Oxenhope... 2012-10-02

Two Images Copyright 2012 Howard Creber

Oxenhope, Bradford (W Yorks, England)
Tuesday 2 October 2012
Counting period: 6:45-10:45
Weather: wind SW4, cloud-cover 4/8, visibility 30000m, temperature 8 ℃, becoming SW F4, 10degc, 65000m, QNH 1006 falling 1004
Observers: Howard Creber, (Rod Procter briefly)

Moving Birds:
Cormorant 6 -
Swallow 9 -
Starling - 8
Pink-footed Goose * 86 -
Meadow Pipit 265 -
Chaffinch 6 -
Greylag Goose * 14 -
alba wagtail sp. 5 -
Greenfinch 4 -
Golden Plover 9 -
Wheatear 1 -
Goldfinch 21 -
Lapwing 1 -
Song Thrush 1 -
Siskin 2 -
Common Gull 5 -
Mistle Thrush 20 -
Crossbill 3 -
Lesser Black-backed Gull 37 -
Jackdaw - 7

Totals: 510 individuals, 20 species, 4:00 hours 

Comments: A south westerly wind force 4 gusting 5/6 with good visibility to Drax power station. Birdwise a steady morning with an initial burst of Mipits, rapidly diminishing to a trickle. 20 Mistle Thrush, with an accompanying single Song Thrush, came through high from the east, in 5 seperate small flocks and continued high west towards Lancashire. A single Wheatear paid a short visit to the watchpoint itself before flying off SE. Three Crossbills were noteworthy. Two skeins of Pink Footed Geese flying west were seperately noted (30 RP and 56 HC). The single skein of Greylag geese came in high from the west and continued high east until lost to sight. A Squirrel on the moor top.

Howard