Lower Laithe Reservoir - 2 Shelduck
Oxenhope Village Pond - Kingfisher
Brian Vickers
Fewston Reservoir - 36 Tufted Duck (only 6 females), mixed flock of finches feeding on Alders & on path where the seed had fallen. Make up est. 40 Siskin, 10 Redpoll, 5 Goldfinch. Buzzard & Red Kite also recorded.
Shaun Radcliffe
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Wednesday 31 January 2018
Tuesday 30 January 2018
Tuesday 30 January 2018
Barden Scale - 3 Peregrine, Red Kites, Buzzards, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel
Brian Vickers
Private Wetlands (permit holders only) - 140 Wigeon, a few male Goldeneye, 20 Tufted Duck, 3 Oystercatchers, 3 Bullfinch, 2 Reed Bunting, a few winter thrushes flew by, small flocks of Siskin feeding on alders plus Buzzard & Red Kite seen.
Shaun Radcliffe
Yeadon Tarn
One male Pochard, 16 Tufted Duck, a flock of 70 Goldfinch, 20 Redwing and a singing Song Thrush.
Paul King
Brian Vickers
Private Wetlands (permit holders only) - 140 Wigeon, a few male Goldeneye, 20 Tufted Duck, 3 Oystercatchers, 3 Bullfinch, 2 Reed Bunting, a few winter thrushes flew by, small flocks of Siskin feeding on alders plus Buzzard & Red Kite seen.
Shaun Radcliffe
Yeadon Tarn
One male Pochard, 16 Tufted Duck, a flock of 70 Goldfinch, 20 Redwing and a singing Song Thrush.
Paul King
Monday 29 January 2018
Cononley Ings - 9 Shelduck, 14 Curlew, 200+ Lapwing, 100+ Teal, 100+ Wigeon
Brian Vickers
Stockbridge Reserve (members only) - late evening & the lake is a place of passion! Four Goosanders displaying to three bored looking females. Sparrowhawk & 6 Reed Buntings noted.
Shaun Radcliffe
Brian Vickers
Stockbridge Reserve (members only) - late evening & the lake is a place of passion! Four Goosanders displaying to three bored looking females. Sparrowhawk & 6 Reed Buntings noted.
Shaun Radcliffe
Saturday 27 January 2018
Saturday 27 January 2018
Stockbridge - heard a flock of Pinkfoot fly over going west at about 11 o'clock. Cloud level too low to see the birds.
Shaun Radcliffe
Friday 26th - Lower Barden Reservoir - 14 Oystercatchers, 450 plus Lapwing
Brian Vickers
Shaun Radcliffe
Friday 26th - Lower Barden Reservoir - 14 Oystercatchers, 450 plus Lapwing
Brian Vickers
Thursday 25 January 2018
Thursday 25 January 2018
Stockbridge Reserve (members only) - Sparrowhawk, 3 Reed Bunting, Bullfinch plus a flypast about 11.30 of a Little Egret down river. Shame it decided not to drop in.
Shaun Radcliffe & John Preshaw
Shaun Radcliffe & John Preshaw
Wednesday 24 January 2018
Wednesday 24 January 2018
Monday 22 January 2018
Ilkley Cemetery - Goldcrest, Jay, Greenfinch, Sparrowhawk & Hawfinch.
Brain Vickers
Hawfinch also seen by John Brooks.
Brain Vickers
Hawfinch also seen by John Brooks.
Saturday 20 January 2018
Esholt/Apperley Bridge - 2 Greenfinch, Buzzard, Rose-ringed Parakeet, 2 Bullfinch, 15 Pied Wagtail, 4 Rooks, Nuthatch
Damian Pearson
Hazlewood Moor-side - 8 Golden Plover, 25 Lapwing, male Stonechat, 2 Meadow Pipit, 3 Buzzard, 6 Greylag Geese.
Roger Nelson
Damian Pearson
Hazlewood Moor-side - 8 Golden Plover, 25 Lapwing, male Stonechat, 2 Meadow Pipit, 3 Buzzard, 6 Greylag Geese.
Roger Nelson
Wednesday 17 January 2018
Wednesday 17 January 2018
Ilkley Garden - the cold snap has brought 3 Redpoll & 3 Siskin to the feeders.
Keith Allen
Keith Allen
Sunday 14 January 2018
Sunday 14th January 2018
Ben Rhydding Gravel Pits (Saturday record) - Little Egret harassed by one of three Red Kites. Also Woodcock flushed from undergrowth was a first record for the site.
Steve Parkes
Hewenden Reservoir
♀Goldeneye, Teal♂2♀, Goosander♂2♀, Mallard
Tufted Duck 2♂4♀, Cormorant 5, Grey Heron,
Canada Goose, Black-headed Gull, Common Gull
Common Buzzard, Grey Wagtail, Redwing
St.Ives - Coppice Pond & Mansion areas
Kingfisher, Mute Swan 4, Coot, Moorhen, Common Gull,
Black-headed Gulls c150, GSWdpkr, Mallards,
Bullfinch, Goldfinch, Greenfinch, Nuthatch
M Doveston
Stockbridge Reserve(members only) - Water Rail vocal, just seen briefly, plus female Goosander & Grey Heron fishing, Reed Bunting, Greenfinch (at last), Bullfinch, 2 Kestrel.
