Oxenhope.... 2012-09-13

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Oxenhope, Bradford (W Yorks, England)

Thursday 13 September 2012
Counting period: 6:20-11:30
Weather: wind SW3, cloud-cover 6/8, visibility 65000m, temperature 7 ℃, becoming W F4 gusting F6, 3ok, 12degC, QNH 1018 ridging then falling 1016
Observers: Dave Barker, Lester Ward

Moving Birds:
Goosander 6 -
Tree Pipit 1 -
Starling 94 -
Peregrine 1 -
Meadow Pipit 1215 -
Chaffinch 6 -
Black-headed Gull 31 -
flava wagtail sp. 1 -
finch sp. 10 -
Great Spotted Woodpecker 1 -
Wheatear 2 -
Siskin 3 -
Skylark 5 -
Blackbird -
1 bunting sp. 1 -
Swallow 27 -
Mistle Thrush 8 -

Totals: 1413 individuals, 17 species, 5:10 hours

Comments: Mid morning seemed to get colder, before warming up again. Mipits moving well throughout including some very high flocks, especially late am, and all south. Swallows, gulls and finches down. All goosanders fast west or south and not out of roost. Skylarks starting to move west.

Dave