Lutley Wedge 26/12/12 Overcast

1 Marsh Tit
5 Siskin
8 Redwing  

Marsh Tit 26/12/12

 

Marsh Tit sound recording and sonogram 26/12/12

Lutley Wedge 23/12/12 (8°c) Overcast

1 Woodcock 
14 Fieldfare
2 Redwing
45 Chaffinch
1 Siskin 

Lutley Wedge 21/12/12 (7°c) Overcast

"Watching the roost flyway"

317 B.H.Gull ➝E

3 Herring Gull ➝E/NE

1 L.B.B.Gull ➝E

19 Pied Wagtail➝N

1 Redpoll sp➝S

2 Siskin (1➝S)

1 Redwing ➝E

Herring Gull 21/12/12

Lutley Wedge 13/12/12 (-4°c) Freezing, overcast. Light F2 (E/SE) breeze

"Escape movements"

Three days of freezing conditions with daytime temperatures not rising above 0°c and overnight dropping as low as -7°c, finally induced some excellent cold weather movements of waders over the patch today from 09.50am.

(155) Lapwing, (70) Golden Plover and (2) Snipe flew over in c3.5 hours with Lapwing mainly moving West and Golden Plover heading South/SW.

155 Lapwing (144➝W) (11➝S/SW) (largest flocks 32, 27 and 24)

70 Golden Plover (56➝S) (14➝SW) (flocks of 8, 40, 8 and 14)

2 Snipe ➝E

10 Fieldfare (6➝W)

6 Redwing

42 Skylark

7 Herring Gull ➝E/SE

7 Siskin 

Golden Plover and Snipe 13/12/12

Lapwing 13/12/12

Lutley Wedge 11/12/12 (-2°c) Freezing, clear with hard frost (-3°c) overnight.

11 Redwing
6 Fieldfare (5➝W)
24 Skylark
1 Meadow Pipit ➝WNW 

Lutley Wedge 06/12/12 (-1°c) Overcast, hard frost and windchill (-3.4°c) overnight

"Wax on wax off!"

This years Waxwing influx hit the local patch in style, when a stunning flock of at least (32) Waxwings flew 'trilling' low overhead at 09.07am. 

32 Waxwing ➝E

65 Redwing (14 in) (13➝S/SW) (36➝W/SW) (2➝E/SE)

83 Fieldfare (41➝S/SW) (12➝W) (9➝E) (2➝WNW) 

1 Song Thrush

6 Skylark 

2 Raven➝E

1 Siskin➝E

5 B.H.Gull ➝W

Waxwings 6/6/12

Lutley Wedge 01/12/12 (1°c) Cold/clear start, o/night frost (-2°c) then showers. Wind W/NW F2/3

Signs of some cold weather movements with c2-3 Golden Plover flying over. 

2 Golden Plover (1➝W at 0852) (1➝E at 0940) (1➝W at 0950)

1 Woodcock

16 Redwing

22 Fieldfare

33 Siskin

3 Redpoll sp (2➝S) (1 in)

180 Chaffinch

1 Meadow Pipit ➝W

17 Skylark

Golden Plover 1/12/12