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

Caldene Fields, Low Moor.... 04-10-2009

Caldene Fields, Bradford (W Yorks, England)
Sunday 4 October 2009
Counting period: Not declared
Weather: Dry with a F1 W wind and 25% heavy dark cloud moving in from the W/S/W Temp 8c
Observers: Martyn Priestley


Moving Birds:

Black-headed Gull 17 -
Meadow Pipit 37 -
Chaffinch 2 -
Common Gull 4 -
alba wagtail sp. - 3
Greenfinch 214 -
Lesser Black-backed Gull 2 -
Song Thrush 4 -
Goldfinch 16 -
Great Black-backed Gull 5 -
Redwing - 2
Reed Bunting - 1
Swallow - 3
Carrion Crow 22 -
House Martin 42 -
Starling 22 -

Totals: 396 individuals, 16 species, 0:00 hours

Comments: An excellent movement of Greenfinch noted here today. They were moving on a broad front from N/W through to S/W and some birds were flying quite high. The largest single party was 21.


Martyn Priestley

Ogden, Queensbury... 04-10-2009

Ogden, Queensbury (W Yorks, England)
Sunday 4 October 2009
Counting period: 7:45-10:45
Weather: WNW>4 Blue skies and sunshine with heavy showers
Observers: Brian Sumner

Moving Birds:

Common Snipe 9 -
Fieldfare - 4
Woodpigeon 11 -
Mistle Thrush 12 -
Great Spotted Woodpecker 3 -
Chaffinch 146 -
Swallow 6 -
Greenfinch 32 -
House Martin 1 -
Siskin 17 -
Meadow Pipit 480 -
Linnet 11 -
Grey Wagtail 4 -
Reed Bunting 1 -
alba wagtail sp. 18 -

Totals: 755 individuals, 15 species, 3:00 hours

Present: Grey Heron 1, Black-headed Gull 23, Common Gull 8, Lesser Black-backed Gull 2

Comments: Quiet to start with then things got moving. Main movers were Finches but the highlight was 4 Fieldfare >N. Most of the movement was W apart from Swallows, House Martin and Wagtails which were S or SW. Three Gt Spotted Woodpeckers very high and >W was unusual.


Brian Sumner

Stainburn Moor, Harrogate... 04-10-2009

Stainburn Moor, Harrogate (N Yorks, England)
Sunday 4 October 2009
Counting period: 7:15-11:00
Weather: WNW 3 rising 4 and oktas 5. Cool . 2/8 cloud.
Observers: A Hanby

Moving Birds:

Cormorant 11 -
Woodpigeon 16 -
Chaffinch 9 -
Greylag Goose 3 -
Skylark 18 -
finch sp. 56 -
Mallard 3 -
Swallow 14 -
Greenfinch 12 -
Ringed Plover 1 -
Meadow Pipit 384 -
Goldfinch 25 -
Golden Plover 183
alba wagtail sp. 10 -
Siskin 34 -
Common Snipe 8 -
Song Thrush 4 -
Linnet 145 -
Black-headed Gull 1 -
Mistle Thrush 3 -
Lesser Redpoll 6 -
Common Gull - 9
Jay 4 -
Crossbill 29 -
Lesser Black-backed Gull 11
Jackdaw 8 -
Reed Bunting 1 -
Great Black-backed Gull - 1
Starling - 5

Totals: 1014 individuals, 29 species, 3:45 hours

Present: Mallard 25, Red Kite 3, Common Buzzard 1, Kestrel 1, Golden Plover 390, Lapwing 200, Stock Dove 2, Skylark 6, Coal Tit 3, Magpie 8, Rook 4, Carrion Crow 30, Starling 220, Reed Bunting 5

Comments: Interesting and varied morning. Birds picked after c0800 then the passage died rather abruptly at c10.30 hrs


Counting period: 14:40-15:50
Weather: WNW 4 cool. 1/8 cloud; rain over high moors to NW. Visibility good
Observers: Andy Hanby


Moving Birds:

Merlin 1 -
Woodpigeon 7 -
Black-headed Gull 4 -
Swallow 6 -
Common Gull 12 -
Meadow Pipit 3 -
Lesser Black-backed Gull 8 -
Siskin 2 -
Herring Gull 20 -
Linnet - 5

Totals: 68 individuals, 10 species, 1:10 hours

Present: Sparrowhawk 2, Common Buzzard 1, Peregrine 1

Comments: Largest movement of Herring gulls of the autumn, with the totals being made up of a flock of 15 a flock of 1 and a single bird.


Andy Hanby