Vis Mig at Hale 09/10/16

Sun's up. Runcorn/Widnes bridge in distance

Church lane watchers

It was a beautiful morning on Sunday at Hale for our visible migration field trip.

Highlight for me was the Merlin, tree sparrows, redwings and flappy fieldfare, looovve our scandinavian visitors. 

 Laura

Fieldfare

Hale Head (Widnes, Halton, England)

Sunday 9 October 2016

Counting period: 07:25 - 09:30 Count type: incomplete species list, not all species submitted Weather: wind NE1, cloud-cover 3/8, visibility 25m, temperature 9 ℃, Sunny , cool NE wind F1,  3/cloud slowly decreasing cloud cover through watch Observers: Jeff Clarke, Chris Tynan plus RSPB group Pink-footed Goose * 8 Woodpigeon 4338 Magpie 9 Jackdaw 4 Coal Tit * 6 Skylark 3 Swallow 5 House Martin 2 Starling 13 Fieldfare 41 Redwing 1479 Song Thrush 15 Mistle Thrush 3 Tree Sparrow 9 Grey Wagtail 2 alba wagtail sp. 13 Meadow Pipit 11 Chaffinch 204 Brambling 1 Hawfinch * 2 Bullfinch 1 Linnet 12 Lesser Redpoll 1 Goldfinch 56 Siskin 6 Reed Bunting 1 Totals: 6245 individuals, 26 species, 2:05 hours Bold = Remarkable observation (scarce or rare species or large number) * = Additional info (on mouseover species) Comments: Probably significant undercount on passerines due to large group presence impeding call reception. All migrants vectored south or south-east unless otherwise stated. Count Website http://www.trektellen.nl/count/view/392/20161009 Hale lighthouse