After just over an hour, the count had reached 1 000, but a massive increase in birds between 08:25h and 08:35h produced a count of just over 1 300. Fieldfare were still going through during the following hour, but the numbers dropped over that time, before another wave of birds began pouring through low. 09:45-10:30h produced another 1 747 Fieldfare, with the final total being 5 275 for the morning.

The movement came as no real surprise given the favourable conditions today. Large numbers of Fieldfare were reported moving through various sites across the UK yesterday afternoon and it seems that more birds arrived overnight via the UK's east coast. Most of the birds moving through this morning were all low and there was evidence by the way the birds were flying, to suggest that some had only just set off soon after first light.

Other migrants included 13 Brambling west and 401 Wood Pigeon south-west, but the best bird was the first Dunlin here since 2003, that flew high north-east over Penny Pasture Common at 09:00h. 27 Teal were at Eakring Meadows.

Other totals on what eventually proved a quiet morning were 97 Fieldfare south-west and north-west, eight Redwing south-west, 20 Chaffinch west and a Brambling again proved very elusive in the Eakring Flash area. Nine Siskin south-west represents the highest count of the Autumn so far and three Lesser Redpoll were at Eakring Flash briefly. A Common Buzzard was at Lound Wood and unusual were the nine Jackdaw south-west.

Note: Although the area has a good Jackdaw population, birds have never passed through as purposefully as these birds.