Vis-mig sites
Four of our vis-mig watchpoints recorded skeins of Pink-footed Geese overhead. Several skeins were seen totalling over 600 geese.
Denholme Clough
8 Crossbills, Chiffchaffs, Blackcaps, Goldcrests,
Song Thrushes, Siskin, Redpoll, Pink-footed Geese 12+15+65
Soil Hill between 7.00am and 10.10am: -
Meadow Pipit 200 generally SW through to SE.
Pied Wagtail 3 SE, Greenfinch 8 SW, Swallow 2 SW
Skylark 8 S, Starling 2 E, Chaffinch 1 S
Pink-foot Goose - Two skeins of approx. 60+ and 40+
Golden Plover 7 SE
Other local birds were: -
Merlin 1, Kestrel 2, Stock Dove 7, Wheatear 1
Meadow Pipit 20+, Skylark 10+, Goldfinch 70+
Pied Wagtail 3, Wren 3
4 Wheatear Fly Flatts Am
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Meadow Pipit 227>S, Redpoll 6 > S and W, Goldfinch 8 > E,
Swallow 8>S, Siskin 1 lot unseen south, alba wagatail 30 > S,
Golden Plover 114 > S, Chaffinch 27 > S and W, Snipe 29>W,
LBB Gull 57, BHGull 136, Mistle Thrush 8, Pink Footed Goose 608,
Canada Goose 4>S, Song Thrush 2>S, Green Woodpecker 1,
Skylark 4>W, Redshank 4>W, Reed Bunting 1>W, Willow Warbler,
Cormorant 2> high W, Kestrel 1>S, Starling 26>S, Sparrowhawk 1
DCBarker, H Creber, B Sumner, CJKing, M Doveston
B Vickers,
