Saturday, 25 April 2020

Saturday 25th April 2020

Low Moor Banks
A Lesser Whitethroat and a Common Whitethroat both in song.
Martyn Priestley
Lesser Whitethroat 1987 to 2018

Ben Rhydding Gravel Pits Nature Reserve

A Common Sandpiper, a Garden Warbler and a Redshank.
Ilkley Moor
A second Cuckoo.  This one behind White Wells.
John Brookes

Baildon station
A Swift flew over.
Jeremy Taylor

Bingley Bog North

Four pairs of Bullfinch, a pair of Grey Wagtails, two Blackcaps, two Long-tailed Tits and three Chiffchaffs.  A Green Woodpecker was calling from the cemetery area.
Steve Meredith

Nab Water Lane
Three female Wheatears
Leeshaw Reservoir
Three Common Sandpipers, four Cormorants, a Grey Wagtail and a Dunlin
Brian Vickers

Shibden Head, Queensbury
Two Blackcaps and a Common Whitethroat.  Linnets, Sparrowhawk and Great Spotted Woodpecker.
Chris King

Oats Royd, Queensbury
A pair of Blackcaps plus a single male.  Several Willow Warblers and Chiffchaffs.
Brian Sumner

Glovershaw
A pair of Swallows at Golcar Farm and 10 Oystercatchers feeding in one of the few remaining damp areas.
Paul King

Keighley, Fell Lane
A Ring-necked Parakeet.
Steve Parkes

Lady Lane/Walsh Lane, Bingley
Evening - Whinchat, two Grey Partridge, eight Linnets, two Song Thrush, Goldcrest, Oystercatcher, Little Owl, Willow Warbler
Phil Matthews