slump!!.... 2011-10-03

 Pre sunrise.... (c) 2011

 Fractus streaming off the moor.... (c) 2011

 Sunrise today.... (c) 2011

 Deteriorating visibility.... (c) 2011

Stratus down.... (c) 2011

Oxenhope, Bradford (W Yorks, England)
Monday 3 October 2011
Counting period: 6:10-9:00
Weather: wind West5, cloud-cover 7/8, visibility 6000m, temperature 15 ℃, W F5/6, 6 reducing 8ok, 15degC, 30000 reducing 4500m, QNH 1015 falling 1013
Observers: Dave Barker, Howard Creber, Lester Ward

Lapwing 15 -
alba wagtail sp. 4 -
Snipe 4 -
Mistle Thrush 2 -
Black-headed Gull 2 -
Starling 8 -
Lesser Black-backed Gull 9 -
Chaffinch 5 -
Stock Dove 25 -
finch sp. 1 -
Swallow 8 -
Siskin 2 -
Meadow Pipit 284 -

Totals: 369 individuals, 13 species, 2:50 hours

Comments: A good first light, with conditions, especially visibility decreasing by sunrise. Damp with high humidity. Deep haze and powering fractus off the moor setting in reducing possibilities dramatically. Mipits trickling through throughout but a block on the finches with their road being empty today. Stock Doves the most noteable movers today!

Dave, Howard and Lester