Oxenhope.... roosts return! 22-01-2011

AM Gloom.... (c) 2011


On the Clear with overnight ice still present!! (c) 2010

Visibility initially but soon closing down from the west.
0830-1050hr

Very few birds seen, still virtually nothing on the deck and even less in the sky!

Dave


1515-1730hr
Visibility now cleared and active roosts returned now returned... must have happened sometime last week during the open sky ideallic weather. Despite the roost remaining, many gulls were going straight through or leaving north suggesting active relocation....

BH Gull c1400
Common Gull c1600
Med Gull 1 1st W noted during final count
Mallard 35
Dunlin 2 flying around calling at dusk went off high west
Goosander 31
Fieldfare c150 to roost
Goldeneye 7

Dave