6.30 to 8.30 A Little Egret flew west and a Red Kire was hunting. There were Swallows over the fields, breeding Reed Buntings, Common Whitethroat and Linnets on the moorland slopes. Near the gallops, a Common Whitethroat and a Little Owl was in a wall.
River Aire: Utley - Riddlesden
Garden Warbler, Blackcap, Common Sandpiper, thre grey partridges
Stockbridge Reserve
Five Grey Heron, Reed & Sedge Warblers (and an otter)
Farmland above Riddlesden
Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, Buzzard and Red Kite. Also, five Willow Warblers, Greenfinch, Lesser Redpoll & Green Woodpecker.
Low Wood
Treecreeper, Nuthatch, Jay,
River Aire: Utley to Silden
25 Sand Martins in total, but virtually no action at any of the three colony sights. Swallows & Swifts counted in teens. Garden Warbler, Blackcap, Reed Bunting, Lesser Redpoll, three Common Sandpipers and a Lapwing.
Utley garden - Bullfinch
Josh Selfe
Glovershaw
Two breeding pairs of Common Whitethroat by the gallops.
Glen Road, Baildon
Two breeding pairs of Common Whitethroat.
Paul King