Migration update

mon 4th April 16              morning               mid section

mostly cloudy,  9-11°c,   1001 mb,  SW 3-1 mph

Hardly any breeze gave a strange still feeling to the day. Good numbers of chiffchaff again and two singing blackcap. Two ring neck parakeet heard calling from Tettenhall Ridge area eventually picked up flying north over Station Paddock. Last bird seen today was a grey heron flying north over Tettenhall Rd. After  none seen for ages, this is the second in a week.

Grey Heron	1 >> N over	Meadow View
Canada Goose	8 >> NE over	Barleyfield
Mallard	1♂	Wetlands
Buzzard	1 over	Valley
Moorhen	2	Wetlands
Ring Necked Parakeet	2 >> N over	Station Paddock
Wren	10 singing	mid section
Dunnock	5 singing	mid section
Robin	8 singing	mid section
Blackbird	4 singing	mid section
Song Thrush	2 singing	Barleyfield
Blackcap	2 singing	The Paddock
Chiffchaff	8 singing	mid section
Long Tailed Tit	pair	Annex Barleyfield
Coal Tit	1	Station Paddock
Great Tit	4 singing	mid section
Chaffinch	1 singing	The Paddock
Greenfinch	1 singing	Meadow View
Bullfinch	pair	Station Paddock