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Monday 1 November 2010

Start Point

Clear night, beautiful sunny morning. Cooler and cloudier with gradually strengthening southeast wind after midday.
06:30-14:45, Light,Farm, Down Valley, Mattiscombe Valley.

Golden Plover, 700 Woodpigeons ( south east towards Lannacombe ), 2 Great Spotted Woodpeckers, Swallow, 20 Redwings, 7 Fieldfares, Mistle Thrush, 4 Blackcaps, 10 Chiffchaffs, 17 Goldcrests, 80 Jackdaws, 60 Ravens ( in field south east of car park at dawn before all flying off north, presumably from a communal roost on local cliffs ), 17 Bramblings, 4 Siskins, Lesser Redpoll, 5 Reed Buntings.