Lutley Wedge 31/03/13 (-2°c/6°c) Cold, sunny, scattered cloud. Overnight hard frost (-4.4°c) (E-ESE) F2/3

1 ♂ Wheatear (SLC) (the first this spring, matching the previous latest arrival date of 31/3/98)
2 Brambling ➝N
40 Meadow Pipit (34 in) (4➝N)
1 alba Wagtail➝N
57 Redwing (23➝NE) (34 in)
16 Fieldfare (10➝N) (6 in)
3 Siskin➝SE
1 Redpoll sp➝SE
7 B.H.Gull➝N
1 L.B.B.Gull➝N

Lutley Wedge 30/03/13 (-1°c/5°c) Sunny, scattered cloud. Cloudy later with snow showers. (E/NE) F2/3

48 Meadow Pipit (39 in) (9➝N)

80+ Fieldfare (69➝E/NE)

100+ Redwing (40 in) (50➝NE) (70➝SW)

8 Redpoll sp (2➝SW) (6 in)

4 Siskin (2 in) (1➝NE)

5 Raven

11 B.H.Gull➝E

23 L.B.B Gull (19➝N/NE) 

Fieldfare 30/3/13

Lutley Wedge 29/03/13 (0°c/5°c) Cold & Sunny, clear skies. (ENE) F3

"Tough times"

1 Cormorant ➝N

17 Meadow Pipit (11 in) (5➝N) (1➝E)

7 Raven ➝N (Wassell Grove Pools)

67 Redwing (22➝NW)

18 Fieldfare

4 Redpoll sp (1➝N) (3 in)

7 Siskin (3➝N/NE) (2➝S)

Raven 29/3/13 

♂ Barn Owl 

 (a casualty of the freezing weather, sadly found dead on the 28/3/13) The first record at Lutley Wedge since March/April 2006.

Lutley Wedge 28/03/13 (2°c/4°c) (-1°c/-2°c windchill) Cloudy, sunny spells. (NE) F4

2 Meadow Pipit
3 Common Buzzard
2 Raven
9 Herring Gull ➝N
9 L.B.B Gull (6➝N)

Lutley Wedge 26/03/13 (0°c/2°c) (-5°c windchill) Cloudy. ENE F4/5

1 Meadow Pipit
8 Fieldfare
2 Song Thrush 
20 Yellowhammer

1♂ Reed Bunting 27/3/13 (SLC)

Lutley Wedge 23/03/12 (0°c) (-5°c windchill) (18 cm/4ft drifts) Snow, overcast (ENE) F4/5

"Reverse migration!"

Atrocious weather conditions today with sub zero temperatures, drifting snow and a biting ENE wind, hardly early spring! A Merlin heading SSE at 10.40am was the first patch record for over two years, and a ♀ Stonechat flew high south at 11.14am.  

1 Merlin ➝SSE

1 ♀ Stonechat ➝S

5 Meadow Pipit (1➝ESE) (1➝W) (2 in)

29 Fieldfare (26➝S/SW) (3 in)

20 Redwing (8➝S) (3➝N) (7 in)

11 Siskin (8 in) (3➝S)

1 Herring Gull ➝NE

Merlin 23/3/12 (the first record since 2010)

High level and southbound! ♀ Stonechat 23/3/13  (reverse migration in action and vis mig gold!)

Lutley Wedge 21/03/13 (0°c) (-4°c windchill) Cold, overcast. (E) F3/4

"Ansers"

2 Greylag Geese ➝E (Wassell Grove Pools)

57 Meadow Pipit (50 grounded) (5➝N) (2➝S)

65+ Redwing

45+ Fieldfare

3 Song Thrush

3 Siskin (1➝S) (2 in)

6 Pied Wagtail

3 Raven➝N

4 B.H.Gull (2➝NW)

6 L.B.B.Gull (4➝N)

Greylags 21/3/13

Lutley Wedge 19/03/13 (4°c) Cold, cloudy/overcast. (ESE-SE) F3

c75 Redwing
8 Meadow Pipit (6 in) (1➝NW) (1➝NE)
4 Siskin
1 Goldcrest 
4 Common Buzzard

Lutley Wedge 18/03/13 (7°c/9°c) Sunny spells, scattered cloud. Wind Var-N/NE F1/2

"Low pressure blocks migration"

80 Redwing

c15 Meadow Pipit (8 in) (6➝NW) (1➝N)

2 Siskin

4 Linnet➝NE

Meadow Pipit 18/3/13

Lutley Wedge 17/03/13 (4°c) Cloudy/overcast

1 ♂ Stonechat 
9 Siskin 
1 Raven
9 L.B.B Gull➝N
1 Herring Gull➝N
8 B.H.Gull ➝E

Lutley Wedge 16/03/13 (9°c) Sunny spells, scattered cloud & showers.(S) F3

"As you were"

1 ♂ Stonechat

20 Meadow Pipit (5➝N)

33 Fieldfare

7 Siskin

1 Goldcrest

The ♂ Stonechat remains off passage for it's third day 16/3/13

Lutley Wedge 15/03/13 (6/7°c) Cool & cloudy, Rain/showers. (S/SSW) F4

1 ♂ Stonechat (no sign of yesterdays ♀)
19 Meadow Pipit 
19 Fieldfare
1 Redwing
c170 Starling 

♂ Stonechat 15/3/13

Lutley Wedge 14/03/13 (4°c/8°c) Overnight sharp frost (-4°c) Sunny spells, scattered cloud. (WNW) F2-3

2 ♂♀ Stonechat

26 Meadow Pipit

2 ♂ Siskin

23 Fieldfare

2 Redwing

♂♀ Stonechats 14/3/13 

Lutley Wedge 13/03/13 (3°c/7°c) Sunny spells, scattered cloud, light snow showers. N/NW F3/4

31 Meadow Pipit (1➝NE)
41 Fieldfare
45 Redwing
5 Siskin