Oxenhope.... 2012-10-21

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Oxenhope, Bradford (W Yorks, England)
Sunday 21 October 2012
Counting period: 7:00 - 15:15
Weather: wind SW1, cloud-cover 2/8, visibility 65000m, temperature 4 ℃, becoming SE F1, 0ok, 13degC, NE F2, then E F2, 65000m, QNH 1019 ridging 1021 then falling 1020, late afternoon mist rising and rolling in from the east.
Observers: Dave Barker, Howard Creber, Gordon Holmes  

Moving Birds:
Cormorant 5 -
Stock Dove 3 -
Magpie - 3
Grey Heron - 4
Woodpigeon 1048 -
Jackdaw - 39
Pink-footed Goose * - 508
Meadow Pipit 212 -
Starling 197 -
duck sp. - 2
alba wagtail sp. 5 -
Chaffinch 3 -
Mallard - 10
Ring Ouzel - 1
Greenfinch 19 -
Goosander 6 -
Blackbird - 3
Goldfinch 36 -
Ringed Plover 1 -
Fieldfare - 4
Siskin 3 -
Golden Plover 1 -
Redwing - 7
Linnet 1 -
Black-headed Gull 20 -
Mistle Thrush - 4
Twite * 4 -
Common Gull 21 -
Turdus sp. - 4
Lesser Redpoll 3 -
Lesser Black-backed Gull 52 -
Great Tit * - 2
Reed Bunting 3 -
Herring Gull 2 -
Jay 1 -

Totals: 2237 individuals, 35 species, 8:15 hours

Present: Stonechat 3

Comments: A classic morning with a clear sunrise over the North Sea above a deep inversion fog layer out over the eastern plane. Again a very few thrushes dropping out +/- sunrise but nothing else coming in from the east early doors. A reasonable pigeon count and mips still going well for the time of year. Two lots of twite, first just after sunrise and then a small group flushed from a favoured area after lunch all went east. Pinks again impressive but not til late am when skeins (5 No) from the east began to appear, with some unusually low considering the conditions. Three well spaced single magpies flying skywide were interesting as were a couple of Great Tits west over the moor and several herons W. Stonechat at the watchpoint and a couple back on winterering? territory were new. Gulls well down again.

Dave