Fog then mist on the tops again this morning clearing by 0815 to leave full cloud on a cool W>3 at 10 degrees.
No migrants in the bushes this morning other than Mipits and a single Wheatear after an overnight clear out. As soon as the mist lifted Swallows were piling through >S on a broad front making my count well below the amount going through with several below the skyline skimming the moor.
By 0930 hrs I was thinking it was all over when 2 local Buzzards were up over the moor, then, to my surprise, 6 birds that I thought were gulls came in from the north, turning out to be Buzzards.
After soaring and interacting over the moor they started to head off >W but then turned and all disappeared >SE. Immediately after that another 2 arrived doing the same, followed by another 2 and then a single, all heading off >SE.
Kestrels were also moving in the same direction over the turbines with a 4 then 2 and lastly a single. After that all was quiet, but quite a morning.
Present :-
2 Buzzard
2 Kestrel
3 Mallard
usual Geese
Vis Mig
Sev blogging Mipits
18 Mipit...............>S
9 Buzzard............>SE
7 Kestrel.............>SE
4 Mistle Thrush..>W
178 Swallow.......>S
1 Wheatear......blogging.
BS