Oxenhope.... 2012-09-05

One image Copyright H Creber 2012

Oxenhope, Bradford (W Yorks, England)
Wednesday 5 September 2012
Counting period: 6:00-9:00
Weather: wind NW1, cloud-cover 0/8, visibility 100000m, temperature 7 ℃, becoming NW F2 0ok, 65000m, 11degC, QNH 1028 rising
Observers: Howard Creber

Moving Birds:
Cormorant * 10 - S
wallow * 87 -
Snipe * 2 -
Meadow Pipit 196 -
Black-headed Gull 15 -
alba wagtail sp. 8 -
Lesser Black-backed Gull 28 -
Greenfinch 3 -
Stock Dove 6 -
Goldfinch 39 -
Collared Dove * 1 -
Siskin 11 -
Sand Martin 1 -
Linnet 11 -

Totals: 418 individuals, 14 species, 3:00 hours

Present: Blackbird 1, Mistle Thrush 8, Jay 1

Comments: Much more activity today with Mipits to the fore and going in the "normal" direction compared to yesterdays northerly track. Goldfinch, were also quite strong with 9 seperate groups spread out through the watch. 3 seperate and well spaced out groups of Cormorant were noteworthy.

Very interestingly, at sunrise I got a brief view of the so called "Green Flash" above the sun - ie a green rim on top of the solar disk. This is an optical phenomena which is quite rare. I moved to quickly capture it on my camara, but true to form, it was transient in the extreme (ie it vanished).

Howard