Oxenhope 02-10-2008

Ingleborough at Dawn.... Mist filling the Aire Gap (c) 2008

Sky to the NE before Sunrise (c) 2008

Flasby Fells with mist rising beyond (c) 2008

CuNim tops over the Irish Sea! (c) 2008

Oxenhope, Bradford, W. Yorks.
0700 - 0945hr DB/HC

WNW F2, 3.4degC almost a frost! rising 7, 65km, 3/8 open sky overhead, CuNim approacing from over the Irish Sea, deep stratus withdrawing over the North Sea, QNH 999 rising 1000.

Despite conditions looking good there was very little moving in the sky here at all! Perhaps sky a little too open and a tad too cold? Almost more aeroplanes than birds! Mipits were mainly just in ones and twos and despite constant scanning with the hope of at least Pinks and possible Barnacles, no geese were seen at all. After reading your post Mavis re all the pinks comming our way over Darwen this morning, maybe just maybe we diddent stay long enough?

Moving Birds in order of appearance:

Meadow Pipit 101 > S and W
LBB Gull 4 > S
Redpoll 5 > W
Grey Wagtail 4 > W
Reed Bunting 1 > W
GS Woodpecker 1 > S
Cormorant 1 > SW
Linnet 1 > W
Snipe 1 > W

Dave

Base Camp today! here are the chairs behind the wall Tim (c) 2008