Hunter Hill, Calderdale... 13-10-2010

Cold Edge, Halifax (W Yorks, England)
Wednesday 13 October 2010
Counting period: 7:40-10:40
Weather: Wind NE F1 then F0 very calm. 6c to 7.5c. Visibility not brilliant with a grey haze and low cloud gradually breaking up to reveal some welcome warm sunshine!
Observers: David Sutcliffe

Moving birds:
Cormorant 1 -
Collared Dove 3 -
Chaffinch - 66
Mallard 1 -
Meadow Pipit 23 + 42
Brambling - 3
Golden Plover 1 -
Fieldfare - 28
finch sp. 5 -
Common Snipe - 2
Redwing 15 + 24
Siskin - 7
Black-headed Gull 12 -
Jackdaw - 3
Linnet - 1
Common Gull 3 -
Carrion Crow - 5
Bullfinch 3 -
Woodpigeon 26 + 38
Starling - 11

Totals: 323 individuals, 20 species, 3:00 hours

Present: Grey Heron 1, Goosander 20, Little Owl 3, Green Woodpecker 2, Jay 2, Magpie 6, Jackdaw 18, Carrion Crow 15

Comments: Hunter Hill - unusually for this site most movers were coming from the S S/E and due to the haze they were difficult to pick up at any distance. Also a suspiscion that some of the finch flocks were high and out of sight (?)

David Sutcliffe