Stainburn Moor, Harrogate... 16-10-2010

Stainburn Moor, Harrogate (N Yorks, England)
Saturday 16 October 2010
Counting period: 8:20-10:35
Weather: F2 N 8'C 20miles closing to 100m in showers 2/8 to 8/8
Observers: J Blacker

Moving birds;
Cormorant - 2
Woodpigeon - 8
Great Tit - 5
Greylag Goose - 1
Skylark 15 -
Starling - 81
Canada Goose - 2
alba wagtail sp. - 1
Chaffinch - 4
Lapwing - 16
Blackbird 1 -
finch sp. - 9
Curlew - 1
Fieldfare - 197
Siskin 2 -
Common Gull - 29
Blue Tit - 15
Yellowhammer 1 -

Totals: 390 individuals, 18 species, 2:15 hours

Present: Mallard 6, Merlin 1, Golden Plover 1000, Lapwing 200, Black-headed Gull 50, Dunnock 1, Long-tailed Tit 12, Blue Tit 2, Great Tit 2, Rook 15, Carrion Crow 40, Starling 200

Comments: A fare day in the field with first sizeable flocks of Fieldfare.

John Blacker