Eldwick Reservoir - this evening, 5 Curlew, 4 Lapwing, 2 pair of Oystercatchers, Little Owl, Little Grebe (a first sighting at site), single Sand Martin, pair of Grey Wagtail, 8 M Pipits, Cormorant.
Phil Matthews
Barden Moor - pair of Wheatear
Storith Road, Barden - Chiff-Chaff, Wheatear, Green Woodpecker
Brian Vickers
Stockbridge Reserve - Chiff-Chaff, Bullfinch, 2 Reed Bunting plus a single Sand Martin flew through.
John Preshaw & Shaun Radcliffe
Reva Reservoir - 7.30 in evening, Common Scoter seen preening itself. Still there when observer left.
Alan Robinson
High Royds Estate - 15 Swallows seen heading west
Ian Poole
Barden Moor - male Ring Ouzel, male Stonechat, 6 Wheatear
Storith Road, Barden - 6 Wheatear, 2 Little Owl, 20 Fieldfare
Brian Vickers
Slippery Ford & Keighley Reservoir - 6 Wheatear, 20 plus Fieldfare & small groups of Sand Martin at the reservoir.
Ian Skayman
Stockbridge Reserve (members only) - Water Rail heard, 2 Reed Bunting, 2 Chiff-Chaff, Canada geese mating.
Also 2 Kingfishers visited the Reserve and started fishing from the willows. Both caught sticklebacks, stunned and swallowed them and stayed perched on the same branch for 10 minutes within 3 feet of each other.
John Preshaw & Shaun Radcliffe
Hazlewood Moor - a single Swallow
Roger Nelson
Glovershaw - Curlew, Lapwing, Snipe & Greylag
Baildon Moor - single Wheatear, 2 Little Owl
James Pieslak
Hazlewood Moor - single Ring Ouzel, female Stonechat, 2 pair of Oystercatchers.
Roger's image of a Lapwing.
Reva Reservoir - 4 Redshank, a pair of Oystercatchers
Hawksworth Moor - male Wheatear, 4 Stock Dove
Burley Moor - small flock of 6 Golden Plover, male Wheatear
Shaun Radcliffe
Barden Bridge - single Sand Martin flying circuits above the sandbanks were this species usually nests.
Shaun Pickard
Stockbridge Reserve (members only) - two Cetti's Warblers located, neither in song. Also two Oystercatchers landed briefly on island (one leucistic per foto)
Jon Middleton
Nab Water Lane, Oxenhope - 2 Wheatear
Brian Vickers
Denso Reserve, Baildon - Grey Wagtail, Kingfisher, pair of Siskin, Water Rail showing.
Jeremy Taylor
Due to a change in management, the left hand of BOG did not know what the right was doing so apologies for some sightings that did not make the web-site - but please keep them coming. Shaun
Wednesday 17th - 2 Barnacle geese with the Canadas at Fly Flatts Res. Ian Skayman
Thursday 18th - 2 Chiff- Chaff singing along the Leeds-Liverpool Canal near Bingley. Jane Robinson
" 25 Whoopers over Baildon. Mark Scrimshaw
Friday 19 March - 2 Chiff-Chaff singing at Toads Holes Beck. Martyn Priestley
Saturday 20 March - 60 Whoopers flying N W seen from Bingley Garden. Martin Taunton
Glovershaw - Lapwing flock of 40 on breeding ground, 4 pair of Curlew, Snipe drumming, Skylarks plus a pair of Stonechat.. Next day, recorded a Kingfisher at Shipley Glen Dam.
Steve Meredith
Bingley area - A new Heronry is now situated near the town on a private lake between the Brown Cow pub & Myrtle Park. A Grey Heron is now sitting whilst three more birds are nest building. Up to six birds have been recorded over the town whilst this development takes place. A good place to view is from the car park next to Bingley Little Theatre as the birds are nesting on an island.
Also recorded today - 2 male & 4 female Goosanders up river, a singing Chiff-Chaff at the bottom of Altar Road, GSW drumming, Nuthatch & Bullfinch near the park.
Shaun Radcliffe
Hirst Wood area - with the river high, no sign of Dippers at the weir, just a Grey Wagtail. Nearby Mistle Thrush, Canadas & Greylags.
Steve Meredith
Glovershaw - increase in Curlew, displaying Lapwings, 2 Grey Partridge, 30+ Golden Plover, active Skylarks & Meadow Pipits, Woodcock flushed near cabins.
Steve Meredith
Hirst Wood weir - pair of dippers nest building.
Milner Fields area - Goldcrest, 3 GSW drumming.
Steve Meredith
Sunnydale Reservoir area - flock of 60 Fieldfare, pair of Red Kites, Buzzard, single Curlew.
Shaun Radcliffe
