7th - 29th December 2023

(Shaun's access to the Blog has been iffy for last few weeks. I've managed to get access to the sightings emails so here is a summary. Our apologies for the late posting. Hopefully we can get Shaun back up and running soon. Please keep the sightings coming in! Chris).

27/12/2023

Lower Laithe Reservoir - 18 Whooper Swans

    Brian Vickers

23/12/2023

Redcar Tarn - Pintail

    Tom and Susan Simcock

19/12/2023

High Royd Scrape - 9 snipe and 2 Mandarin

    Bryce Henderson

17/12/2023

High Royd Scrape - 2 Teal

    BrieHenderson

16/12/2023

Apperley Bridge - 20+ Greylag Geese and 2 Perigrine Falcon. Tiercel displaying in the air while female watched from the ground. Fascinating to see ! (Open area of flooded ground where the old filter beds use to be, aka Esholt Urban Quarry).

    Damian Pearson

Leeshaw Reservoir - 7 Goosander

    Brian Vickers

15/12/2023

Silsden Reservoir - 30 Wigeon

    Brian Vickers

14/12/2023

Leeshaw Reservoir - 4 Goosander 

Lower Laithe Reservoir - 2 Tufted Duck

    Brian Vickers

Sandford Road, Barkerend, Bradford - 30 Waxwing

    Roger Wilkingson

13/12/2023

Redcar Tarn - Pintail

    David Ogden

7/12/2023

Denton Hall Ponds - 73 Wigeon

    Nigel Jones

Thursday 7 December 2023

Bingley garden - male Blackcap searched in a Honeysuckle bush for food.

Shaun Radcliffe 

Wednesday 6 December 2023

Over Riddlesden - Litrtle Egret

Keith Moir

High Royd Scrape - 5 Snipe & 5 Teal

Bryce Henderson 

CATCH UP

 Friday 24 November - Redcar Tarn - dark-eyed Y L Gull - Keith Moir

High Royd Scrape - 7 Snipe, 2 male Teal, 3 Mandarin - Bryce Henderson

Esholt - 3 Mandarin - Matthew Rawnsley

Monday 27 November - Bingley Moor - male Merlin - Matthew Rawnsley

Tuesday 28 November - Keighley Golf Course - 3 dozen Waxwings - Michael Ford

Wednesday 29 November - High Royd Scrape - 15 Snipe, 2 Teal - Jeremy Taylor

Apperley Bridge - 28 R R Parakeet - Damian Pearson

Friday 1 December - Hollins Hall Golf Course - 8 Waxwings - Roger Wilkin

Friday 24 November 2023

Leeshaw Reservoir - single Shelduck, Grey Heron

Foto & record from Brian Vickers
 

Thursday 23 November 2023

Leeshaw Reservoir - A Gadwall seen which is very uncommon on moorland reservoirs & a first for this observer at Leeshaw. Foto taken in a force nine gale!!

Gadwall with a Teal foto from Brian Vickers.

Wednesday 22 November 2023

Next to Crossflatts Railway Station - 4 Waxwings seen at 13.00. Birds not seen two hours later.

East Morton area - Sparrowhawk chasing a GSW, Buzzard, Goldcrest.

Shaun Radcliffe 

Tuesday 21 November 2023

Cononley Ings - single Whooper, 150 plus Lapwing, 200 plus Wigeon

Barden Scale - Red Kites, Buzzards, 2 Sparrowhawk, 26 Fieldfare

Sightings & foto from Brian Vickers
 

Monday 21 November 2023

Leeshaw Reservoir - 3 Goosanders

Foto from Brian Vickers
 

Friday 17 November 2023

Whetstone Gate area - male Stonechat, Kestrel, 2 Red Kite, Barn Owl.

Shaun Radcliffe 

Tuesday 14th November 2023

High Royd Scrape - 3 Mandarin, 3 Teal, both species 2 male & a female.

Bryce Henderson 

Redcar Tarn - adult Caspian Gull, flew off west at 2.10 but may return.

Sighting & foto from Keith Moir

Nab Wood Garden - 3 male Blackcaps noted and showing aggression towards each other.

