Oxenhope... the calm after the storm! 04-10-2009

Sunrise this Morning.... Drax Powerstation at 65km distant and the Humber Bridge at 100km!! (c) 2009


Virga at Sunrise (c) 2009



Pinkies South over Speak!! (c) 2009

Cirrus fibratus... looking NE (c) 2009

Sun Dog in the South (c) 2009

Cirro sp Prevail (c) 2009

Oxenhope, Bradford (W Yorks, England)
Sunday 4 October 2009
Counting period: 7:00-12:00
Weather: W F3, 7degC, 100km+ reducing 65km, 5/8 open to east, QNH 1007 rising 1010.
Observers: Dave Barker, Howard Creber, Chris King.


Moving Birds:
Cormorant 1 -
Lesser Black-backed Gull 3 -
Jackdaw 2 -
Grey Heron 1 -
Stock Dove 2 -
Carrion Crow 15 -
Pink-footed Goose 29 -
Skylark 11 -
Raven 2 -
Greylag Goose 3 -
Swallow 1 -
Chaffinch 2 -
Mallard 4 -
House Martin 1 -
Greenfinch 33 -
Goosander 1 -
Meadow Pipit 1594 -
Goldfinch 63 -
Golden Plover 44 -
alba wagtail sp. 2 -
Siskin 46 -
Lapwing 8 -
Wheatear 2 -
Reed Bunting 3 -
Common Snipe 20 -
Mistle Thrush 10 -
Black-headed Gull 5 -
Magpie 11 -

Totals: 1919 individuals, 28 species, 5:00 hours

Present: Chiffchaff 1, Great Tit 1

Comments: The calm after the storm! Many birds in the sky and on the move. A bit quite initially but soon got going with a moderately high mipit count with birds moving thinly all morning on a broad front and mainly south. Following the increasing Greenfinch and Chaffinch counts over the last few days (Saturday excepted) only a few passed this way this morning! Interesting was an apparent move of Magpies with a group of seven going south along with several singles spread over the morning. Gulls with the exception of the breaking roost seem to have moved through now with a continuing dearth today. Pinkfooted goose skeins were noted going SW: 19 > @ 0745 and 10 > @ 0905.

Dave