Oxenhope... vis gone AWOL!! 05-10-2010

A Terriffic pre sunrise... double click to capture the twinkle!! (c) Howard Creber 2010


What ever next on the Moor!!.. (c) Howard Creber 2010

Oxenhope, Bradford (W Yorks, England)
Tuesday 5 October 2010
Counting period: 6:50-10:30
Weather: W F3/4, 12degC, 30km, 8/8 but better to east, QNH 995 rising
Observers: Howard Creber

Moving Birds:
Swallow 1 -
Brambling 3 -
Meadow Pipit 80 -
Greenfinch 8 -
alba wagtail sp. 8 -
Goldfinch 1 -
Mistle Thrush 1 -
Siskin 8 -
Jackdaw - 10
Snow Bunting 1 -
Starling - 35
Reed Bunting 1 -
Chaffinch 22 -

Totals: 179 individuals, 13 species, 3:40 hours

Comments: Quiet skies today - the grey blustery conditions were clearly not to the liking of the vis! What Mipit movement there was could only be descibed as feeble. Possibly more birds moved than could be seen, skirting the ground to avoid the wind - the Starlings were certainly at ground level. 3 Bramblings close overhead at 07.25 were good and a very clear Snow Bunting passed SE overhead at 07.55 hrs. That was it !.... Mipits - 80 W... Reed Bunting - 1 W.... Chaffinch - 22 SE... Greenfinch - 8 W ... Siskin - 8 (one flock) SE.... Goldfinch - 1 W.... Brambling - 3 SE .... Snow Bunting - 1 SE.... Alba Wag - 8 W.... Swallow - 1 SW... Mistle Thrush - 1 NW... Starling - 35 NW... Jackdaw - 10 NW...

Howard
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PAUL CLOUGH
Tuesday 5th Oct, 0645-0900,

Very little movement today in the Clough or overhead,
Chaffinch 10, Alba Wagtail 4, Coaltits 14.

Brian Vickers