Stainburn Moor, Harrogate... 07-03-2010

Stainburn Moor, Harrogate (N Yorks, England)
Sunday 7 March 2010
Counting period: 7:10-10:20
Weather: 0/8 cloud; -4C at first rising to a stiffling 1C by finish. Wind S1, rising to 2 by end
Observers: Andrew Hanby


Moving Birds:
Cormorant - 5
Curlew - 8
Fieldfare - 12
Grey Heron - 2
Black-headed Gull - 1
Jackdaw - 9
Greylag Goose 2 -
Woodpigeon - 45
Carrion Crow - 3
Canada Goose 5 -
Skylark - 20
Starling - 34
Goosander 2 -
Meadow Pipit 1 -
Chaffinch - 15
Lapwing - 14
Blackbird - 1
Greenfinch - 8

Totals: 187 individuals, 18 species, 3:10 hours

Present: Red Kite 12, Common Buzzard 4, Kestrel 1, Red-legged Partridge 1, Oystercatcher 2, Golden Plover 125, Lapwing 2, Curlew 4, Common Gull 225, Stock Dove 8, Woodpigeon 60, Skylark 25, alba wagtail sp. 1, Dunnock 1, Blackbird 1, Blue Tit 3, Jackdaw 12, Rook 100, Carrion Crow 8, Starling 80, Chaffinch 6, Greenfinch 1

Comments: A beautiful but freezing day. Interesting to note Grahams moving Jackdaws as today was the first day of Spring I detected movement high WNW above the Wharfe. The Mistle Thrush was way up moving steadily N whilst the Fieldfares were lower and may have been on a local commute. Chaffinches are always commuting up and down the road but seemed genuinely on the move today- WNW

Andrew Hanby

Contrail Vis... good v v ! 07-03-2010

KLM overhead.... (c) 2010


Finnair going north... (c) 2010

A brilliant morning for diversity. Exceptional clarity vertically to the deep blue sky above but lots of instability in the atmosphere horizontally ruined most of the none vertical shots. Nevertheless a few reasonable ones inamongst!


Just a few record shots! including ABX Air (Airborne Express) USA, Singapore Airlines, UPS Airlines USA, Icelandair,....

Dave

Oxenhope.... minus six! 07-03-2010

Too much haze but no inversion... (c) 2010


Minus Six.... frosted juncus (c) 2010


Magpie in the Sun... (c) 2010

Calm becoming E F2 late morning, -6degC rising air temp 2 by lunch time, 30km, 0/8 open sky - haze, QNH 1031 rising then falling.

0650 - 1300hr

A wonderful morning, totally calm but here very little in the sky... possibly a bit too cold. Still frost on the grass in the shadows at 1300hrs when leaving. Meadow Pipits showing the first real signs of movement all north and throughout the morning. Curlews also well represented all going NW. Small gulls... very few in the sky, more Common than BHG and mostgoing east. Kept thinking that there might be some Whoopers but not to be this morning.

Moving Birds:
Collared Dove 1 > S
Magpie 4 > NW all high singles
Curlew 12 > NW
Meadow Pipit 12 > N
Lapwing 5 > NW all high singles
Wood Pigeon 2 > NE
small gulls 40 mostly east and mostly Common
Carrion Crow 5 > N
Greenfinch 4 > E
Goldfinch 1 > E
Golden Plover 36 > W
Skylark 3 > W and 1 > NE
Oystercatcher 2 > W
LBB Gull 2 > NW
Jackdaw 2 > NE
Cormorant 1 > NW

Dave