Ogden, Queensbury... miserable morning! 25-10-2009

Ogden, Queensbury (W Yorks, England)
Sunday 25 October 2009
Counting period: 7:15-10:00
Weather: Strong SW > F6 Continuous horizontal drizzle showers and rain throughout the watch
Observers: Brian Sumner


Moving birds:
Cormorant 2 -
Redwing 18 -
Whooper Swan 2 -
Starling - 28
Black-headed Gull 13 -
Chaffinch 8 -
Fieldfare 2 -

Totals: 73 individuals, 7 species, 2:45 hours

Comments: A real miserable morning with the heavy drizzle being blown across from the west. Very little movement, even the Starlings were keeping their heads down, just 2 squadrons > NW skimming the heather. 2 Whoopers came up over the moor from a local reservoir and headed off > SE during a brief dry period.

Brian Sumner