A Cuckoo and five Wheatears (all female).
Cuckoo and female Wheatear from Brian Vickers
Glovershaw
A Common Whitethroat by the gallops gate and a Cuckoo could be heard from the Sconce area. Snipe were performing their 'roding' display and Curlews and Lapwings occupied Golcar Fields. Two pairs of Reed Buntings were well-established and a Red Kite and a Common Buzzard circled overhead.
Birds at Glovershaw: Common Snipe, Common Whitethroat and Willow Warbler
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| A Red Kite over Shipley and a Grey Heron at Glovershaw |
Haworth Garden
Quite a garden list from Howard! Blackcap (pair), Garden Warbler, Whitethroat, Greenfinch (pair) - feeding, Chaffinch (pair) - feeding, Goldfinch, LT Tits - feeding, Song Thrush.
Howard Creber
Shipley Glen
Breeding birds included two pairs of Great Spotted Woodpecker, both involved in feeding at nest holes. A pair of Blackcaps were involved in collecting food and a young Dunnock was fed by an adult. On the Glen Road, a Common Whitethroat sang and hunted for flies from a prominent perch. At Brackenhall, a dozen or so Starlings foraged for worms and when their beaks were full they flew south towards the Coach Road and Saltaire.
Paul King
Holden Lane, Silsden to Low Wood
Holden Lane/ Silsden Road fields:
Red legged partridge (x2), Lapwing, Curlew, Reed Bunting, Greenfinch, Lesser Redpoll, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Swallow, Swift,
Keighley golf course:
Grey wagtail, Goldcrest, Blackcap, Song & Mistle thrush, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff
Low Wood:
Singing Pied-flycatcher, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Siskin, Goldcrest, Treecreeper, Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, Blackcap, Jays (& 2 deer)
Josh Selfe
Crossroads to Hardnese Clough at Dawn
A dawn walk produced 46 species including two "Lockdown 1sts" - a Common Whitethroat at Stones Lane and a pair of Bullfinch at the Clough.
Steve Parkes
Heber's Ghyll Ilkley, and adjacent moorland above the wood
Red Grouse: several males on moorland
Sparrowhawk: two individuals above wood
Golden Plover: heard on moorland
Curlew: two
Cuckoo: one male calling on moor, later flew over my head
House Martin: a few in Ilkley
Meadow Pipit: common, moor
Stonechat: pair on moor
Common Redstart: two separate males singing in plantations on the moor
Mistle Thrush: One singing top of wood
Willow Warbler: common mainly in rowans on the moor
Wood Warbler: One singing male seen well at top of wood, another probably heard only
Spotted Flycatcher: 1 seen under canopy close to Wood Warbler, others probably heard in vicinity
Treecreeper: two, wood
Siskin: heard only
Lesser Redpoll: One in flight over moor
Linnet: heard only on moor
John Armstrong
Crossroads to Hardnese Clough at Dawn
A dawn walk produced 46 species including two "Lockdown 1sts" - a Common Whitethroat at Stones Lane and a pair of Bullfinch at the Clough.
Steve Parkes
Heber's Ghyll Ilkley, and adjacent moorland above the wood
Red Grouse: several males on moorland
Sparrowhawk: two individuals above wood
Golden Plover: heard on moorland
Curlew: two
Cuckoo: one male calling on moor, later flew over my head
House Martin: a few in Ilkley
Meadow Pipit: common, moor
Stonechat: pair on moor
Common Redstart: two separate males singing in plantations on the moor
Mistle Thrush: One singing top of wood
Willow Warbler: common mainly in rowans on the moor
Wood Warbler: One singing male seen well at top of wood, another probably heard only
Spotted Flycatcher: 1 seen under canopy close to Wood Warbler, others probably heard in vicinity
Treecreeper: two, wood
Siskin: heard only
Lesser Redpoll: One in flight over moor
Linnet: heard only on moor
John Armstrong
