Stockbridge - Water Rail, Reed Bunting, Cormorant and Grey Heron. Shaun Radcliffe
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Sunday, 17 November 2024
Tuesday, 12 November 2024
Tuesday 12th November 2024
Shelf - Scarlet Tanager. This mega rarity was seen again early this morning but not again for the rest of the day. There was a piece on BBC Look North at about 18:50 this evening. Available on iPlayer.
Low Moor - Hawfinch flying NW, 2 Ring-necked Parakeets. Martyn Priestley
Monday 11th November 2024
Shelf - Scarlet Tanager. This is a mega rarity in the UK with only around 8 records. It is a first year bird so yellow in colour rather than red. The bird has apparently been about since October but was only reported on Bird Guides for the first time today.
Hazlewood - 30 flighty Redwing, one Fieldfare, Raven and Barn Owl hunting late afternoon. Roger Nelson
Sunday, 10 November 2024
Sunday 10th November 2024
Otley Wetlands Dozen Teal, 50+ Wigeon, Goldeneye, Little Egret, Little Grebe, 2 Tree Creeper, 4 Greenfinch, and 7-8 Siskin. Path is now very muddy between reedbed andsailing lake. John Armstrong
Saturday 9th November 2024
Stainburn Forest Small numbers of Bramblings and Crossbills John Armstrong
Over Queensbury 5 Whooper Swans Howard Creber
Low Moor Great White Egret seen again. Martyn Priestley
Sunday, 3 November 2024
Monday 4 November 2024
Whetstone Gate - flock of 35 Golden Plovers circling in the mist, 2 Red Kites. Shaun Radcliffe
Saturday 2 November 2024
In a pool closest to B R Nature Reserve at 07.30 Green Sandpiper John Brookes
Lower Barden Reservoir - large numbers of Fieldfare John Brooks
Friday 1 November 2024
High Royd Scrape - Teal, 5 Snipe. Redwings heard. Bryce Henderson
Apperley Bridge - 100 Pinkfoot heading N E at 15.15. A Little Grebe on river. Damian Pearson
Above Oxenhope - 14 Whoopers going S W Howard Creber
Sunday, 27 October 2024
Thursday 31 October 2024
Sisden Reservoir - 42 Wigeon, single Tufted Duck Brian Vickers
Wednesday 30 October 2024
Yeadon Tarn Little Egret, 25 Tufted Duck, 14 Cormorant Shaun Radcliffe
Redcar Tarn - 2 Caspin Gulls Mark Nightingale
Sunday 27 October 2024
Stockbridge Reserve - 3 Reed Bunting, Kingfisher
Knotford Nook - Marsh Tit John Armstrong
Saturday 26 October 2024
Stockbridge Reserve - at 08.20 15 Whoopers flew high over heading SE, Water Rail - BOG working party
Wednesday 23 October 2024
Coppice Pond, St Ives - Goosander, 141 B H G, Harden Moor - 6 Siskin, 2 Bullfinch, single Stonechat James Wright
Harrop Edge near Allerton - viz-mig - 25,400 Woodpigeon S/SW, 12 Whoopers east, 697 Pinkfoot west Simon Johnson
Tuesday 22 October 2024
High Royd Scrape - 3 Teal, 2 Snipe Bryce Henderson
Monday, 21 October 2024
Sunday 20 October 2024
Tong area - 4 Little Egrets.
Martyn Priestley
Chellow Dene - a Woodcock flushed, 4 R N Parakeets.
Simon Johnson
Sunday, 20 October 2024
Thursday, 17 October 2024
Thursday 17 October 2024
Yeadon Tarn - 20 Tufted Duck, 10 Goosander, male Pochard, 9 Cormorant, Red Kite.
Nigel PriestleyStockbridge Reserve - Kingfisher, 2 Reed Buntings, Grey Heron plus small white butterfly & quite a few dragonflies. Almost summer!
Shaun Radcliffe
Wednesday 16 October 2024
Apperley Bridge - 30 plus Redwing, Water Rail heard.
Damian Pearson
Barden Scale - Little Egret, 4 Red Kite, Buzzard per foto below.
Redcar Tarn- 12 Goosanders
Leeshaw Res. - 42 Lapwing, Buzzard
Brian VickersMonday, 14 October 2024
Monday 14 October 2024
Redcar Tarn - 100 plus Pinkfoot to the south, a Pintail & a Wigeon on the Tarn.
Foto above & below received from Nigel PriestleyHarden Moor - female Sparrowhawk, single Redwing S E
James Wright
Shipley Glen - At 8.30 this morning, a skein of 100 plus Pinkfoot flew over the Glen heading
west/northwest.
Paul King
Sunday, 13 October 2024
Sunday 13 October 2024
Stockbridge Reserve - Water Rail, Kestrel, Reed Bunting, Kingfisher
Shaun Radcliffe
Bradford centre - Red Kite over Valley Parade & 2 Peregrine on Lister Mill chimney.
Vivien Leach
Saturday, 12 October 2024
Friday 11 October 2024
Harden area - 7 Redwing passing through
St Ives - 2 Little Grebe on Coppice Pond.
James Wright
Whetstone Allotments area - 4 Red Kite , Kestrel
Shaun Radcliffe
Friday, 11 October 2024
10 October 2024
Stockbridge Reserve - Little Grebe, Water Rail heard twice but bot seen, Reed Bunting, Cormorant east.
Shaun Radcliffe
Wednesday, 9 October 2024
Monday 7 October 2024
Harden Moor - party of 9 Ring Ouzel feeding on rowan plus the same number of Bullfinch amongst alder, birch & rowan. Next day Bullfinches stiil around.
James Wright