Nick Tonge 

Monday 14 November 2023

Esholt on River Aire - female Mandarin

Matthew Rawnsley 

Sunday 12 November 2023

Cullingworth garden - 2 Brambling with local Chaffinches.

Ian Skayman 

Wednesday 8 November 2023

Cullingworth - above Ellar Carr, Mandarin still there. Flock of 20 Fieldfare overhead.

Sightings & foto from David Ogden

 

Sunday 5 November 2023

Low Moor Watchpoint - during a visible migration watch, 22,567 Woodpigeon passed by going north. Also 1,426 Fieldfare counted going north.

Martyn Priestley 

Friday 3 November 2023

Cononley Ings = - Still 140 Wigeon

Redcar Tarn - Caspian Gull still present, Pintail irregular appearance.

Keith Moir 

Saturday 4 November 2023

Apperley Bridge - 60 Pinkfoot flying west at 11.00.

Damian Pearson 

Sunday 29 October 2023

Silsden Reservoir - 40 Wigeon

Leeshaw Reservoir - G S W (unusual here), 350 of mixed Geese ( Canadas & Greylags), Kestrel

Brian Vickers

Stockbridge Reserve - Little Grebe, Sparrowhawk, Bullfinch plus 2 Reed Bunting. This species has not been recorded on this site since mid-August despite normally a resident.

Shaun Radcliffe 

Thursday 26 October 2023

Ten Yards Lane, Thornton - single Snow Bunting.

Mark Pearson

Stockbridge Reserve - Water Rail heard, Goosander, Kestrel

Shaun Radcliffe, David Foster

Wednesday 25 October 2023

Great White Egret update.  Three birds now seen and reported between 9.00 & 9,30. Foto and record received from Neil Turner

Cononley Ings - 2 Great White Egret, 85 Wigeon, 130 Teal

Redcar Tarn - Caspian Gull (1st winter).

Sightings and foto from Keith Moir

High Royd Scrape - 6 Snipe

Bryce Henderson
 

Sunday 22 October 2023

Silsden Reservoir - pair of Pintail

Barden Scale - late Swallow, Jay, flock of 200 mixed winter thrushes.

Brian Vickers

Eldwick area - female Hen Harrier sighted.

Geoff Mills 

Low Moor Watchpoint - viz mig watch produced the following counts - 1481 Fieldfare, 1329 Redwing, 103 Chaffinch, 7 Brambling

Martyn Priestley

Farnhill Ings - Great White Egret seen flying towards Cononley Ings.

Sighting and foto from Mike Smith

Saturday 21 October 2023

Penistone Hill, Oxenhope - Barn Owl (9.45).

Leeshaw Reservoir - G B Gull, Grey Wagtail, Little Grebe (not regular here), Goosander

Brian Vickers

Friday 20 October 20203

Roberts Park, Saltaire - small flock of Redwing

Graham Wood 

Thursday 19 October 2023

Stockbridge Reserve - juv male Wigeon in eclipse, Goldcrest

David Foster, Shaun Radcliffe 

Wednesday 18 October 2023

Redcar Tarn - Pintail recorded.

Sighting & foto by Keith Moir
 

CATCH UP

9 October 2023 - Apperley Bridge - 60-70 Redwing, 2 Little Egret, 3 Gadwall, Teal - Damian Pearson

Lower Laithe Reservoir - Y L Gull - Brian Vickers

Haworth - 4700 Redwing, 25 Siskin in a single flock, Marsh Harrier (south) - Howard Creber

Low Moor - viz mig watch, 9559 Redwing, 9 Fieldfare  - Martyn Priestley

11 October 2023 - flocks of Redwing in Ben Rhydding - Helen Kidman 

Wednesday 4 October 2023

Ellar Carr beck, Cullingworth - Mandarin Ducks

Saltaire weir - Little Egret

 Sightings & foto from Davis Ogden

Sunday 1 October 2023

Stockbridge Reserve -  still a Sedge Warbler on site, seen twice this morning. Also 2 Chiff-chaffs plus Common Buzzards, adult followed by "mewing" juvenile seen low over the Reserve & perched in nearby trees.

