Vis Mig blasts off.

From an early garden watch this a.m. I could see it was going to be a good day with Mipits trickling over and numbers building all directly >S. Text messages from HC at his Oxenhope watch point confirmed this with the words MIPITS!!!!. By 0745 hrs they were coming over in good numbers on a broad front and at 2 levels, some medium high and some very high. By 0830 hrs the grey sky had broken up leaving clear blue skies closing the Mipit flood gates and grinding the move to a halt.
                                                          The next messages from HC  were reporting the first skeins of Pink Footed Geese coming through on a >SE move with around 6 skeins seen from his watch point. Skeins were also reported from Brighouse, DF,  and Whiteholme, AC.
                                                            By this time my phone was on fire relaying messages around including AC re locating yesterdays yankee wader Bairds Sandpiper , HCs 2 very late Swifts and a move of Marsh Harriers over Barden from Gordon.
                                                            Unfortunately , by the time I,d finished work at mid day the fun was over apart from a trickling of Swallows>S.
With my late afternoon session having to be cut short due to a vet appointment, for Ollie, not me, it was down to an Ogden check to see if anything from this mornings move had dropped in but just the usual gulls on the shoreline and an increasing number of Mallards spread all around the banking enjoying the weeds growing there which are starting to attract the winter Chaffinch flock which at present stands at around 30 but should treble and tempt a few Brambling in by late next month.

                                        Lessers, Commons and Black Headeds.

On the way home a check of Raggalds Flood to find plenty water and no birdlife.
Pit Lane held 31 Commons and 9 Black Headed.
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