Oxenhope... 2012-09-27

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Oxenhope, Bradford (W Yorks, England)
Thursday 27 September 2012
Counting period: 6:00-14:30
Weather: wind NW0, cloud-cover 2/8, precipitation rain, visibility 65000m, temperature 7 ℃, becoming NW F1, W F1, W F3 gusting F5, sky closing from the west during the morning, then breaking later, cunim visible, 12degC, QNH 1004 rising 1006
Observers: Dave Barker, Howard Creber, Lester Ward (til late am)

Moving Birds:
Cormorant * - 15
Stock Dove 3 -
Jackdaw 6+ 2
Pink-footed Goose 50 -
Woodpigeon 23 -
Rook * 5 -
Red Kite - 1
Collared Dove - 2
Carrion Crow 3 -
Sparrowhawk 3 -
Skylark 18 -
Starling 35+   39
Common Buzzard 1+ 1
Swallow 1829 -
Chaffinch 24 -
Golden Plover 25 -
House Martin 19 -
Greenfinch 22 -
Lapwing - 28
Meadow Pipit 2348 -
Goldfinch 81 -
Snipe - 18
alba wagtail sp. 15 -
Siskin 22 -
Common Gull - 1
Blackbird - 2
Linnet 2 -
Lesser Black-backed Gull 156 -
Mistle Thrush - 24
Lesser Redpoll 2 -

Totals: 4825 individuals, 30 species, 8:30 hours

Comments: A moderate day with a slow start for everything but later mips and swallows picking up rapidly with swallows again frontal driven SE in big numbers especially as the sky closed overhead. Both mips and swallows continuing through into the afternoon. Few raptors in evidence but an early buzzard south and another very rapidly N later on were interesting. Lots of siskin contacts from the roof in undetectable flocks and a couple of redpoll contacts same were counted as one contact per flock, so numbers stated in no way representative. Skylarks W (similar) Just a single pink skein detected, this morning SE, but high, so more could have easily have snook through unseen. Stronger albas, and strengthening mips possibly indicative.....

Counting period: 14:40-16:00 Weather: similar
Observers: Dave Barker
 
Moving Birds:
Swallow 212 -
Meadow Pipit 196 -

Totals: 408 individuals, 2 species, 1:20 hours Comments: Old watchpoint visited.

Dave