Friday, October 23, 2009

Cold Edge/Hunter Hill

Vis Mig
Cold Edge, Halifax (W Yorks, England)
Counting period: 9:00-12:00
Weather: 9 degrees C. Thick mist down to 300m, below that still misty visibilty to 2km. F0 to F1 as the mist cleared by 11:20
Observers: Dave Sutcliffe

Common Snipe 2 N
Blackbird 4 S
Chaffinch 72 N
Black-headed Gull 2 N
Fieldfare 151 SW
Brambling 2 N
Woodpigeon 51 SW
Redwing 19 SW
finch sp. 12 N
Skylark 10 SW
Rook 1 SW
Greenfinch 36 N
Meadow Pipit 68 SW
Raven 4 NE
Goldfinch 8 N
alba wagtail sp. 1 SW
Starling 54 SW

Totals: 497 individuals, 17 species, 3:00 hours

Present: Cormorant 1 (Mixenden Res'r), Mallard 26, Tufted Duck 1 (Cold Edge Dams), Goosander 3 (Mixenden Res'r), Sparrowhawk 1, Pheasant 1, Black-headed Gull 30, Common Gull 15, Little Owl 1, Wren 3, Dunnock 1, Robin 1, Great Tit 1, Magpie 14, Jackdaw 23, Carrion Crow

Comments: Very quiet early on until the mist started to lift a little below 300m after 10:30. Finch flocks were moving N just below the mist as were the Fieldfares but the Meadow Pipits were flying straight through it. 4 Ravens together heading NE towards Soil Hill were a bonus.

1 comment:

Dave Barker said...

Hi Dave
Your Ravens are very interesting... both HC and myself had different Ravens on vis this morning. Both our lots were coming in from the NE and away SW. Mine were at c1200hr and HC's were mid morning.

Good snaps of the watchpoint!

Dave