Shaun Radcliffe
Steve Parkes
Hewenden Reservoir
♀Goldeneye, Teal♂2♀, Goosander♂2♀, Mallard
Tufted Duck 2♂4♀, Cormorant 5, Grey Heron,
Canada Goose, Black-headed Gull, Common Gull
Common Buzzard, Grey Wagtail, Redwing
St.Ives - Coppice Pond & Mansion areas
Kingfisher, Mute Swan 4, Coot, Moorhen, Common Gull,
Black-headed Gulls c150, GSWdpkr, Mallards,
Bullfinch, Goldfinch, Greenfinch, Nuthatch
M Doveston
Stockbridge Reserve(members only) - Water Rail vocal, just seen briefly, plus female Goosander & Grey Heron fishing, Reed Bunting, Greenfinch (at last), Bullfinch, 2 Kestrel.
Shaun Radcliffe
Thursday 11 January 2018
Thursday 11 January 2018
Bingley Bog North - Little Egret this afternoon.
Stockbridge Reserve - Reed Bunting, Bullfinch, Siskin plus first singing Mistle Thrush on the Reserve in 2018.
Shaun Radcliffe
Stockbridge Reserve - Reed Bunting, Bullfinch, Siskin plus first singing Mistle Thrush on the Reserve in 2018.
Shaun Radcliffe
Wednesday 10 January 2018
Leeshaw Reservoir - single Oystercatcher (early date for site), 2 Teal, 5 Goosander, 2 Cormorant, 4 Stock Dove
Brian Vickers
Brian Vickers
Sunday 7 January 2018
Sunday 7 January 2018
Stockbridge Reserve (members only) - heard today Water Rail after a few blank weeks. Also a pair of Kestrel flew together above the riverbank. At the feeders, Reed Bunting, a couple of Siskin among the willows searching for ice free areas to drink. Bullfinch seen at different parts of the reserve. Two Cormorants circled before landing on the river.
John Ogden, Thomas Simcock& Shaun Radcliffe
John Ogden, Thomas Simcock& Shaun Radcliffe
Thursday 4 January 2018
Thursday 4 January 2018
Otley Garden - female/juv Blackcap on feeders.
Theo Keuchel
Stockbridge Reserve (members only) - continuous rain did not put off the 58 Mallard on the water. There was much head bobbing & mating taking place. 4 Reed Buntings to the feeder. A Grey Heron stalked the bank on the far side & was rewarded by catching & eating a field vole. Cormorant briefly fished on the lake.
Shaun Radcliffe
Theo Keuchel
Stockbridge Reserve (members only) - continuous rain did not put off the 58 Mallard on the water. There was much head bobbing & mating taking place. 4 Reed Buntings to the feeder. A Grey Heron stalked the bank on the far side & was rewarded by catching & eating a field vole. Cormorant briefly fished on the lake.
Shaun Radcliffe
Tuesday 2 January 2018
Tuesday 2 January 2018
Stockbridge Reserve (members only) - Kestrel, 18 Magpie, 2 Grey Heron plus Tawny Owl.
Shaun Radcliffe
Shaun Radcliffe
Monday 1 January 2018
Monday 1st January 2018
Bingley garden - GSW, Bullfinch, Coal Tit
Myrtle Park - 4 Jay, 4 Cormorant, 3 Nuthatch, pair of Goosander, Grey Heron, Sparrowhawk
Walsh Lane, Bingley - Little Owl, Red Kite
Phil Matthews
Shipley Glen
A walk around the Glen produced the following: 10 Grey Herons, four Nuthatch, 100+ Greylag Geese, 75+ Canada Geese also Mistle Thrush, Redwing, Jay and a Great Spotted Woodpecker.
Paul King
Hewenden Reservoir
♂ Shoveler, 1 Barnacle Goose in fields with 77 Canada Geese, 12 Tufted Duck, 4 Cormorant, 2 Mallard, Adult Herring Gull, 1 Common Gull, Moorhen.
St.Ives Estate
4 Mute Swan, Siskin, Goldfinch, Nuthatch, GSWdpkr drumming, Goldcrest,
Cullingworth Fields (Haworth Road)
16+Stock Dove, 100+Black-headed Gulls
M Doveston
Myrtle Park - 4 Jay, 4 Cormorant, 3 Nuthatch, pair of Goosander, Grey Heron, Sparrowhawk
Walsh Lane, Bingley - Little Owl, Red Kite
Phil Matthews
Shipley Glen
A walk around the Glen produced the following: 10 Grey Herons, four Nuthatch, 100+ Greylag Geese, 75+ Canada Geese also Mistle Thrush, Redwing, Jay and a Great Spotted Woodpecker.
Paul King
Hewenden Reservoir
♂ Shoveler, 1 Barnacle Goose in fields with 77 Canada Geese, 12 Tufted Duck, 4 Cormorant, 2 Mallard, Adult Herring Gull, 1 Common Gull, Moorhen.
St.Ives Estate
4 Mute Swan, Siskin, Goldfinch, Nuthatch, GSWdpkr drumming, Goldcrest,
Cullingworth Fields (Haworth Road)
16+Stock Dove, 100+Black-headed Gulls
M Doveston
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