Caldene Fields Watchpoint 09-11-2008

A Remarkable day at Caldene Fields Watchpoint, Low Moor, Bradford!!!!

9th November 08 Watch 07.15 – 10.15
Weather: A dry cold start with only 20% thin cloud cover to the S/E and F3/4 S/W wind. A drop in temp to 3c. These conditions gave remarkable visibility to well beyond 11 miles. Conditions remained stable until around 09.00 when cloud increased from the S/W to 40% cloud cover reducing to 11 miles.

Comments: These remarkable conditions allowed good views of the 13 turbines at Royds Moor wind farm at Penistone South Yorkshire ! With these conditions several excellent movements were noted today. Woodies were seen moving N, an excellent passage of Golden Plover, a very good count of Greenfinch to the S/W, Pink Feet were moving and a single Shelduck flew S.

A break down of the times of the main movements

07.23 Wood Pigeon in one party over Gomersal area = 800 N
08.10 Pink Footed Goose S/E over Middlestown area = 150+
08.25 Pink Footed Goose E over Middlestown area = 700 +
09.57 Golden Plover S over Bierley /Cleckheaton area = 209
10.05 Golden Plover S over Bierley /Cleckheaton area = 223

Pink footed Goose > 850 + E/S/E
Mallard > 2 S + 4 W = 4
Shelduck > 1 S/W
Black Headed Gull > 129 S/S/W
Common Gull > 11 S/S/W
Golden Plover > 432 S
Lapwing > 9 S
Wood Pigeon > 51 S + 1,074 N
Stock Dove > 3 N
Alba Wagtail > 6 W + 3 S = 9
Starling > 43 W + 17 S/W = 60
Fieldfare > 182 W/S/W
Redwing > 91 S/S/E
Blackbird > 2 SW
Carrion Crow > 2 W + 8 = 10
Meadow Pipit > 2 S
Greenfinch > 89 S/W
Chaffinch > 3 S + 5 W = 8
Goldfinch > 2 S + 11 W = 13
Redpoll > 2 S

Martyn Priestley