Wednesday, 29 April 2020

Wednesday 29th April 2020

Lady Lane/ Walsh Lane, Eldwick
Recent images from Phil Matthews taken on 25th April.
Whinchat                             Phil Matthews
Little Owl                                    Phil Matthews
Grey Partridge                                    Phil Matthews
Nuthatch at a nest hole                      Phil Matthews
Song Thrush                 Phil Matthews
Grey Herons
Yesterday we had a report of a heronry within the grounds of Esholt Water Treatment Works.  Today we have been informed that there's a herons nest in a conifer plantation at the corner of Cottingley Moor Road and Stoney Ridge Road, Cottingley.
Jane Robinson

Wharfe Meadows Park, Otley to Knotford Nook and return
On the river - two pairs of Goosander, a pair of Mandarin Ducks plus a single male, large numbers of Sand Martins, good numbers of Swallows and a few House Martins
In the fields - two Yellow Wagtails
Overhead - two red Kites, a Common Buzzard, a Sparrowhawk an four Swifts.
Knotford Nook - two pairs of Great Crested Grebes. 
Gallows Hill - two Song Thrush, many Blackcaps and Chiffchaffs, three singing Garden Warblers, a Treecreeper, a Greenfinch and a pair of Bullfinch.
John Armstrong

Fly Flatts (Warley Moor Reservoir)
Four Ringed Plover, 11 Dunlin, three Redshanks, two Curlew and five Common Sandpiper.
Brian Sumner