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