Very much a raptor day. First thing, a Common Buzzard could be seen from my front porch and a walk out along the lanes produced three Kestrels, four Red Kites a Peregrine and a Little Owl. At one point on Walsh Lane, where the valley drops away I had two Red Kites, a Buzzard and a Peregrine, all riding the same thermals; with a Kestrel hunting the valley side below them and a Little Owl on a wall over my shoulder. Bliss!!
Phil Matthews
Shipley Glen
A pair of Little Owls have been seen regularly behind Brackenhall Farm.
Paul King
Photos from Steve Meredith taken in Shipley Glen
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| It's time to start looking for and building a nest. Goldcrest and Jackdaw in Shipley Glen photos: Steve Meredith |
Five Wheatear, four Snipe, two Skylark and a Reed Bunting.
Brian Vickers
Haworth Moor
A Swallow flew over and there were at 12 singing Willow Warblers.
Alan Buckley
Hazlewood
Three Willow Warblers, a Wheatear and two Swallows.
Roger Nelson
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| photos by Roger Nelson |
Spectacular photos from Brian Sumner of a Sparrowhawk
Slippery Ford, Oakworth
Five Ring Ouzels and a male Whinchat.
Ian Hargreaves
Soil Hill
A cream-crowned Marsh Harrier flew over. Also, a report of two Ring Ouzels.
Daniel Branch
Stainburn Forest
A Sparrowhawk, a Tawny Owl (heard), a Swallow, a Tree Pipit (near the main car park), several Willow Warblers, a small number of Siskin and Lesser Redpolls.
John Armstrong