winter wren!!.... 2011-11-09

 lifting cloudbase.... (c) 2011

 further improvement..... (c) 2011

breaking skies.... (c) 2011

Oxenhope, Bradford (W Yorks, England)
Wednesday 9 November 2011
Counting period: 8:15-13:00
Weather: wind SE2, cloud-cover 8/8, visibility 5000m, temperature 8 ℃, SE F1 becoming SE F3, 9ok, 8degC, fog stratus raising slowly, 200m to 10km, QNH 1013 steady
Observers: Dave Barker, Lester Ward

Cormorant 1 -
Chaffinch 10 -
Common Buzzard 1 -
finch sp. 12 -
Lapwing - 10
Greenfinch 2 -
Woodpigeon 3 -
Goldfinch 6 -
Meadow Pipit 2 -
Crossbill 1 -
Fieldfare 740 -
Bullfinch 1 -
Redwing 10 -
Silver Y - 1
Starling - 53

Totals: 853 individuals, 15 species, 4:45 hours

Present: Wren 1

Comments: Better than yesterday but visibility still fogged with improvement only into the late morning. Nothing of real significance happening here, just Fieldfares relocating, all low strict south, biggest flocks over the lunchtime period. A Wren at the watchpoint was the most unusual bird! A Silver Y north was interesting.

Dave