Oxenhope... further reduction! 19-10-2009

Sunrise today!!! a none event (c) 2009


Stratus nebulosus translucidus with lower fractus (c) 2009


The "environs" of the watchpoint! (c) 2009


Oxenhope, Bradford (W Yorks, England)
Monday 19 October 2009
Counting period: 7:15-12:00
Weather: SSW F4 rising F5, 8degC, 10km (deep haze) increasing 20km, recent light rain, 9/8 complex sky, QNH 1011 falling
Observers: Dave Barker, Howard Creber


Moving Birds:
Cormorant 2 -
Herring Gull 4 -
Redwing 240 -
Goosander 3 -
Woodpigeon 5 -
Starling - 594
Lapwing 3 -
Meadow Pipit 26 -
Chaffinch 18 -
Black-headed Gull 57 -
alba wagtail sp. 7 -
Brambling 2 -
Common Gull 7 -
Fieldfare 661 -
Greenfinch 23 -
Lesser Black-backed Gull 2 -
Song Thrush 1 -
Goldfinch 2 -

Totals: 1657 individuals, 18 species, 4:45 hours

Present: Willow Warbler 1

Comments: Not a good morning to observe the vis due to poor weather conditions. Again a reduction of apparent numbers on the move. All thrushes going west today. The only birds with a northerly movement component being Starlings just as usual.

Dave