Oxenhope 21-11-2008

Dawn today (c) 2008
















Cirrostratus.... looking east (c) 2008

Cirrostratus looking north-east (c) 2008

0745 - 0945 DB/HC

NNW F4 rising F5 gusting F7, 4degC falling, 20 - 65km, 4/8 reducing 2/8 cirrostratus, QNH 1013 rising 1015.

A bitter cold morning with no shelter at all from the icy winds especially before the sun broke through. All of the birds in the sky were very low with the few Starlings still moving really hugging the contours! Conditions not condusive to observing migration and time spent sweeping the totally empty skys would have ment ground huggers lost!! Scope, wind blown over, just caught in the nick of time!!!

Moving birds in order of appearance:

Starling 61 > SW + 6 > NW = 66

Woodpigeon 26 > W + 2 > E = 28

Common Gull 4 > N

Dave