Shaun Radcliffe

Saturday 30 September 2023

Barden Moor - total of 8 Stonechat, pair of Raven, long distant view of a flock of 20 Golden Plovers, pair of Buzzard, Skylarks, Meadow Pipits.

B O G walk 

Thursday 28 September 2023

Low Moor watchpoint - during viz-mig a Knot flew in from the east & headed north-west.

Martyn Priestley 

Stockbridge Reserve - male Blackcap, GSW, Sparrowhawk. Number of House sparrows diminished as Sparrowhawk is a regular visitor.

Shaun Radcliffe

Thursday 21 September 2023

Stockbridge Reserve - Water Rail, Chiffchaff, Grey Heron.

Shaun Radcliffe, John Preshaw

Sunday 17 September 2023

Stockbridge Reserve (members only) - Water Rail, possibly two birds, male Blackcap, G S W, Kingfisher

Shaun Radcliffe 

Wednesday 13 September 2023

Glovershaw - female Whinchat, 3 Stonechat, 50 plus House Martin, juv Kestrel

Paul King 

Saturday 2 September 2023

Sconce/Glovershaw walk -  family of Stonechat, Whitethroat, Reed Bunting, juv Little Owl plus 3 adults, Chiffchaff, Grey Wagtail, Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, Red Kite, Cormorant, Meadow Pipit, Goldfinch, Siskin, Swallow, Bullfinch.

Derek Parkin et al

Wednesday 30 August 2023

Storith Road, Barden - Osprey

Brian Vickers 

Thursday 31 August 2023

Shipley Glen area -  4 R N Parakeets flew over a garden this afternoon.

Paul King 

Saturday 26 August 2023

Leeshaw Reservoir - Great Black-back Gull 

foto & record from Brian Vickers

 

Monday 28 August 2023

Chatts Wood Pond, Oakenshaw - Green Sandpiper

Keith Moir 

Cullingworth - Common Buzzard circling. 

David Ogden's foto

Thursday 24 August 2023

Heaton Woods - 2 Sparrowhawks observed. A juvenile bird also recorded.

Jane Robinson

Stockbridge Reserve - family of 4 Bullfinch plus visiting Sparrowhawk that scared the dozens of House Sparrows away.

Shaun Radcliffe, John Preshaw

Saturday 19 August 2023

Apperley Bridge - Dipper, Kingfisher, Sparrowhawk, 3 Mistle Thrush, 30 House Martin (includes juvs)

 Damian Pearson

MIKE BLOOMFIELD'S FUNERAL

 This takes place at Rawdon Crematorium on Monday 4 September at 10.45.

Thursday 17 August 2023

Stockbridge Reserve (members only) -  Marsh Tit on feeder again this morning.

Shaun Radcliffe & John Preeshaw 

Sunday 13 August 2023

Stockbridge Reserve (members only) - juvenile Sedge Warbler, Chiffchaff, Reed Bunting

David Foster, Shaun Radcliffe 

A ringing session by Jon Middleton today produced the capture of the mystery tit seen a few days ago. Jon confirms it is a juvenile Marsh Tit. He also recorded Blackcaps, Willow Warblers, Chiffchaff & a Sedge Warbler was seen. No Reed Warbler to report.

Saturday 12 August 2023

SAD NEWS - Our birding friend, Mike Bloomfield has died today after a short illness.

Our thoughts & prayers go out to his wife, Janet, friends & family. 

Thursday 10 August 2023

Stockbridge Reserve - Little Egret flew over going east, Kingfisher, Grey Heron.

Shaun Radcliffe 

Monday 7 August 2023

High Royd Pond - 9 independent Mandarin young plus adults in eclipse. Also 8 young Tufted Ducks. 

Bryce Henderson

Friday 4 August 2023

Lower Laithe Reservoir - 6 Grey Heron, 4 Goosander, 2 Cormorant

Brian Vickers

Stockbridge Reserve (members only) - Marsh/Willow Tit still coming to feeder this afternoon. Feeder had about 10 House sparrows plus Tits so food will soon run out.

