Friday, October 12, 2007

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.