My 12/10/13 Slimbridge WWT sightings. REDWING CENTRAL.

When getting to Slimbridge WWT at around 10:00 the mass of redwing was apparent as over a hundred birds flew over as soon as I got out of the car and went to the entrance.
Then, while I was waiting with a warden he said that there had already been 1000s of redwing flying over since 8:00. At least 400+ flew over when we headed off to a hide where we were making a fence out of willow for the small garden birds which feed at the feeders.

My Sightings
Vis Mis flying over (10:00- 12:30)

• 30+ meadow pipits
• 20+ pied wagtails although at least 70 were sighted between 8:00 and 12:00
• 5 skylarks
• 5 grey wagtails
• 1 mistle thrush
• 7 Golden plover- flew north together
• 1000+ REDWING
• 6 Siskens- 2 individuals alone and 4 with a redwing flock
• 1 Snipe- in with a redwing flock

A Look around the hides

• 100+ feral barnacle geese
• The White fronted geese
• 100+ wigeons
• 30+ teals
• 20+ pintails
• 5 shovelers
• Morhens
• Greylag geese
• 10+ shelducks
• Corvids
• Long tailed tits
• Great tits
• Blue tits
• Chaffinches

Afternoon vis mis between 13:30- 14:00

• 800+ REDWING- including 2 or 3 flocks of 100
• 10 FIELDFARES- together in a flock of redwing
• 1 Snipe- few alone south quite slowly.

The Wardens sightings

• An amazing total of 17,180 Redwing between 8:00 and 12:00 before it came out sunny when the migrating redwings would fly thousands of metres high up compared to when it was rainy with low cloud as they were sighted much lower. Also a few song thrushes, 300+ fieldfares and around 50+ siskins.