Oxenhope.... 2012-09-23

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Oxenhope, Bradford (W Yorks, England)
Sunday 23 September 2012
Counting period: 6:05-12:45
Weather: wind SE0, cloud-cover 1/8, visibility 50000m, temperature 2 ℃, becoming 200m, (always with vv) or less, then in and out to ultimate 65000m, SE F2 then E F5, max 10degC, QNH 1018 falling 1012
Observers: Dave Barker, (Lester Ward, Chris King, Rodney Procter, Mark Doveston all briefly)

Moving Birds:
Cormorant 3 -
Swallow 495 -
Chaffinch 43 -
Black-headed Gull 23 -
Meadow Pipit 307 -
Goldfinch 11 -
Common Gull 19 -
alba wagtail sp. 16 -
Siskin * 10 -
Lesser Black-backed Gull 106 -
Jackdaw 9 -
Reed Bunting * 1 -
Herring Gull 1 -
Carrion Crow 16 -
Woodpigeon 2 -
Starling 25+ 14

Totals: 1101 individuals, 16 species, 6:40 hours

Present: Chiffchaff 1, Goldcrest 4

Comments: Cold and gloomy, soon with cirrostratus overdraw becoming translucidus, then opaque 8ok throughout, initially very clear east but ground mist soon establishing and very excitingly as if by magic before clearing quickly for the first hour of absent sun up to leave a sea of fog below.... birds moving initially but very short lived.... after visibility returned, few birds with the most noteable feature being the big increase of chaffinch south today. albas also picking up and on the move throughout. Dense secondary stratocumulus also becoming 8ok.

Dave