Shaun Radcliffe 

Thursday 3 August 2023

Stockbridge Reserve (members only) -  Visiting the feeder regularly this morning Marsh/Willow Tit.

Bird showed no grey on flanks, black cap possibly glossy but not sure. Also, 2 Buzzards circling, Chiffchaff, Bullfinch, Reed Bunting.

Shaun Radcliffe & John Preshaw. 

Saturday 29 July 2023

Bolton Abbey - pair of Spotted Flycatchers 

Brian Ford

Friday 28 July 2023

Lower Laithe Reservoir - 4 Cormorant plus a Y L Gull, as below.

Foto and record from Brian Vickers
 

Sunday 23 July 2023

Stockbridge Reserve - 2 Kingfishers, Reed Bunting, Cormorant fishing on lake plus a family of 3 Mink.

Shaun Radcliffe 

Wednesday 19 July 2023

Leeshaw Reservoir - 8 Common Scoter, 4 Tufted Duck

  Record & foto from Brian Vickers

CATCH UP

Roberts Park, Saltaire - Little Egret, reported by Graham Wood & Garry Robinson on 10 July.

Gilstead Garden - foto of Tawny Owl lingering close to feeders for mice underneath, 11 July.

Foto & record from Steve Meredith.

Leeshaw Reservoir - Common Scoter on 12 July

Foto & record from Brian Vickers

Haworth - Red Kite & Sand Martin sighted on 13 July.

Howard Creber

Lower Laithe Reservoir - Yellow-legged Gull

Brian Vickers

Sunday 9 July 2023

High Royd scrape - 2 singing Reed Warblers, female Mandarin with 8 ducklings.

Bryce Henderson 

Wednesday 5 July 2023

Leeshaw Reservoir -  Ringed Plover, 2 Snipe, Common Sandpiper

Lower Laithe Reservoir - Yellow Legged Gull

Sightings & foto from Brian Vickers

Tuesday 4 July 2023

Cullingworth garden - 3 Siskin visiting feeder (2m 1f).

Ian Skayman

Redcar Tarn - adult Med. Gull

Sighting & foto from Keith Moir
 

Saturday 1 July 2023

Apperley Bridge - 2 Sedge Warblers, Little Egret, juv Dipper

Damian Pearson

Hazlewood Moorside - 2 fledged Wheatears with adult plus Little Owl.

Sightings & fotos from Roger Nelson

 

Friday 31 July 2023

Bingley - 2 Little egrets feeding in fields at Bingley rugby club.

Tom Simcock 

Wednesday 28 June 2023

Gilstead garden - Parakeet

Steve Meredith

Undercliffe area - a Red Kite seen off by Carrion Crow

Martin Millard 

Tuesday 27 June 2023

Apperley Bridge - 3 Kingfishers, singing Whitethroat, Gadwall with 2 ducklings, Sedge Warbler.

Damian Pearson 

Monday 26 June 2023

Bolton Abbey - Osprey called as it flew up the river at 6 p m.

Brian Ford 

Sunday 26 June 2023

Glovershaw - 2 Snipe displaying, Willow Warblers, Meadow Pipits.

Sighting & foto from Steve Meredith

Wednesday 21 June 2023

Caldene Fields, South Bradford - singing Lesser Whitethroat. No proof of breeding as yet.

Martyn Priestley 

Tuesday 20 June 2023

Baildon Moor/Sconce - Cuckoo calling, Snipe displaying, singing Whitethroat, Tufted duck on dam plus Skylarks, Lapwings & Meadow Pipits.

Jeremy Taylor 

Saturday 17 June 2023

Ilkley Moor - pair of Stonechat, Willow Warblers - above Panorama Res.

Brian Ford

Thruscross - pair of Common Sandpipers, Cuckoo calling.

Foto of Common Sandpiper perched on reservoir sign by Roger Nelson.
 

Friday 16 June 2023

Strid on river - female Mandarin with 11 ducklings.

Shaun Radcliffe 

Thursday 15 June 2023

Stockbridge Reserve -  7 Crossbill flyover.

Jon Middleton

Stock Dove examining Kestrel Box, Kingfisher.

