. The few albas which landed were Pieds.

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