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Thursday, 25 October 2012

Vis Mig continues

6 Little Gull heading southwest 
Autumnal Moth? Also Mallow and Diamond Backed Moth in the trap last night 
 
The north east winds and overcast conditions continue producing a lot of visible migration. I managed to squeeze in an hour or so today. Here are the days totals from the BFBG (I missed the Brents):
 
6 Brent Geese, 6 Little Gulls, 8 Golden Plover, 38 Fieldfare, 14 Redwing, 16 Skylark, 4 Snipe, 165 Wood Pigeon, 1 Dunlin, 15 Redpoll, 2 Goldcrest, 4000 Starling

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5 comments:

  1. Joe Beale25 October 2012 at 20:27

    Hi, what time did the Brents pass through?? I saw 6 small geese that looked Brent-like flying through SW in the morning, but it was so murky and grey that I couldn't see any details at all. I couldn't hear any calls either but they could conceivably have been the same birds...

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  2. Peter Alfrey25 October 2012 at 21:24

    Hi Joe,
    it was about 0900 hrs
    They were flying south west quite high

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  3. Joe Beale25 October 2012 at 23:14

    Thanks Peter,

    Very interesting, mine were around 08:53 (forgot the exact time, but give or take a couple of mins), high SW, in a straight line (interestingly not the only wildfowl doing that today!), but Beddington is, what, 8 miles away in a SW line from Greenwich Park? So 10-15 mins later... Should count them? :-)

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  4. Bomber26 October 2012 at 21:11

    Can't do 'em Pete, Epirrita sp the best you can do without gen det.

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  5. Peter Alfrey28 October 2012 at 16:29

    Ok cheers Paul

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