Shaun Radcliffe

Wednesday 14th June 2023

Cullingworth - dogfight witnessed between Buzzard & Raven.

Sighting & foto from David Ogden
 

Monday 12th June 2023

R Aire at Denso Marston -  14 Mandarin ducklings seen, Kingfisher, Dipper.

Vivien Leach 

Saturday 10 June 2023

Apperley Bridge - Little Egret, singing Sedge Warbler & Reed Bunting plus Mandarin with 5 Ducklings.

Damian Pearson 

Friday 9 June 2023

Beecroft Plantation - Garden Warblers, Willow Warblers, Blackcaps, Chiffchaffs. Same species in Timble Woods.

Timble Village - Tree Sparrow

Shaun Radcliffe  

Wednesday 7 June 2023

Bolton Abbey - Little Grebe with 3 young.

Record & foto from Roger Nelson
 

Sunday 4 June 2023

Esholt S W - Cettis Warbler singing, Sedge Warbler, Garden Warbler.

Casper Pottle 

Saturday 3 June 2023

Apperley Bridge - 2 Little Egret, 2 Oystercatchers, Mandarin are some of the species seen.

Damian Pearson

Barden to Strid - Pied & Spotted Flycatcher,  Common Sandpiper, Oystercatcher, Blackcap, Willow Warbler, Mandarin, plus other species seen.

Steve Meredith

Hazlewood - Spotted Flycatcher (hard to find this year), Snipe.

Foto & sightings from Roger Nelson
  

Tuesday 23 May 2023

Stainburn Plantation - area cleared towards Little Almscliffe produced 3 displaying Tree Pipits. Nearby, Redstart, Whitethroat, Blackcap, Chiffchaff & Willow Warbler noted.

Paul King, Bryce Henderson

Monday 22 May 2023

Lower Laithe Reservoir  - pair of Great Crested Grebes, which have been here for over a week now. Hopefully the birds will breed as this species was a regular breeder some years ago on Oxenhope Reservoirs.

Brian Vickers

Foto from Brian.

Saturday 20 May 2023

Storiths Road, Barden - An amazing foto of a Woodcock captured by Brian as below.

Brian Vickers
  

Wednesday 17 May 2023

Snaygill - Whitethroat, Garden Warbler, Blackcap, Sedge Warbler (foto).

Brian Vickers
 

14 May 2023

Stockbridge Reserve - nice to see Swifts scooping up water. Received many reports of this species but special thanks to David Ogden for his fotos sent in.

Foto from David Ogden taken at Cullingworth.
   

Late Report

Ings Tip, Otley -  Grasshopper Warbler sang for two days from 5 May. Foto below.

Foto & record from Robyn Guppy

Sunday 7 May 2023

Ben Rhydding N R - 3 Garden Warblers. Single Raven cranking over the area.

John Brooks

Baildon Moor - Cuckoo still about as snapped below.

Foto from Steve Meredith

Beamsley Beacon - Cuckoo, Ringed Ouzel, 2 Golden Plovers

Roger Nelson
 

Saturday 6 May

Scargill Reservoir area walk to John O'Gaunt Reservoir - 6 Redstarts (but difficult to see), pair of Little Grebes,  Common Sandpiper, male Stonechat, female Wheatear, Sedge Warbler, Tufted Duck.

BOG members walk. 

Thursday 4 May 2023

Bolton Bridge - 5 Swifts

Also, next day, Cuckoo calling from Hazlewodd Moorside area.

Roger Nelson 

Wednesday 3 May 2023

Strid to Barden Bridge -  11 Pied Fly, single Spotted Fly, single Redstart, Green Woodpecker yaffling, Osprey trying to fish but mobbed by Oystercatchers, & flew north.

Jeremy Taylor

Esholt - 5 Mandarins on river (females on nests?)

Matthew Rawnsley

Low Moor Banks - 7 Common Whitethroat, single Sedge Warbler

Martyn Priestley

Strid - Garden Warbler, 5 Blackcaps, 2 House Martin on site, 6 Pied Fly.

Foto & sightings from Roger Nelson

Spring Woods, Baildon - Blackcaps, single Whitethroat plus pair of Goldcrest.

