Caldene Fields Watchpoint 04-11-2007

Caldene Fields Watchpoint, Low Moor, Bradford

 

4^th November 07  06.45 – 9.30am

Weather:  A dry cold morning with 30% thin cloud increasing to 60% to the east around 8.00, with ground mist again to the east.  No wind direction noted. Visibility was good down to 2 mile. Temp 2c.

 

Comments: A brilliant morning !!!.  Following a drop in the overnight temperature Woodies were on the move south in unprecedented numbers.  The movement was on a broad front with the largest parties moving to the east of the watchpoint.  The movement started around 7.00 till 9.00 with the biggest pushes between 8.00 and 8.45.  A break down of the counts included 1 vast party of 600, 8 at 200+, 12 at 100+ and 15 at 50+.  I strongly believe that my count was a taste of the real push of Woodies and through the South Bradford area as distant parties to the east appeared as as moving blobs in the mist and were not counted.

 

Cormorant > 1 N

Greylag Goose 1> N

Lapwing > 3 N

Black Headed Gull >31 S

Common Gull  > 2 S

Sparrow Hawk > 1 S

Wood Pigeon > 50N/W + 5,026 > S total = 5,076 (A Watchpoint record)

Stockdove > 2S

Meadow Pipit > 1S

Alba Wagtail >  8 N/W

Blackbird > 2 S/W

Redwing > 4 N

Fieldfare > 72 W/S/W

Starling > 226 N/W

Jackdaw > 1 S

Carrion Crow > 3S + 3 N/W

Chaffinch >33 N/W + 2 S

Greenfinch > 37 W/N/W

Goldfinch > 2S + 1 N/W

Siskin > 2 S

 

Martyn Priestley