Wycoller Ark... anticipation lingers! 26-10-2009

The Ark... looking SE towards Sentry (c) 2009


Wycoller... looking south (c) 2009

Wycoller Ark, Trawden (Lancashire, England)
Monday 26 October 2009
Counting period: 7:45-11:15
Weather: WNW F3 moderating CALM, 10degC, light drizzle at times, 8/8 stratus fractus / fog stratus, QNH 1011 rising 1017
Observers: Howard Creber

Moving birds:
Black-headed Gull - 67
alba wagtail sp. - 2
Greenfinch 9 -
Common Gull - 8
Fieldfare 2 -
Goldfinch 15 -
Lesser Black-backed Gull - 4
Redwing - 58
Siskin 10 -
Woodpigeon - 60
Jackdaw - 40
Linnet 1 -
Skylark 6 -
Starling - 152
Reed Bunting 2 -
Meadow Pipit 15 -
Chaffinch 13 -

Totals: 464 individuals, 17 species, 3:30 hours

Comments: Bowland Fells in view and also Sentry, though murky at times to the SE. Light drizzle at times. Another lack lustre day here at the Ark - nothing yet to enthuse about. Lull before the storm ? - roll on those Fieldfares !!!

Howard Creber