Fly Flatts (Warley Moor Reservoir)
Four male and one female Ringed Plover with two chicks. Seven Redshanks plus chicks, nine Dunlin and three Oystercatchers. Also 10 Common Sandpipers, two Barnacle Geese, a drake Tufted Duck and a drake Teal.
Brian Sumner more on Brian's blog.
A pair of Barnacle Geese at Fly Flatts Reservoir
A Ringed Plover chick now out and about
photos and Report from Brian Sumner
Juvenile Birds - a feature by Phil Matthews
An Oystercatcher, one of two chicks at Knotford Nook, seen with adults.
A Moorhen chick, one of two chicks seen at Three Rise Locks Bingley.
A juvenile Curlew, one of two chicks at Heights Lane with a pair of adults on Heights Lane, Eldwick.
Otley Wetland Nature Reserve
A Hobby was seen from near the entrance gate heading north-west. On the Reserve 250 Greylag Geese, Great Crested Grebe, Cormorants, two Grey Herons, Red Kites, a Sparrowhawk, Oystercatchers, Lapwings, Redshank, seven Lesser-Black backed Gulls, Herring Gulls, three Common Tern, Stock Dove, Swift (many), Kingfisher, Great Spotted Woodpecker, good numbers of Sand Martin, House Martin and Swallows, Reed Warbler, Garden Warbler, Blackcap, Whitethroat and Reed Bunting.
John Armstrong
