Oxenhope...2012-08-11

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Oxenhope, Bradford (W Yorks, England)
Saturday 11 August 2012
Counting period: 6:25-12:30
Weather: wind East2, cloud-cover 8/8, visibility 500m, temperature 12 ℃, 9ok initially becoming SE F3, 16000m, 16degC, QNH 1025 falling 1022
Observers: Dave Barker, Howard Creber, Lester Ward

Moving Birds:
Cormorant 3 -
Lesser Black-backed Gull 333 -
Lapwing 11 -
Swallow 33 -
Whimbrel 1 -
Wheatear 1 -
Black-headed Gull 62 -
Starling 1 -
Common Gull 1 -

Totals: 446 individuals, 9 species, 6:05 hours

Present: Meadow Pipit 350

Comments: Typical easterly conditions here... poor! Closed sky in and out of cloudbase with just a few crepuscular rays and little improvement in visibility for a long while. Mipit congregations continuing to build with several large flocks up down and moving around. Swallows west and mipits starting to inch south.

Dave