Oxenhope 29-09-2008

Dawn This Morning (c) 2008

Sunrise This Morning (c) 2008

Sky to the East.... Drax (Upper Humber) (c) 2008

Impending Rain from the West (c) 2008

Snipe Going West (c) 2008

0710 - 1030hr DB/HC
WF4 rising W F5, 7.5degC rising 12, 65km haze, 1/8 variable to 4/8, QNH 1017 falling.

A cool fresh morning with very few birds on the move. Sky always clear out to the east but frequent rain squalls encroacing from the west. Large numbers of blogging mipits seen again above the fields and in-bye to the north. Despite constant scanning with bins and scope, no Pink Feet could be located this morning.

Moving birds in order of appearance:

Meadow Pipit 106 > S
alba wagtail 7 > SW
Reed Bunting 1 > W
Greenfinch 5 > W
Redpoll 1 > W
Carrion Crow 6 > E
Stonechat 4
Starling 4 > SE
Snipe 6 > W
Hobby 1 > S
Swallow 2 > S

Dave

Montage.... A Snipe Overhead (c) 2008

Typical Party of Snipe Going West (c) 2008

Caldene Fields Watchpoint 29-09-2008

Caldene Fields Watchpoint

29th September 08 Watch 07.00 – 08.30
Weather: A fine dry morning with long sunny spells and a F2 W wind with gust to F3. 25% high cloud cover mainly to the S/E with a Temp of 8c.

Comments: A watch that produced no really large movements, although Mipits were trickling through. A single party of Pink Feet was seen moving at distance to the S/E of the watchpoint. A single Redwing the second September record here for me was the main highlight which coincided with a trickle of Mistle Thrush, both species moving N/W

Pink Footed Geese > 150+ S/E
Mallard >2 W
Black Headed Gull >13 S/S/W
Snipe >1 N/W
Meadow Pipit > 78 S
Alba Wagtail > 18 S + 6 W/N/W =24
Redwing > 1 N/W
Mistle Thrush 5 N/W
Collard Dove > 2 S
Starling > 3 S/W
Swallow 1 N + 5 S/W = 6
Jackdaw > 8 N/W
Chaffinch > 6 S/S/W
Greenfinch > 13 S/W
Goldfinch > 15 N/W

Martyn