minus three and worse to come!!... 2011-12-10

 Snow before dawn!... heavily montaged!!....as it had almost passed whilst still in the car (c) 2011

 First Light.... on Mountain... with snow moved through (c) 2011

 pre sunrise.... scud (c) 2011

 Mist enveloping the Moor at dawn.... (c) 2011

 Downfall and Scar.... (c) 2011

 Hazy cold col....(c) 2011

 Snow Squall..... one of many!!... pre sun (c) 2011

 instability over Lancs.... rapidly developing cunim (c) 2011

 pre sunrise.... (c) 2011

 cumulus fractus..... (c) 2011

 a wonderful mix!!.... (c) 2011

 snow looms large.... (c) 2011

 evacuate evacuate..... (c) 2011

 snow squall passing through!.... just missing us.... (c) 2011

the 0930hr sky.... evil affect!.... (c) 2011

Oxenhope, Bradford (W Yorks, England)
Saturday 10 December 2011
Counting period: 7:05-9:35
Weather: wind WSW3, cloud-cover 4/8, precipitation snow, visibility 40000m, temperature -3 ℃, 0 increasing 9ok, wind F5 in squalls.
Observers: Dave Barker, Lester Ward

Woodpigeon 5 S + 150 NE
Meadow Pipit 3 -

Totals: 158 individuals, 2 species, 2:30 hours

Comments: A very active snow squall before dawn was almost preventative but none of the other many cunim snow squalls visible really got us. All in all, virtually no birds but the exceptionally dramatic skies were worth every minute of discomfort!! A single big group of pigeons NE with 5 in bits going west. Mips were a single and a 2 going south.

Dave