Stainburn Moor, Harrogate... 28-08-2010

Stainburn Moor, Harrogate (N Yorks, England)
Saturday 28 August 2010
Counting period: 6:00-10:16
Weather: 2/8 cloud -- 6/8 cloud NW 2-3 cold. A few spots of rain shorlty after I stopped.
Observers: A Hanby


Moving birds:
Cormorant - 1
Swallow - 235
Magpie 2 -
Grey Heron 1 -
House Martin - 1
Starling - 517
Greylag Goose 6 -
Tree Pipit 1 -
Chaffinch - 4
Common Snipe - 22
Meadow Pipit 53 -
finch sp. 4 -
Black-headed Gull - 52
flava wagtail sp. 4 -
Greenfinch - 3
Common Gull - 176
alba wagtail sp. 10 -
Goldfinch - 22
Lesser Black-backed Gull 2 -
Whinchat - 2
Linnet - 5
Stock Dove - 40
Wheatear - 2
Woodpigeon - 53
Mistle Thrush - 25

Totals: 1243 individuals, 25 species, 4:16 hours

Present: Red Kite 6, Sparrowhawk 3, Common Buzzard 3, Kestrel 1, Golden Plover 80, Lapwing 300, Curlew 7, Black-headed Gull 25, Common Gull 460, Woodpigeon 20, Collared Dove 2, Skylark 1, flava wagtail sp. 2, Dunnock 1, Jackdaw 80, Rook 100, Carrion Crow 15, Goldfinch 3

Comments: The most notable things were 1) the movements of snipe ( largest flock 14) and the bizarre unseasonable movement of Stock Doves) . Largest flocks were 4 , but mostly moving as 1s and 2s. Movement otherwise good and steady but dying pretty swiftly around 1000hrs. The majority of birds were moving pretty much West- those marginally to N of that so put in as N those marginally with a south vector put as South. The chats were moving in the same vector as the other stuff but stopped for a while on the fence lines before continuing.

Andy Hanby