Stainburn Moor, Harrogate... alba action! 14-03-2010

Stainburn Moor, Harrogate (N Yorks, England)
Sunday 14 March 2010
Counting period: 6:25-10:35
Weather: WNW 3 rising 4-5 later. 5C but wind chill exacerbated by my new haircut! Dry; visibility 30 miles plus- couldn't quite see Graham in Fleet though! 4/8 cloud.
Observers: Andrew Hanby, John Blacker

Moving Birds:
Cormorant - 4
Black-headed Gull - 12
Meadow Pipit - 11
Grey Heron - 1
Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1
alba wagtail sp. - 11
Greylag Goose - 8
Herring Gull - 7
Chaffinch - 12
Golden Plover - 103
Great Black-backed Gull - 8
Goldfinch - 5
Lapwing - 18
Woodpigeon - 12
Curlew - 5
Skylark - 4

Totals: 222 individuals, 16 species, 4:10 hours

Present: Red Kite 2, Peregrine 1, Golden Plover 65, Curlew 6, Common Gull 43, Stock Dove 4, Woodpigeon 15, Skylark 8, alba wagtail sp. 1, Blackbird 1, Fieldfare 15, Redwing 2, Jackdaw 8, Rook 80, Carrion Crow 10

Comments: Overall slow but alba wagtails showed a notable up spike with one close bird highly likely to have been a White. The Peregrine was a different bird to yesterdays- this one was a male. Golden Plover on the move also.

Andy and John