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Saturday 11 April 2020

Saturday 11th April 2020

Walsh Lane/Lady Lane Eldwick
Very much a raptor day.  First thing, a Common Buzzard could be seen from my front porch and a walk out along the lanes produced three Kestrels, four Red Kites a Peregrine and a Little Owl.  At one point on Walsh Lane, where the valley drops away I had two Red Kites, a Buzzard and a Peregrine, all riding the same thermals; with a Kestrel hunting the valley side below them and a Little Owl on a wall over my shoulder.  Bliss!!
Phil Matthews

Shipley Glen

A pair of Little Owls have been seen regularly behind Brackenhall Farm.
Paul King

Photos from Steve Meredith taken in Shipley Glen



It's time to start looking for and building a nest.  Goldcrest and Jackdaw in Shipley Glen  photos: Steve Meredith
Nab Water Lane, Oxenhope
Five Wheatear, four Snipe, two Skylark and a Reed Bunting.
Brian Vickers

Haworth Moor
A Swallow flew over and there were at 12 singing Willow Warblers.
Alan Buckley

Hazlewood
Three Willow Warblers, a Wheatear and two Swallows.
Roger Nelson

photos by Roger Nelson
Queensbury, Oats Royd
Spectacular photos from Brian Sumner of a Sparrowhawk

More on Brian's blog.

Slippery Ford, Oakworth
Five Ring Ouzels and a male Whinchat.
Ian Hargreaves

Soil Hill
A cream-crowned Marsh Harrier flew over.  Also, a report of two Ring Ouzels.
Daniel Branch

Stainburn Forest
A Sparrowhawk, a Tawny Owl (heard), a Swallow, a Tree Pipit (near the main car park), several Willow Warblers, a small number of Siskin and Lesser Redpolls.
John Armstrong