Oxenhope... poor visibility on THE day 18-10-2009
Problems uploading pre and post sunrise skies... to be added later
Open sky to the north west briefly (c) 2009
Deep haze with abysmal visibility (c) 2009
Rain coming over from Lancashire and lenticularis forming (c) 2009
High Greylags SW and E (c) 2009
High Canadas east (c) 2009
Oxenhope, Bradford (W Yorks, England)
Sunday 18 October 2009
Counting period: 7:15-13:00
Weather (first period): SSW F1, 5degC, 30km haze increasing, 9/8, QNH 1023 falling
Observers (first period): Dave Barker, Howard Creber
Moving birds:
Cormorant 1 -
Stock Dove 2 -
Jackdaw 106 -
Pink-footed Goose - 94
Woodpigeon 151 -
Carrion Crow 2 + 3
Greylag Goose 23 -
Skylark - 32
Starling - 1084
Canada Goose 26 -
Swallow 1 -
Chaffinch 49 -
Mallard 3 -
Meadow Pipit 25 -
Brambling - 3
Golden Plover 24 -
alba wagtail sp. 10 -
finch sp. 19 -
Lapwing - 2
Stonechat 3 -
Greenfinch 208 -
Dunlin 1 -
Fieldfare - 1576
Goldfinch 15 -
Common Snipe 14 -
Song Thrush - 7
Siskin 17 -
Black-headed Gull 327 -
Redwing - 789
Linnet 6 -
Common Gull 68 -
Mistle Thrush - 3
Reed Bunting 2 -
Lesser Black-backed Gull 7 -
Jay 2 -
Herring Gull 1 -
Magpie 6 -
Totals: 4712 individuals, 37 species, 5:45 hours
Comments: 0715-0737hr No Count.; ....0737 - 0837hr a slow start with deep haze producing abysmal visibility in the hills, crashing hopes of a good day.; ....0837 - 0937hr. Things getting worse with haze closing in reducing effective vision.; ...0937 - 1037hr an unremarkable period except for the high numbers of Greenfinch and a single string of Magpies going high south.; ....1037 - 1137hr visibility improving and thus the birds but still quite unremarkable. A trickle of high geese passing with Canadas east, Greylags south west and pinks north west.; ....1137 - 1300hr birds still moving so stayed on to count. A skein of pinks went high NW and Skylark picked up dramatically. As yesterday Starling continued to increase. Definately an improving morning following a poor start but by 1237hr the increasing wind was beginning to dampen things down.
Dave
Open sky to the north west briefly (c) 2009
Deep haze with abysmal visibility (c) 2009
Rain coming over from Lancashire and lenticularis forming (c) 2009
High Greylags SW and E (c) 2009
High Canadas east (c) 2009
Oxenhope, Bradford (W Yorks, England)
Sunday 18 October 2009
Counting period: 7:15-13:00
Weather (first period): SSW F1, 5degC, 30km haze increasing, 9/8, QNH 1023 falling
Observers (first period): Dave Barker, Howard Creber
Moving birds:
Cormorant 1 -
Stock Dove 2 -
Jackdaw 106 -
Pink-footed Goose - 94
Woodpigeon 151 -
Carrion Crow 2 + 3
Greylag Goose 23 -
Skylark - 32
Starling - 1084
Canada Goose 26 -
Swallow 1 -
Chaffinch 49 -
Mallard 3 -
Meadow Pipit 25 -
Brambling - 3
Golden Plover 24 -
alba wagtail sp. 10 -
finch sp. 19 -
Lapwing - 2
Stonechat 3 -
Greenfinch 208 -
Dunlin 1 -
Fieldfare - 1576
Goldfinch 15 -
Common Snipe 14 -
Song Thrush - 7
Siskin 17 -
Black-headed Gull 327 -
Redwing - 789
Linnet 6 -
Common Gull 68 -
Mistle Thrush - 3
Reed Bunting 2 -
Lesser Black-backed Gull 7 -
Jay 2 -
Herring Gull 1 -
Magpie 6 -
Totals: 4712 individuals, 37 species, 5:45 hours
Comments: 0715-0737hr No Count.; ....0737 - 0837hr a slow start with deep haze producing abysmal visibility in the hills, crashing hopes of a good day.; ....0837 - 0937hr. Things getting worse with haze closing in reducing effective vision.; ...0937 - 1037hr an unremarkable period except for the high numbers of Greenfinch and a single string of Magpies going high south.; ....1037 - 1137hr visibility improving and thus the birds but still quite unremarkable. A trickle of high geese passing with Canadas east, Greylags south west and pinks north west.; ....1137 - 1300hr birds still moving so stayed on to count. A skein of pinks went high NW and Skylark picked up dramatically. As yesterday Starling continued to increase. Definately an improving morning following a poor start but by 1237hr the increasing wind was beginning to dampen things down.
Dave
posted by Dave Barker at
10/18/2009 03:59:00 pm
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