0850z NW F1-2 12km -BR 6St002 8St004 11.6/11.4 1019.8
RMK: Fog closed in approx 2100 Fri (St deck lowering onto
the hills), vis ~200m at 0100, but had lifted by 0630. Present
12km vis is over the lower ground to the W and NW ... it is
probably less at my altitude but I can't easily estimate that.
Several heavy showers Fri pm, notably 1445-1515. Standing
water in the fields again this morning

09-09: Tx 15.5 Tn 10.4 Tg 8.7 RR 8.9 sss 0.6

[OT]: What appeared to be a white-breasted robin sat on
my fence (under a neighbour's tree) to shelter from the rain
yesterday afternoon. Are these known, or was it something else?

Philip Eden
Whipsnade 214m

Googling "white-breasted robin" gives lots of links, e.g.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle3075737.ece
Although the White Breasted Robin is a native Australian species, the one you saw was probably
suffering from some condition known as leucism, which means it does not have the pigment that
gives robins their red breasts.
--
Roy Avis
Bracknell Weather & Webcam plus Latest Statistics at: http://www.weatherfamily.org/bracknell
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"Philip Eden" philipATweatherHYPHENukDOTcom wrote in message
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0850z NW F1-2 12km -BR 6St002 8St004 11.6/11.4 1019.8
RMK: Fog closed in approx 2100 Fri (St deck lowering onto
the hills), vis ~200m at 0100, but had lifted by 0630. Present
12km vis is over the lower ground to the W and NW ... it is
probably less at my altitude but I can't easily estimate that.
Several heavy showers Fri pm, notably 1445-1515. Standing
water in the fields again this morning

09-09: Tx 15.5 Tn 10.4 Tg 8.7 RR 8.9 sss 0.6

[OT]: What appeared to be a white-breasted robin sat on
my fence (under a neighbour's tree) to shelter from the rain
yesterday afternoon. Are these known, or was it something else?

Philip Eden
Whipsnade 214m

"Roy Avis" wrote :
Googling "white-breasted robin" gives lots of links, e.g.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle3075737.ece
Although the White Breasted Robin is a native Australian species, the one
you saw was probably suffering from some condition known as leucism, which
means it does not have the pigment that gives robins their red breasts.
--
Thanks, Roy. That's exactly what it looked like. Saw it again
this morning.

pe

"Philip Eden" philipATweatherHYPHENukDOTcom wrote :

0850z NW F1-2 12km -BR 6St002 8St004 11.6/11.4 1019.8
RMK: Fog closed in approx 2100 Fri (St deck lowering onto
the hills), vis ~200m at 0100, but had lifted by 0630. Present
12km vis is over the lower ground to the W and NW ... it is
probably less at my altitude but I can't easily estimate that.
Several heavy showers Fri pm, notably 1445-1515. Standing
water in the fields again this morning

1150z N F2-3 18km 4Sc015 15.2/12.0 1020.1
RMK: Sun first broke through the St layer at 1035z.

Philip Eden
Whipsnade 214m

It's actually caused by the lack of sun,I've seen many species including
humans suffering from the same condition this year.,the redness leaves the
chest and transfers to the arse ,all due to sitting around waiting for the
rain to stop.

Signed

Dr Ron Button
VD and scar


"Philip Eden" philipATweatherHYPHENukDOTcom wrote in message
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"Roy Avis" wrote :
Googling "white-breasted robin" gives lots of links, e.g.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle3075737.ece
Although the White Breasted Robin is a native Australian species, the one
you saw was probably suffering from some condition known as leucism,
which means it does not have the pigment that gives robins their red
breasts.
--
Thanks, Roy. That's exactly what it looked like. Saw it again
this morning.

pe

"Philip Eden" philipATweatherHYPHENukDOTcom wrote :
"Philip Eden" philipATweatherHYPHENukDOTcom wrote :

0850z NW F1-2 12km -BR 6St002 8St004 11.6/11.4 1019.8
RMK: Fog closed in approx 2100 Fri (St deck lowering onto
the hills), vis ~200m at 0100, but had lifted by 0630. Present
12km vis is over the lower ground to the W and NW ... it is
probably less at my altitude but I can't easily estimate that.
Several heavy showers Fri pm, notably 1445-1515. Standing
water in the fields again this morning

1150z N F2-3 18km 4Sc015 15.2/12.0 1020.1
RMK: Sun first broke through the St layer at 1035z

1750z E F1-2 50km 1Ac150 13.8/11.8 1021.5
RMK: Tr Ac, also tr Ci250 ... the setting sun is also
illuminating some extremely tenuous and very high Ci,
prob 350; it probably wouldn't be visible at all under
other lighting conditions. Max looks like just 16.6°C
with about 6½ h of sunshine, the most since 1 Sep.

Philip Eden
Whipsnade 214m