Oats Royd, Queensbury
Yellowhammer, first seen on the 27th, remains in the area and was still singing this morning.
Chris King
Fly Flatts (Warley Moor Reservoir)
Breeding success - a pair of Ringed Plover have produced two chicks! First record since 2003.
Ringed Plover and chick at Fly Flatts photo: Brian Sumner
Shipley Glen
Two Great Spotted Woodpecker nests were attended by four adults, at one nest a single juvenile was hanging out, calling and showing every sign it was ready to leave.
The 1st nest site
Photos: Steve Meredith
The 2nd nest site
photo: Keith Allen
On the Glen Road, two Common Whitethroats were singing as were numerous Willow Warblers and three Reed Buntings. At Brackenhall a post-breeding flock of adults and juvenile Starlings had arrived to feed in the fields.
Paul King
Low Wood, Riddlesden
Pied Flycatcher, Spotted Flycatcher (possibly the same bird from the golf course - it's not too far away.) Young blackbirds, blue tits and tree creepers. Young woodpeckers starting to stick their heads out of their nest holes now. In the fields next to Low Wood five goose families were grazing: two greylag families, one canada goose family, one farmyard goose with goslings and a goose family of mixed heritage - a greylag and a bar headed goose and offspring.
Aire River (Utley to Silsden): 4 reed bunting, 5 lesser redpolls, 3 willow warblers, 2 oyster catchers, 2 curlew, 2 common sandpiper, 34 sand martins in all across 2 colonies (possibly three), 5 swallow, 3 garden warbler, 4 whitethroat.
In total 49 species seen throughout the Aire Valley (50 including the Bar headed goose)
Josh Selfe
Reeve's Pheasant photo: Josh Selfe
Glovershaw
Goldfinch photo: Steve Meredith
Oakenshaw Country Park
A pair of breeding Kingfishers seen regularly on a pond inlet.
Martyn Priestley
Walsh Lane/Heights Lane, Eldwick
Evening Walk - Breeding birds: Moorhen with two chicks, a Mallard with five chicks and a pair of Great Tits with three chicks. Singing Blackcap, Willow Warbler and Chiffchaff. Two Grey Heron, a small flock of Long-tailed Tit, Pied Wagtails and Swifts. Also small groups of gulls including Lesser Black-backed, Herring and Black-headed.
Phil Matthews
