Oxenhope Watchpoint 11-10-2007

Thursdays Report

Lateral visibility not very good today - could just make out Manningham Mills chimney stack. Better visibility above - Altocumulus lenticularis & Cirrus undulatus. F4 westerly becoming F5. West of the Pennines looked very dark.

 

Birding was rather tedious today - needed some of Brian`s coffee to perk me up ! It is fair to say that we are now having the last vestiges of Mipit movement - very weak and well spread out. Good views of Fieldfares this morning - 9 on wires above the buildings before moving off west.

 

Observation period - 07.00 to 10.00 hrs.

 

Mipits - 42 > S

Alba Wag - 7 > W

Fieldfare  - 9 > W      

Redwing - 47 > W

Chaffinch - 18 > W

Starling - 44 > W

Woodpigeon - 34 > SE

Lapwing - 42 > NW

Stockdove - 1 > W

 

Others :-

 

Greenfinch - 14 blogging

Goldfinch - 12 blogging

Jackdaw - 15 blogging

LLB - 34 coming into res

BH - 4 coming into res

Goosander - 25 left res first thing.  

 

Cheers

 

Howard.