A singing Pied Flycatcher.
Keith Moir
Nab Water Lane
12 Wheatear, one male Whinchat and a male Stonechat.
Brian Vickers
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| One of 12 Wheatears at Nab Water Lane photo: Brian Vickers |
18 single Swallows passed through in 15 minutes, all of them heading north up the Aire Valley. Willow warblers have now become established in the area. Brian's Blog
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| Willow Warblers are now much in evidence throughout the area. photo: Brian Sumner |
Three Wheatears (two males and a female) on the 11th fairway of the Golf Course.
Shipley Glen
A Sparrowhawk swept over the road, a Little Owl was at Brackenhall Farm and a Green Woodpecker could be heard calling from near Crook Farm.
Paul King
Sugden Reservoir, Haworth
A pair of Little Grebes.
Steve Parkes
Lady Lane/Walsh Lane - A Report
The number of species seen remain much the same, yesterday I added two Linnets and two Oystercatchers to the list.
In the afternoon the thermals along the valley edge usually produce Buzzards and Red Kites, and Kestrels are seen daily. The Little Owls continue to show and a Raven was back in the area yesterday. The Meadow Pipit numbers grew to four birds in the spot on Heights Lane, looks like they will breed there this year and two Willow Warblers are proclaiming territory in the usual copse. There are also at least two Chiffchaff territories along the route or nearby and two pairs of Pied Wagtails seem to be holding territory along Walsh Lane. Most days one or two Mistle Thrushes are in the fields getting food for presumed nestlings. The numbers of Lapwing and Curlew hover around the 4 – 10 mark for each species. The odd gull also passing over with Herring, Lesser Black-backed and Black-headed seen in the past few days
Yesterday I saw my first male Orange Tips bringing the years species count for butterflies to five.
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| Meadow Pipit (look at those claws!) photo: Phil Matthews |
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| Little Owl - quite a few pairs in the Eldwick/Baildon areas. photo: Phil Matthew |
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| Lapwing - many breeding pairs in the Eldwick/Baildon areas photo: Phil Matthews |
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| Kestrel (male) photo: Phil Matthews |
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| The ubiquitous Chiffchaff photo: Phil Matthews |
