The South Livingstone Raptor Count for the fall migration of 2007 has now begun. First official day of counting began on 25th August 2007. Follow the daily movement of raptors on this blog updated daily by Peter Sherrington.

Wednesday, November 14, 2007

November 14 [Day 78] A cloudless sky until 1030 dropped the temperature to -7C and with WNW to NW winds gusting to 50 km/h it felt a little chilly. After 1030 it progressively clouded over with cirrus, cirrostratus and altostratus, finally developing a Chinook Arch after 1600 as winds shifted to westerly and the temperature rose to -3C. The first raptor migrants were 2 Northern Goshawks at 1056 that raised the seasonal total above the 154 counted last year, and movement was subsequently slow only increasing between 1500 and 1600 when 8 of the day’s 22 migrants moved. The last bird of the day was a female grey morph Gyrfalcon at 1554, bringing the seasonal species total to 9. Passerine movement was steady to mid-afternoon and comprised 25 Snow Buntings, 207 grey-crowned Rosy Finches, 8 Pine Grosbeaks and 132 Common Redpolls. 10.33 hours (859.32) BAEA 11 (531), NOGO 3 (156), GOEA 7 (5381), GYRF 1 (9) TOTAL 22 (8031)

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