Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Oxenhope.... 2012-09-18

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Oxenhope, Bradford (W Yorks, England)
Tuesday 18 September 2012
Counting period: 6:15-13:45 Weather: wind West2, cloud-cover 5/8, precipitation hail, visibility 45000m, temperature 8 ℃, becoming W F5 gusting F7 in storms, then W F5, var (1-8) ok, increasing 100000m+, 10degC, hail storms, cunim, QNH 1006 rising 1012
Observers: Dave Barker, Howard Creber, Lester Ward

Moving Birds:
Cormorant 4 -
Lesser Black-backed Gull 71 -
alba wagtail sp. 3 -
Grey Heron 1 -
Stock Dove 1 -
Mistle Thrush 3 -
Goosander 14 -
Woodpigeon 11 -
Jackdaw 5 -
Sparrowhawk 1 -
Swift 1 -
Starling 12+ 11
Peregrine 3 -
Skylark 2 -
Greenfinch 1 -
Grey Plover 1 -
Swallow 77 -
Goldfinch 2 -
Lapwing 8 -
House Martin 1 -
Snow Bunting 1 -
Curlew - 2
Meadow Pipit 899 -
Black-headed Gull 2 -
Grey Wagtail 1 -

Totals: 1138 individuals, 25 species, 7:30 hours

Comments: Capillatus frequent in the sky right thro from before light. Several hail storms all enveloping but short lived. Mipits strong and continuing to a lesser extent right through, few swallows and a big drop in gull movement was interesting. (low finch movement through the adjacent clough, not apparent from our watchpoint equating to in excess of Chaffinch 52 and Siskin 32 all SW, after none yesterday:BV). Grey Plover W, Snow Bunt SE and some of the Peres SE, all early on. Hercules low thro was good!

Dave

Oxenhope.... 2012-09-17

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Oxenhope, Bradford (W Yorks, England)
Monday 17 September 2012
Counting period: 6:05-11:55
Weather: wind SW4, cloud-cover 6/8, precipitation drizzle, visibility 20000m, temperature 8 ℃, becoming 2ok, then 7ok, 12degC, 65000m,
QNH 1008 troughing then rising 1009
Observers: Dave Barker, Howard Creber, Lester Ward, (Brian Vickers briefly)

Moving Birds:
Cormorant - 1
Swallow 19 -
Curlew - 1
Meadow Pipit 132 -
Black-headed Gull 1 -
Wheatear 1 -
Lesser Black-backed Gull 91 -
Jackdaw 21 -
Woodpigeon 16 -
Starling 23+ 6

Totals: 312 individuals, 10 species, 5:50 hours

Comments: Just one of those terrible days....
Dave