VisMig

The wind has swung round to a cold northerly blow so I spent an hour and a bit this morning looking out for a bit of VisMig. VisMig is the birders name for visible migration where you find a vantage point and watch the skies for birds flying over on their migration. You count the number and species that pass over. I found my nice little spot complete with bench and spent a pleasurable 80 minutes looking upwards at first light.

548 birds of 23 species counted, the totals were as follows.
Mallard - 2
Lapwing - 106
Golden Plover - 9
Curlew - 14
Herring Gull - 18
Black-headed Gull - 32
Great-black Backed Gull - 6
Common Gull - 4
Wood Pigeon - 118
Fieldfare - 5
Redwing - 27
Blackbird - 7
Song Thrush - 1
Mistle Thrush - 3
Skylark - 3
Pied Wagtail - 7
Grey Wagtail - 2
Chaffinch - 12
Siskin - 25
Lesser Redpoll - 18
Greenfinch - 6
Linnet - 43
Common Starling - 80

VIzMig view point

A very nice morning, though it ended with me finding a dead Grey Squirrel which looked as if it had been hit by a car,  on Waldridge Lane.