Oxenhope... loads o' nowt!! 14-10-2010

Fogs lifting!!... (c) Howard Creber 2010


Good visibility later on.... (c) Howard Creber 2010

Oxenhope, Bradford (W Yorks, England)
Thursday 14 October 2010
Counting period: 7:00-7:45
Weather: N F1, 8degC, mist and heavy drizzle, 9/8, QNH 1022 steady
Observers: Howard Creber

Totals: 0 individuals, 0 species, 0:45 hours

Comments: Terrible in a word!

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Counting period: 9:15-11:15
Weather: N F1, 8degC, 40km, 8/8, clear but cloudy skies, QNH 1022 steady
Observers: Howard Creber

Moving birds:
Grey Heron 1 -
Chaffinch 9 -
Golden Plover 1 -
Greenfinch 1 -
Meadow Pipit 3 -
Goldfinch 2 -
alba wagtail sp. 3 -
Lesser Redpoll 2 -
Redwing 26 -
Bullfinch 3 -
Starling - 8
Reed Bunting 1 -

Totals: 60 individuals, 12 species, 2:00 hours

Present: Meadow Pipit 60, Fieldfare 6, Raven 2

Comments: Essentially overcast overnight with deep fog from dawn til mid morning. Wind very light from a northerly qtr throughout with QNH rising then steady throughout. Very slow this morning, aided by miserable early conditions. Weather picked up slightly mid morning but no corresponding increase in birds. As BS would say - "loads o' nowt"!!.... Mipit - 3 S... Redwing - 26 SE... Fieldfare - 6 blogging... Bullfinch - 3 E... Greenfinch - 1 E.... Chaffinch - 9 E.... Goldfinch - 3 E... Lesser Redpoll - 2 E... Alba Wag sp. - 3 S... Reed Bunting - 1 E... Starling - 8 W... Heron - 1 high E... Golden Plover - heard only...

Howard Creber

Caldene Fields, Low Moor... 14-10-2010

Caldene Fields, Bradford (W Yorks, England)
Thursday 14 October 2010
Counting period: 7:00-9:00
Weather: Dry with 100% thick cloud and fog with a F1 N/W wind. Temp 8c and poor visibility to around 3+ miles. Conditions remained static throughout the watch
Observers: Martyn Priestley

Moving birds:
Canada Goose 3 -
alba wagtail sp. 2 + 14
Starling 34 -
Mallard - 3
Blackbird 1 -
Chaffinch 1 + 7
Black-headed Gull 65 -
Fieldfare - 2
Greenfinch - 7
Stock Dove 1 -
Redwing - 27
Goldfinch 19 -
Woodpigeon 32 + 6
Jackdaw 13 -
Bullfinch - 2
Meadow Pipit 5 + 4
Carrion Crow 6 + 3

Totals: 257 individuals, 17 species, 2:00 hours

Comments: Not a good morning with heavy cloud and poor visibility. A couple of high flying Bullfinches moved to the N/W again and 4 grounded birds were in nearby bushes whci was interesting. A slight passage of Jackdaws were again noted to the S/W.

Martyn Priestley