An unusual visitor to the moor. Grey Squirrel.
Seemed quite content on the Robin Rock.
A good count of Wheatear
A brief visit from a Greylag then off >W
- A decent morning once the drizzle had moved over with a moderate WSW>4 increasing to strong W>5 with good visibility and a nice grey sky making it easier to pick the birds up. Cool with a temp of 10 degrees.
- Mipits, Alba Wags and Swallows moving plus my first group of Siskin over the water whilst Wheatears were plenty with birds on the north shore and below the west bank.
- Only 3 gulls present in the morning and down to 1 in the afternoon but raptors seemed to like the wind. A single Greylag goose dropped in from the east settling on the water briefly before heading off high and >W.
- VISIBLE MIGRATION
- 6 Siskin...............>SW
- 117 Mipits..........>S
- 37 Swallow........>S
- 7 Alba Wagtail...>SW
- 1 Buzzard..........>SW
- 1 Greylag..........>W
- 14 Wheatear.....blogging
- PRESENT
- 4 Kestrel
- 1 Peregrine
- 3 Reed Bunting
- 2 Red Legged Partridge
- 2 LBB gull
- 1 Herring gull
- BS
