Thursday, March 04, 2010

Contrail vis.... hazy today! 04-03-2010


World Airways Cargo (USA)... (c) 2010


BAE Systems (Vickers) VC 10... (c) 2010


Air India... (c) 2010


Distant Qatar Airways through the haze and into the sun! (c) 2010

Dave

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Oxenhope... woodies win! 04-03-2010


Looking East... Ci uncinus / Cu humilis (c) 2010


Looking East... decaying contrails / Cu humilis (c) 2010


Detail Ci uncinus / Kelvin-Helmholtz like disturbance (c) 2010


Decaying contrails... (c) 2010


Woodpigeons > E... the winners today (c) 2010


Canadas > W... back to the moors (c) 2010


Rook... single east... rare at these altitudes (c) 2010

Calm becoming E F2, -1degC, 65km becoming hazy, 3/8 cu humilis, QNH 1028 rising.
0750 - 1300hr
A fair weather morning but still very cold even in the sun. Woodpigeons were the winners today with small groups, pairs and singles going east throughout... otherwise apart from a single skein of pinks > NW very little in the skies. Skylarks have crashed and it was noteable that small gulls (many fewer) were all going north today.
Moving Birds:
Curlew 1 > E
Canada Goose 4 > W
Woodpigeon 46 > E
Skylark 6 > E and W
Chaffinch 2 > E
Reed Bunting 1 > E
Meadow Pipit 2 > N
alba wagail 2 > N
Goldfinch 1 > W
Lapwing 2 > NW
Rook 1 > E
Redwing 2 > E
Greenfinch 2 > W
BH Gull 57 > N
Common Gull 6 > N
LBB Gull 1 > NW
Pink footed Goose c75 > NW
Dave