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Thursday, 16 April 2020

Thursday 16th April 2020

Thornton, Bradford
Singing Pied Flycatcher. There for the second day.
Keith Moir

Shipley Glen
A flock of 40 Fieldfares remain in the fields behind Brackenhall Farm.  In the same area, two Little Owls have established a breeding site.
Glovershaw
A single female Wheatear was in the area of the 12th fairway and three Golden Plovers (two males and a female), were in the fields by Golcar Farm.
Paul King

Lindley Bridge
Four Common Sandpipers
John Armstrong

Nab Water Lane, Oxenhope
18 Wheatear, three Stonechat, a Snipe and a Reed Bunting.
Brian Vickers
Stonechat (male)                                 Brian Vickers
Hazlewood - Strid Wood
Three Pied Flycatchers, including a pair entering a Strid Wood nest-box.  A second male was between Storiths and Strid Wood.  A pair of Dippers were feeding well-grown nestlings, a Mallard had several ducklings and there were several Willow Warblers and Chiffchaffs.                     Roger Nelson                                                                  
Roger's Gallery - Blue Tit, Mallard, Pied Flycatcher, Willow Warbler and Lesser Black-backed Gull