Viz mig

Lade - 0700hrs - mild, showery, sw 3 - An early start this morning and after checking the lakes, where just the usual wildfowl, decided on a one hour viz mig from the aerial ramp, after all it is October, and pretty decent it was too with the following heading south into a light wind: 23 Skylarks, 15 Swallows, two House Martins, 125 Mipits, 12 alba wagtails, four Blackbirds, 40 Starlings, 45 Chaffinches, 16 Greenfinches, 72 Goldfinches, 105 Linnets, six Reed Buntings and singles of Rock Pipit and Yellow Wagtail. Also noted three Marsh Harriers, two Buzzards and five Kestrels behind the `mirrors`.