Friday, February 20, 2009

Trektellen - Additional Features!

Very many thanks Gerard, Jethro and Clive,

The new download facility is just the ticket. I have just used it to download my vis records and complete reports, (text, weather conditions and the lot) for 2008 for submission to my local bird group. All maitained in a vis friendly format. I am told that they can merge it into their master data base so that is GREAT.

Just what we always wanted!

Dave

Pinkfeet 20-02-2009

Just four skeins of pinks reported today from the Bradford area (to date)..... the first two could possibly be the same skein:

Firstly

This one (70 > W @ 1135hr) from the Queensbury Birders web (NK):

http://queensburybirder.blogspot.com/2009/02/more-pinkfeet.html

and this mail from Howard:

Hello Dave again,

Today had 64 PFG in single skein, over house in Oxenhope, at 11.50 am. No other skeins sighted. Could this be the group of c60 birds seen by DJS of Calderdale group alighting on Fly Flatts yesterday - birds came from that general direction ??

Cheers

Howard

and finally:

Stainburn 08.30-1100, 7/8 cloud poor vis - 3/8 good vis later.

Pink- footed Goose 279 > w- flock of 151 at 09.05 and 128 at 11.00- these moved from Vale of York over Harrogate and just South of Menwith in a Skipton bound direction.

Andy H.

Dave

More on Bradford Pinks 19-02-2009

In addition to my earlier postings, even more pinks on the move over our region yesterday Thursday 19th (from the Bradford sightings page updated tonight):

2 skeins of Pink-footed Geese flew N/W mid morning over West Bowling, Bradford, W Yorks, total 350+

Yeadon Tarn, Yeadon, W Yorks.
82 Pink-footed Geese flew over from east to north-west.

Oxenhope Moor (edge of area) - c 300 Pink-footed Geese moving NW.

The following are pager reports of moving PFG, from other areas (Thursday 19th), repeated here only to put the route and movement over Bradford into context..... A really great day!!:

W.YORKS
500 PINKFEET W/OVER DEWSBURY AT 11.30AM
c220 PINKFEET NW/OVER LEEDS THIS MRNG

LINCS
c850 PINKFEET IN 3 SKEINS NW/OVER CONINGSBY AT 9.20AM
c350 PINKFEET NW/OVER WEST RASEN AT 10.05AM

GTR.MAN
60 PINKFEET W/OVER OFFERTON

N.YORKS
61 PINKFEET N/OVER AINDERBY STEEPLE AT c1.25PM

S YORKS.
W/OVER RAWMARSH, ROTHERHAM AT 11AM, 120 PINKFEET

400+PINKFEET SHEFFIELD NW/OVER WISEWOOD HILLSBOROUGH AT 8AM
3,400+PINKFEET BETWEEN WILSIC & WADWORTH N/OVER BETWEEN 9.50AM & 10.50AM
c1,300 PINKFEET BETWEEN WILSIC & WADWORTH N/OVER AT 10.25AM +62 W/OVER LODGE FARM AT 10.40AM
c400 PINKFEET OVER RAWMARSH, ROTHERHAM AT 8.50AM

NOTTS
BUDBY COMMON 140 PINKFEET NW/OVER AT 11AM

Dave