Oxenhope.... crash!... 20-08-2010

Torrential Downpours... on and off throughout... (c) 2010


More Rain.... (c) 2010


The end to an imperfect day!... (c) 2010

1500 - 1640hr

LBB Gull 335

Common Gull 2

Yellow legged Gull 2

BV

W F5/6, 19degC, 1000m - 40km, 8/8 torrential downpours, QNH 1010 rising

1900 - 2115hr

Intermittent heavy rain overnight with open sky between. Several swiftly moving torrential downpours throughout the day, more especially to the west of the area and especially in the late afternoon as they tracked up from the south west. Wind picking up from E F1/2 overnight to SSW to SW becoming W F5/6 then moderating as night drew in. QNH rising throughout and also exceptionally humid all day. By early evening virtually nothing in the sky... BH Gulls absent and nothing present either but noticable as very last light drew in that a strong LBB Gull roost was forming.

Moving birds:

LBB Gull 19

Curlew 4

Peg 1

Meadow Pipit 23

Other:

Goosander 21

Dave