Thursday 2 September 2010

Lutley Wedge 02/09/10 07.00am (9°c) Sunny with scattered high cloud. Calm-SE/ENE 1

Looking East/Sunrise Lutley Wedge 2/9/10

Wheatear Lutley Wedge 2/9/10

More migrants passed quickly through the patch this morning in the settled conditions, with 4 Yellow Wagtails flying through first thing and another Tree Pipit. 1 (juv) Wheatear dropped out at 08.30am, and perched on the power line near my visible migration watchpoint for about 10 minutes before flying off very high, firstly to the >E then re-orientated and flew >SSE towards Walton Hill. 1 Hobby again flew through >NE over the Top Footpath at 08.10. Hirundine migration was strangely non-existent with no Swallows moving this morning, especially after yesterdays passage in very similar conditions.

Visible Migration 0700-10.30am
1 Wheatear >SSE
4 Yellow Wagtail >SW (2 >SW at 07.30am) (2 >SW at 07.40am)
1 Tree Pipit
1 Hobby >NE
1 Swift >N
11 House Martin (8 >S)
21 Swallow
12 Goldfinch >S
16 Black-headed Gull >W
4 L.B.B Gull >W/SE

7 Chiffchaff
2 Lesser Whitethroat
10 Common Whitethroat
5 Blackcap
4 Meadow Pipit
5 Common Buzzard

1 comment:

Phil Benstead said...

hi craig
glad you are back on your feet p