Visible migration picking up.....

Although the chiffchaffs have largely cleared out, with the persistent east-south-east air flow, cloud cover and chill, visible migration has finally picked up this morning.

Garden and Zig Zag Road:

Alba wagtails: 50
Meadow pipit: 3
Linnet: 8
Hirundines: 52
Phyloscs: 3
Goldfinches: 21
Song thrust / redwings: 5 (west over garden)
Blackbird: 1 (high north over garden)

Winter Gardens:

Hirundines: 256
Phyloscs: 8
Alba wags: 36
Goldfinch: 55
Meadow pipit: 41
Great-spotted woodpecker: 1
Robin: 2

Rex Cinema:

Hirundines: 85
Alba wagtails: 35
Meadow pipit: 7
Phyloscs: 3