Stainburn Moor, Harrogate... 30-10-2010

Stainburn Moor, Harrogate (N Yorks, England)
Saturday 30 October 2010
Counting period: 8:15-10:30
Weather: SW F4-5 8'C 4/8-1/8
Observers: J Blacker

Moving Birds:
Cormorant - 2
Meadow Pipit 27 + 4
finch sp. - 12
Anser sp. - 2
Fieldfare - 16
Greenfinch - 1
Common Snipe - 2
Mistle Thrush - 8
Goldfinch - 2
Herring Gull - 1
Great Tit - 9
Linnet - 3
Woodpigeon 2754 -
Tree Sparrow - 4
Skylark - 5
Chaffinch - 9

Totals: 2861 individuals, 16 species, 2:15 hours

Present: Sparrowhawk 1, Common Buzzard 1, Golden Plover 300, Lapwing 100, Common Gull 250, Blackbird 1, Jackdaw 25, Starling 100

Comments: Large woodpigeon movement between 8:30 and 9:15 all south following vale of Mowbray and York line, largest flocks 350 with intermittant flocks later. A number of mipits still moving south.

John Blacker