Pennine Skywatch: 21 Sept 2011

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Oxenhope.... greenland low! 2011-09-21

Evil light!.... (c) 2011

Oxenhope, Bradford (W Yorks, England)
Wednesday 21 September 2011
Counting period: 6:30 - 9:35
Weather: wind West5, cloud-cover 4/8, visibility 50000m, temperature 8 ℃, W F4/6 rising W F5/7, 4ok, 8degC, 60km reducing, QNH 1012 reducing 1010
Observers: Dave Barker

Snipe 4 -
Swallow 20 -
Black-headed Gull 1 -
Meadow Pipit 219 -
Lesser Black-backed Gull 2 -
alba wagtail sp. 2 -
Skylark 1 -
Siskin 19 -

Totals: 268 individuals, 8 species, 3:05 hours

Comments: A second day of grief with the Canadian/Greenland low now well established combined with fractus down on the high moor almost throughout..... on the face of it , it appeared a better day out to the east but not to be. Again little detectable on the move, so an early finish was in order.

Dave

Oxenhope.... depression sets in! 2011-09-20

Oxenhope, Bradford (W Yorks, England)
Tuesday 20 September 2011
Counting period: 6:30 - 10:30
Weather: wind West3, cloud-cover 8/8, precipitation drizzle, visibility 40000m, temperature 11 ℃, W F3/4, 8ok, 11degC rising, 60 reducing 20km, drizzle off moor throughout, QNH 1013 rising 1014
Observers: Dave Barker, Lester Ward

Lesser Black-backed Gull 2 -
Chaffinch 1 -
Great Spotted Woodpecker 1 -
Greenfinch 1 -
Swallow 4 -
Goldfinch 1 -
Meadow Pipit 171 -
Siskin 3 -
alba wagtail sp. 1 -

Totals: 185 individuals, 9 species, 4:00 hours

Comments: A terrible morning with conditions dramatically reducing potential. High closed cloudbase, normally good for seeing did not produce with driving drizzle almost throughout.... the mips that were on the move were in small parties, fast and direct SSE. Very little low, although our side of the hill was getting the blast and there could well have been more through the cols than we could detect. In addition to the three individuals seen, another three Siskin flocks were unseen.

Dave and Lester