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Saturday, 28 March 2020

Saturday 28th March 2020

Government Guidelines - stay local and use open spaces near to your home, it is not within the guidelines to go birding by car no matter how local. Many of Bradford Council's Car Parks are now closed.   They are:

Cow and Calf, Whetstone Gate, Ilkley Lido, Riverside Gardens, Darwin Gardens

Haworth – Bronte Village Car and Coach park, Weavers Hill
Haworth Bronte Parsonage Museum car park
St Ives Low Park, Golf Club & Coppice Pond and Play Area car parks
Lister Park car park, Cliffe Castle car parks, Baildon Moor carpark
Penistone Hill Dimple Lane Quarry and Moorside Lane

Otley Wetland Nature Reserve 
Whooper Swan - strange record of a distressed bird in the wood by sailing club lake. I think it had been driven there by aggressive local Mute Swans.  I was initially worried it may have been caught or injured, but as I slowly walked towards it, it crashed out of the wood, took off, and flew across the lake, so it was ok.

Pink-footed Goose - single bird with feral geese on and adjacent to sailing club lake; Wigeon (good number), Goldeneye (good number), Teal (3), Oystercatcher (many), Curlew (2), Redshank (4+), Herring Gull (2-3), Lesser Black-backed Gull (1), Stock Dove (c8)
John Armstrong

Leeds Liverpool Canal - 0600-0830am
Riddlesden to Holden Swing Bridge & back
Blackcap singing near Low Wood, several Chiffchaff, Bullfinch, single Redwing, a Curlew, Oystercatcher, Pheasant, Herring Gull, LBBGull, Nuthatch, Treecreeper, GSWdpkr, Grey Wagtail, nesting Greylags
M Doveston

Glovershaw/Baildon Golf Course

Single Raven and Common Buzzard, and a Stonechat.  Three pairs of Curlew,  20+ pairs of Lapwing, a pair of Kestrels and a pair of Little Owls.  On the Golf Course, eight Skylarks and 10 Meadow Pipits.  A Red Grouse, two Red-legged Partridge and three Pheasants.
Steve Meredith
Skylark on Baildon Golf Course                    photo: Steve Meredith
Curlew at Glovershaw                photo: Steve Meredith
Little Owls at Pennythorn                                  photo: Steve Meredith
In addition - At 7.30am, Snipe were very active, with birds displaying and 'chunking'.
Paul King

Hainworth Shaw, Keighley
45 Redwings settled in trees in Alan's garden.
Alan Buckley