Oxenhope.... 2012-10-05

Seven Images all Copyright Howard Creber 2012

Oxenhope, Bradford (W Yorks, England)
Friday 5 October 2012
Counting period: 7:00 - 11:00
Weather: wind West3, cloud-cover 6/8, visibility 20000m, temperature 8 ℃, becoming W F3 gusting F5 then W 5/6 4ok, 9degC, 65000m, QNH troughing 999 then rising 1002
Observers: Howard Creber, Rod Procter

Moving Birds:
Cormorant * - 7
Collared Dove * 2 -
Mistle Thrush - 9
Pink-footed Goose * 220 -
Swallow 18 -
Jay * - 4
Golden Plover 9 -
House Martin * 8 -
Starling - 13
Black-headed Gull * - 21
Meadow Pipit 667 -
Chaffinch * 3 -
Lesser Black-backed Gull * - 18
alba wagtail sp. 12 -
Greenfinch * 17 -
Woodpigeon 8 -
Wheatear 1 -
Goldfinch * 8 -

Totals: 1045 individuals, 18 species, 4:00 hours

Comments: The bulk of todays movement occurred before 09.00 hrs when the winds were much steadier. A constant flow of Meadow Pipits throughout the watch, but front loaded. A single flock of 8 House Martins came thro` very high SE. Another group of 4 Jays (after yesterdays) were seen coming in high from the east and proceeded west in a cumbersome and painfully slow way - they got there tho` !!!. A spectacular single flock of circa 220 Pinkfeet from the west, came over beyond the watershed, south of the col and disappeared very high to the east.

Howard