after the transition!... 2011-10-02

 Awsome... very first light... the edge of the front! (c) Howard Creber 2011

 Sunrise.... (c) 2011

 a dark and mysterious rising.... (c) 2011

 Sunrise... the big picture... not to be seen for long!!... (c) 2011

 Closed sky after the first hour... (c) 2011

rain advancing from the north... (c) 2011

Oxenhope, Bradford (W Yorks, England)
Sunday 2 October 2011
Counting period: 6:15-11:23
Weather: wind SW2, cloud-cover 4/8, precipitation rain, visibility 50000m, temperature 15 ℃, SW F2 rising WSW F5, 4 increasing 8ok, 15degC rising, 50km, rain spotting, QNH 1023 falling 1022
Observers: Dave Barker, Howard Creber, Chris King, Lester Ward

Cormorant 5 -
Swallow 34 -
Chaffinch 35 -
Sparrowhawk 1 -
House Martin 2 -
finch sp. 70 -
Golden Plover 1 -
Meadow Pipit 651 -
Greenfinch 42 -
Snipe 36 -
Grey Wagtail 1 -
Goldfinch 28 -
Black-headed Gull 4 -
alba wagtail sp. 29 -
Siskin 67 -
Common Gull 1 -
Redwing 32 -
Lesser Redpoll 5 -
Lesser Black-backed Gull 155 -
Mistle Thrush 1 -
Skylark 1 -
Starling 3 -

Totals: 1204 individuals, 22 species, 5:08 hours

Comments: Right on the leading edge of a longitudinal tracking front slowly inching east at dawn, negligable rain spotting continuously from 0725hr throughout. An indifferent morning after yesterdays transition, notable being an arrival of Redwings and intune with the weather an increasing passage of snipe. Interestingly during the pre sunrise period no birds recorded this morning in contrast to 134 of four species yesterday! Five flocks of siskin went through unseen and a small group of wagtail sp south, whilst not included in the totals were almost certainly flava sp.

Dave, Howard, Chris and Lester