Stainburn Moor, Harrogate... slow and steady! 10-04-2010

Stainburn Moor, Harrogate (N Yorks, England)
Saturday 10 April 2010
Counting period: 6:20-11:20
Weather: 5c rising to 16c. 3/8 cloud haze, visibility 3 miles.
Observers: Andrew Hanby, John Blacker


Moving Birds:
Cormorant 1 -
Lesser Black-backed Gull - 3
Fieldfare 126 -
Grey Heron - 1
Woodpigeon 30 + 110
Willow Warbler - 2
Cygnus sp. - 1
Skylark - 1 Jay - 3
Goosander - 3
Sand Martin - 1
Starling - 2
Lapwing - 5
Meadow Pipit 3 + 212
finch sp. - 10
Black-headed Gull - 5
alba wagtail sp. - 2
Lesser Redpoll - 2
Common Gull 1 -
Blackbird - 1

Totals: 525 individuals, 20 species, 5:00 hours

Present: Red Kite 1, Sparrowhawk 2, Common Buzzard 6, Kestrel 1, Golden Plover 450, Lapwing 8, Stock Dove 6, Skylark 8, Swallow 3, Meadow Pipit 4, alba wagtail sp. 3, Dunnock 1, Blackbird 2, Mistle Thrush 1, Great Tit 2, Jackdaw 6, Rook 35, Carrion Crow 6, Starling 8, Chaffinch 3

Comments: Slow and steady today with the highlights being 2 Willow Warblers WNW along the hedge and 3 single Jays WNW. Mipits very slow with the biggest parties a 15and a 21 in the last hour but few birds between these parties. The Fieldfare were generally drifting ESE.

Andy and John