Welcome

Welcome to the Blog of the Bradford Ornithological Group (BOG). Here you will find information about the latest sightings, an archive of information and a gallery photos of the birds of this area of West Yorkshire, England. We are an active group dedicated to the study and conservation of birds within this region which is situated amongst the Pennines of Northern England.

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Sunday, 17 November 2024

Sunday 17th November 2024

Stockbridge - Water Rail, Reed Bunting, Cormorant and Grey Heron.    Shaun Radcliffe

Saturday 16th November 2024

 High Royd Scrape - 10 Snipe and a Teal.    Bryce Henderson

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

Friday 8th November

Redcar Tarn     Pintail     Nigel Ward

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

Saturday 19 October 2024

High Royd Scrape - 8 Mandarin, single Snipe

Bryce Henderson 

Friday 18 October 2024

Harden Moor - 6 R L Partridge

Keighley - R N Parakeet seen.

James Wright 

Thursday, 17 October 2024

Thursday 17 October 2024

Yeadon Tarn - 20 Tufted Duck, 10 Goosander, male Pochard, 9 Cormorant, Red Kite.

Nigel Priestley

Timble Ings - single Redwing, Lesser Redpoll flocks, single red Crossbill
Bryce Henderson & Paul King


Stockbridge 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 Vickers


Monday, 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 Priestley


Harden 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

Tuesday 8 October 2024

R Aire at Hirst Wood - 2 Dippers near the rowing club.

Graham Wood 

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