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Friday, 10 April 2020

Friday 10th April 2020

Queensbury
Roper Lane - A Swallow, four Willow Warbler and five Skylark
Mountain - A Ring Ouzel
Chris King

Nab Water Lane, Oxenhope
Six Wheatears, a pair of Skylarks and a single Snipe.
Brian Vickers
Female Wheatear at Nab Water Lane, Oxenhope           photo; Brian Vickers
Middleton Moor
Snipe drumming near the plantation.
Keith Allen

Haworth
Hardgate Lane - A House Martin
Blackmoor Lane - Five Skylark
Steven Parkes

West Lane, Haworth - Willow Warblers appeared two days ago and a Swallow flew by this evening.
Nigel Ward

Sconce, Baildon Moor
A walk around the area produced 25 Willow Warblers singing from birch trees.  There are 15 Willow Warblers on the western slopes making an estimated 50 singing males across the moor.
Paul King

Shipley Glen
A Kingfisher, a pair of Goldcrest nest building, a Mandarin Duck on the dam in conflict with a Moorhen.  At Trench Wood - Four Chiffchaff, a Blackcap and a pair of Willow Warblers.
Hirstwood Weir - A Dipper
Steve Meredith
A Dipper at Hirstwood Weir                           photo: Steve Meredith
Goldcrest in Shipley Glen                         photo: Steve Meredith
Mandarin Duck in Shipley Glen                       photo: Steve Meredith
Lady Lane, Walsh Lane Eldwick
Early morning - Little Owl, Red Kite, three singing Song Thrush, three Lesser Black-backed Gulls, Greenfinch, Goldfinch, Jay, two Willow Warblers, nest building Magpies and Starlings.
More images from Phil Matthews
Chiffchaff                                  photo: Phil Matthews
A cheeky Jackdaw, taking hair from a donkey's back           photo: Phil Matthews
Mistle Thrushes are now into the breeding season           photo: Phil Matthews

A fine looking male Pied Wagtail                         photo: Phil Matthews            
Baildon Station
Four House Martins and two Swallows
Jeremy Taylor

Otley - Wharfe Meadow and Gallows Hill
Two pairs of Goosander, two male Mandarin Ducks, about five Willow Warblers and several Blackcaps.
John Armstrong