Oxenhope..... 2012-11-09

Oxenhope, Bradford (W Yorks, England)
Friday 9 November 2012
Counting period: 7:30-12:30
Weather: wind SW5, cloud-cover 8/8, precipitation drizzle, visibility 65000m, temperature 7 ℃, SW F5 gusting F7, becoming SW F6 gusting F8, 8degC, 20000-80000m, QNH 1006 falling 1002 Observers: Dave Barker

Moving Birds:
Herring Gull 2 -
Starling - 21
Woodpigeon 35 -
Chaffinch 1 -
Meadow Pipit 1 -

Totals: 60 individuals, 5 species, 5:00 hours

Present: Whooper Swan 3

Comments: Terrible morning with conditions worsening quickly before dawn and then drizzle from 0805, on and off all morning. Moor devoid of birds. The whoopers on the water, not present last light had arrived overnight, then leaving unseen.

Dave