little action!... 2011-11-02

 pre sunrise over the fog... (c) Howard Creber 2011

 lenticularis over the fog.... (c) Howard Creber 2011

 sunrise at fog top level.... (c) Howard Creber 2011

wirlpool skies!!!... (c) Howard Creber 2011

Oxenhope, Bradford (W Yorks, England)
Wednesday 2 November 2011
Counting period: 7:00 - 9:30
Weather: wind SE3, cloud-cover 2/8, visibility 20000m, temperature 8 ℃, SE F3/4, 2 becoming 8ok, 8degC, 20 becoming 2km, QNH 1004 ridging 1006 falling 1005
Observers: Howard Creber

Herring Gull 1 -
Starling - 264
Woodpigeon 240 -
Chaffinch 2 -
Meadow Pipit 3 -
finch sp. 2 -
Fieldfare 44 -
Goldfinch 3 -
Redwing 2 -

Totals: 561 individuals, 9 species, 2:30 hours

Comments: Cirrocumulus undulatus ; Cirrocumulus lenticularis ; Fog stratus and Stratus fractus. For once, the fog was mainly in the valley bottom`s and the watchpoint was initially lovely and clear. However, despite the first easterly bent to the wind for sometime, still not many birds. Woodpigeon eight flocks, Starling 20 squads. Most notable were Starlings torpedoing West and following the usual tracks. Deep, insidious fog stratus later overarched the watchpoint from the moor to the south, putting paid to today`s proceedings.

Howard