Oxenhope... still waiting! 28-10-2010

Pre sunrise.... (c) 2010


Pre surise to the E.... (c) 2010


Deep cloud to the E, with first sun showing... (c) 2010

Air France Airbus A380... stateside bound!... (c) 2010

USAF Globemaster C17 overhead at 6 miles high!... (c) 2010

Oxenhope, Bradford (W Yorks, England)
Thursday 28 October 2010
Counting period: 7:30-14:00
Weather: SW F4, 8degC, 30km, 6/8 - 3/8, starting to rain at end of watch, QNH 1010 rising then ridging at departure
Observers: Dave Barker, Howard Creber, Lester Ward

Moving birds:
passerine sp. - 3
Redwing - 52
Pink-footed Goose - 35
Jackdaw 6 -
Woodpigeon 155 -
Starling - 231
Skylark 10 -
Chaffinch 2 -
Meadow Pipit 1 -
Greenfinch 5 -
Fieldfare - 281
Siskin 9 -

Totals: 790 individuals, 12 species, 6:30 hours

Comments: Partly open sky overnight, improving during late morning, wind SW and QNH rising throughout. Another poor morning but better than yesterday with thrushes, woodies and starlings all moving in small numbers but with thrushes and starlings picking up as the morning went on. A single skein of pinks went NW.

Dave and Howard