Stainburn Moor... a quick visit! 04-11-2009

Stainburn Moor, Harrogate (N Yorks, England)
Wednesday 4 November 2009
Counting period: 6:55-7:34
Weather: WSW 3-4 6 oktas showers becoming heavy. Visibility- 15+ KM to E, 5 to West
Observers: A Hanby


Moving Birds:
Greylag Goose 27 -
Starling 15 -
Canada Goose 5 -
Chaffinch 43 -
Common Gull 4 -
Brambling 2 -
Woodpigeon 715 -
finch sp. 15 -
Meadow Pipit 26 -
Greenfinch 5 -
alba wagtail sp. 1 -
Goldfinch 4 -
Fieldfare 718 -
Linnet 2 -
Redwing 123 -

Totals: 1705 individuals, 15 species, 0:39 hours

Present: Golden Plover 50, Lapwing 250, Blackbird 2, Jackdaw 255, Rook 40

Comments: A quick look before work revealed a relatively heavy movement, but the need to earn a living and heavier rain forced me to leave earlier than I would have liked. Most stuff moving due South. 3000 plus small gulls headed N for Leeds direction- not in totals.

Andy Hanby