Shaun Radcliffe

Tuesday 2 May 2023

Leeshaw Reservoir - Cuckoo, 3 Wheatear, Lapwing with young. 2 Dipper on Dunkirk Beck.

Brian Vickers

Glovershaw/Sconce area - Cuckoo, 2 Wheatear, male Stonechat, Whitethroat

Paul King 

Monday 1 May 2023

Harden Moor - female Cuckoo observed searching among small trees for nests. A male Cuckoo also in the area.

Jane Robinson

Glovershaw - overnight fall of Wheatear with 11 birds counted.

Pail King

Low Moor Bank - single Sedge Warbler, 4 C Whitethroat.

Martyn Priestley 

Sunday 30 April 2023

Apperley Bridge walk along river - 2 Gadwall, 30 Sand Martin, pair of Common Sandpiper, 4 Swallow plus Tawny calling.

Damian Pearson

Stockbridge Reserve - 2 Sedge Warblers, Whitethroat, male Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Reed Bunting.

Shaun Radcliffe 

Saturday 29 April 2023

Glovershaw - plenty of willow Warblers, Whitethroat plus 3 Wheatears on 11th fairway.

Paul King 

Tuesday 25th April 2023

Low Moor Bank - singing Common Whitethroat.

Martyn Priestley

Chellow Dene - pair of Common Sandpiper

Cathy Wintersgill

Baildon Moor - 2 Wheatear on fairway, male Redstart near cabins & 2 Little Owls chasing off a stoat.

Jeremy Taylor

Strid Woods - pair of Pied Fly exploring nest box, Redstart, pair of Common Sandpiper, Swallows & Sand Martins.

Bryce Henderson & Paul King.  

Saturday 22 April 2023

Baildon Moor - Grasshopper Warbler heard, Skylarks singing, one bird displaying on the ground giving great views. Also good view of Snipe, Kestrel &  Mipits.

Intake Gate/Hawksworth Moor - flock of 25 Fieldfare ground feeding, female Wheatear, pair of Linnets, pair of Greylag with 5 goslings, displaying Snipes, Lapwings plus a flock of about 30 Golden Plovers. Also 6 Redshank seen, some birds displaying in flight.

Derek Parkin, John Preshaw, Julia & Shaun Radcliffe 

Friday 21 April 2023

Baildon Moor - Cuckoo calling.

Steve Meredith 

Thursday 20 April 2023

Barden aquaduct - Redstart

Foto from Steve Meredith
 

Wednesday 19 April 2023

Barden to Strid - 2 Redstart, 4 Common Sandpiper, single Mandarin, single Pied Fly, 3 Grey Wagtail, Sandmartins.

Steve Meredith

Low Snowdon - pair of Raven, pair of Stonechat , a few Willow Warblers singing.

Shaun Radcliffe

Tuesday 18 April 2023

Folly Hall Woods, Washburn - male Pied Flycatcher.

Paul King & Bryce Henderson 

Monday 17 April 2023

Lower Barden Reservoir - 50 plus Whooper Swans dropped on to the water in the morning.

Strid Woods - single male Redstart plus unconfirmed report of 2 Pied Flycatchers.

Ian Skayman 

Saturday 15 April 2023

Hazlewood - male Ring Ouzel, pair of Jays (garden), Little Owl

 

Fotos & record from Roger Nelson

Friday 14 April 2023

Glovershaw -  male Stonechat, female Whinchat, pair of Reed Bunting, On the fairways 5 Wheatear. Also 3 singing Willow Warblers & 2 L BB Gulls disturbing the Lapwings.

Paul King

Marsh Lane, Oxenhope - House Martins back at breeding site. Earliest record for observer.

Brian Vickers

6 House Martins recorded last Sunday in Myrtle Park, Bingley.

Vivien Leach

 

Thursday 13 April 2023

Esholt - 3 Gadwall with one bird sitting on nest.

Matthew Rawnsley 

Monday 10 April 2023

Trough Lane - pair of Linnets.

