Friday 24 September 2021

Bingley garden - At 22.00 last night, heard plenty of Pinkfoot flying over the house. Not really a garden tick!!

Shaun Radcliffe 

Thursday 23 September 2021

Apperley Bridge - 80 Pinkfoot flying NW, 3 Buzzard, 7 Parakeets, 3 Mandarin (m & 2f), 12 Hirundine

Damian Pearson 

Wednesday 22 September 2021

Low Wood Watchpoint - 300 Pink-footed Geese moving north.

Martyn Priestley 

Monday 20 September 2021

Windhill - flock of 45 Pink-footed Geese seen in the evening. Also a roost of 16 Mistle Thrushes at Denso Reserve.

Jeremy Taylor

Nab Water Lane - Whinchat, Stonechat

Fly Flatts - Wheatear, Whinchat, Stonechat

Brian Vickers 

Sunday 19 September 2021

Allerton Chellow Dene - R N Parakeets in garden.

 Photo and sighting from Ian Watson

Hewenden Reservoir - Osprey seen which is likely to be the same as reported from Doe Park Reservoir.

Ian Skayman

Saturday 18 September 2021

Ben Rhydding - At 12.54 an Osprey circled above before flying off towards Ilkley Moor.

John Brooks

New Lane, Kildwick -  2 Little Owls

Sue Patchett

Friday 17 September 2021

Oxenhope Watchpoint - best of the birds recorded - 2 Red-throated  Divers seen within 2 hours of each other, both heading S W. Also a single Twite plus 16 Common Scoter flying w

Dave Barker & Howard Creber 

Thursday 16 Sptember 2021

Low Moor Watchpoint - single R N Parakeet moving high to south. Another bird seen the previous day.

Martyn Priestley 

Wednesday 15 September 2021

Buck Lane, Thackley - single Spotter Flycatcher (plus grass snakes)

Jeremy Taylor 

Monday 13 September 2021

Doe Park Reservoir - Osprey showing well this afternoon. From 15.40 for nearly an hour, the bird fished four times, once successfully. The local Magpies & Crows kept mobbing the bird.

Jane Robinson

Bingley to Hirst Wood along river - 3 Dippers, 3 Goosander, Chiff-Chaff, 3 Cormorant, 2 Kingfisher, 

5 Moorhen, Grey Heron, 39 Mallard (including males coming out of eclipse).

Shaun Radcliffe

Saturday 11 September 2021

Leeshaw Reservoir - 40 plus Goldfinch, single Wheatear

Brian Vickers

Stockbridge Reserve (members only) - Tawny Owl flew out of nest box & landed in nearby tree giving excellent views.

Shaun Radcliffe

Hazlewood area - two splendid photographs of Red Kite taken yesterday by Roger Nelson.

 

CATCH UP

Bird sightings received earlier this week.

Monday 6th - Doe Park

Osprey photographed by Brian Vickers

Redcar Tarn - Caspian Gull (1st calendar year)

Keith Moir
 Tuesday 7th - Cottingley Garden - 2 Parakeets

Martin Taunton

Girlington - Caspian Gull (1st calendar year).

Photo & sighting by Keith Moir

Wednesday 8th - Sandy lane, Allerton

Osprey seen

Alan Robinson

Sunday 5 September 2021

Thornton Moor Watchpoint - during a viz-mig session, Yellow Wagtail, Red Kite & Wryneck recorded.

Howard |Creber

Storith Road, Barden - migrants still about, Redstarts, Spotted Flycatchers & juv Willow Warblers.

Brain Vickers

Cottingley Manor - 2 R N Parakeet.

Julia Radcliffe

Stockbridge Reserve (members only) - single Teal amongst the mallards, 2 Blackcap, Jay, Bullfinches.

Shaun Radcliffe

Friday 3 September 2021

Doe Park Reservoir - Osprey seen again.

Brian Vickers 

Wednesday 1 September 20201

Doe Park Reservoir - Osprey fishing mid-morning.

Howard Creber

Rombalds Moor - juvenile Ringtail, Red Kite, Kestrel

Shaun Radcliffe