Another intensive morning
of visible passerine migration. Unfortunately rainshowers started
already around 10:30 a.m, and this took the chance to get very high
numbers. Despite the rainy conditions since late morning, it has been
another day with over 100, 000 migrants.
Most of the migrants has
been passerines - daily total: 127, 000. Among indentified passerines
- Chaffinches/ metsvint (Fringilla coelebs) 49 800m and
today already remarkable numbers of Bramblings/ põhjavint
(Fringilla montifringilla) - 12 900m while numbers of Siskins/
siisike (Carduelis spinus) has been decreased down to 4 450.
Pigeons are about to
reach culmination of main migration - Wood Pigeon/ kaelustuvi
(Columba palumbus) - 4 630m (new record for the autumn season)
and also good day for Stock Dove/ õõnetuvi (Columba
oenas) - 76m. Raptors had due to bad weather movement only for
first two hours in the morning, but still one of the best days for
Sparrowhawk/ raudkull (Accipiter nisus) - 172m and
Merlin/ väikepistrik (Falco columbarius) - 6m.
Local birds included
today 2 Honey Buzzards/ herilaseviu (Pernis apivorus)
and 1 Greenshank/ heletilder (Tringa nebularia) at the harbour.
/T.V./
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| Mixed flock of passerines consisting mostly Chaffinches and Bramblings. Photo by Tarvo Valker |
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| "Cloud" of migrating Wood Pigeons. Photo by Tarvo Valker |
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