Foto & sighting from David Ogden

Hawksworth Moor - flock of 50 Golden Plover in flight, Redshank, 3 Wheatear, Stock Dove, male reed Bunting plus Curlews, Lapwings, Skylarks & Mipits.

Shaun Radcliffe 

Sunday 9 April 2023

Barden Moor - pair of Common Sandpipers, Ring Ouzel, Reed Bunting, pair of Stonechat

Embsay back Road - Redshank plus vociferous Herring Gull - see below.

Roger Nelson
 

Saturday 8 April 2023

Myrtle Park Bingley - singing Blackcap, calling Stock Dove, pair of Goosander, GSW drumming, Nutlatch calling. Heronry with 6 active nests.

Shaun Radcliffe 

Friday 7 April 2023

Addingham - single Swallow

Brian Ford

Hazlewood - Singing Reed Bunting, 3 Wheatear

Foto & sightings from Roger Nelson
 

Wednesday 5 April 2023

Cavendish Pavilion, Biolton Abbey - 3 Swallows hawking flies.

Roger nelson

R.Aire, Bingley - male Mandarin flew up river.

Matthew Rawnsley  

Sunday 2 April 2023

Apperley Bridge - 20 Sand Martin, Kingfisher, pairs of Oystercatchers & Goosanders.

Damian Pearson

Haworth - 90 Fieldfare over Marsh Lane in the evening.

Howard Creber

Silsden Reservoir - male Shoveler, 4 Redshank

Barden/ Storith Road - Chiffchaff

Foto & sightings from Brian Vickers

Saturday 1 April 2023

Barden Bridge - Strid Woods - pair of Redshank, pair of Grey Wagtail, single Woodcock plus Mandarin Duck, Dipper, Goosander.

Sightings & foto from Roger Nelson

CATCH UP

 26 March - Ten Yard Lane, Thornton - 6 Whoopers flew over.

Mark Pearson

27 March - Leeshaw Reservoir - 9 Redshank

                    Silsden Res. - 3 Redshank, Ringed Plover

                    Trough Lane -  3 Wheatear

                    Barden/ Storith Lane - Chiffchaff, Green Woodpecker

Brian Vickers

Haworth - single skein of 120 Whoopers, Chiffchaff, 4 Buzzards circling.

Howard Creber

Glovershaw - 4 male Wheatears

Paul King

28 March - Leeshaw Res. - 10 Redshank, Sparrowhawk & on Dunkirk Beck a pair of Kingfisher & a Dipper.

Sightings & foto from Brian Vickers

29 March - Bridgehouse Beck, Haworth - Dipper, 5 Chiffchaff, 2 Nuthatch.

Howard Creber

29 March - Silsden Res. - single Sand Martin

Lower Laithe Res. - 6 Whoopers

Sightings & foto from Brian Vickers

 

Friday 24 March 2023

Bolton Bridge - 3 Sand Martin

Roger Nelson 

Tuesday 21 March 2023

Silsden - field next to by pass - 4 Little Egrets

Foto & record from Brian Vickers
 

Monday 20 March 2023

Apperley Bridge - 3 Gadwall, 2 Chiff-Chaff, Kingfisher, 2 R N Parakeet, 3 Goosander, pair of Mandarin, pair of Grey Wagtail, singing Song Thrush.

Damian Pearson  

Sunday 19 March 2023

Trough Lane, Oxenhope - Linnet, Skylark, Reed Bunting, Buzzard plus Meadow Pipit.

Foto of Linnet & sightings from David Ogden.

Storith Road, Barden - 2 Wheatear

Trough Lane - 8 Wheatear (6m & 2f)

Foto of Wheatear & sightings from Brian Vickers

Glovershaw - 2 pair of Stonechat, 2 Wheatear, Buzzard, Curlew, Snipe & Lapwing displaying, Goldfinch, Goldcrest, Dunnock, Reed Bunting, Skylark & Meadow Pipit.

 Sighting & foto from Steve Meredith

Stockbridge Reserve - singing Chiff-Chaff, & Mistle Thrush. Also on site, Buzzard, male Goosander, Bullfinch, Reed Bunting.

Shaun Radcliffe

Little Egret seen again in Aire valley near Silsden per Keith Moir.