Eakring Birds
Species migration 1998-2010
 
Wood Pigeon
Largest movements have always followed nights with an overnight frost. Movements usually short-lived and often over within two hours of sunrise. Subsequent site counts have never come close to those achieved in late October and early November 1998, a period which produced the largest single Wood Pigeon movement of 5 168 south on November 1st.
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Combined monthly migration totals per year
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Annual/monthly migration totals (numerical)
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Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec   Total
                             
1998                   5 212 5 618     10 830
1999     40 15           1 397 3 499     4 951
2000     171 44           242 3 237 59   3 753
2001     103 32           1 367 4 303     5 805
2002     166             65 631     ...863
2003                     280 1 406   1 686
2004     37 21           457 99 83   ...697
2005     42 9           89 111 15   ...266
2006   15 108 133           77 1 114 25   1 472
2007   25 44             508 650     1 227
2008   80 173             2 631 314     3 198
2009     40 12           1 016 6 889     7 957
2010 194   124 73           574 1 797 320   3 082
     
Annual/monthly migration totals
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