Stainburn Moor, Harrogate... 13-03-2010

Stainburn Moor, Harrogate (N Yorks, England)
Saturday 13 March 2010
Counting period: 6:30-11:35
Weather: 1c rising to 8 later 1/8 cloud, 5/8 later. Wind WSW veering wnw 2-3. Visibility good then moderate to poor then becoming good again
Observers: Andrew Hanby, John Blacker.

Moving Birds:
Cormorant - 1
Black-headed Gull - 1
Chaffinch - 30
Greylag Goose 2 -
Lesser Black-backed Gull - 3
Brambling - 1
Canada Goose - 1
Collared Dove - 1
Greenfinch - 5
Common Buzzard - 3
Skylark - 16
Goldfinch - 30
Peregrine 1 -
Meadow Pipit - 10
Siskin - 4
Golden Plover - 17
alba wagtail sp. - 2
Linnet - 4
Curlew - 16
Jackdaw - 7

Totals: 155 individuals, 20 species, 5:05 hours

Present: Red Kite 7, Sparrowhawk 1, Common Buzzard 1, Kestrel 2, Oystercatcher 2, Lapwing 35, Curlew 12, Common Gull 235, Stock Dove 4, Woodpigeon 35, Dunnock 2, Blackbird 2, Blue Tit 3, Great Tit 1, Jackdaw 3, Carrion Crow 25, Raven 1

Comments: A slow but mildly interesting day. Most Birds moving W or WNW. The Peregrine was a female moving WSW and clearly different to the last bird here. Three buzzards moved N. Again no geese for us.

Andy and John