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Welcome to the Blog of the Bradford Ornithological Group (BOG). Here you will find information about the latest sightings, an archive of information and a gallery photos of the birds of this area of West Yorkshire, England. We are an active group dedicated to the study and conservation of birds within this region which is situated amongst the Pennines of Northern England.

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Sunday 10 November 2024

Sunday 10th November 2024

Otley Wetlands     Dozen Teal, 50+ Wigeon, Goldeneye, Little Egret, Little Grebe, 2 Tree Creeper, 4 Greenfinch, and 7-8 Siskin. Path is now very muddy between reedbed andsailing lake. John Armstrong

Saturday 9th November 2024

Stainburn Forest     Small numbers of Bramblings and Crossbills     John Armstrong

Over Queensbury     5 Whooper Swans     Howard Creber

Low Moor     Great White Egret seen again.     Martyn Priestley

Friday 8th November

Redcar Tarn     Pintail     Nigel Ward

Sunday 3 November 2024

Monday 4 November 2024

Whetstone Gate    -  flock of 35 Golden Plovers circling in the mist, 2 Red Kites.   Shaun Radcliffe

Saturday 2 November 2024   

In a pool closest to B R Nature Reserve at 07.30     Green Sandpiper       John Brookes

Lower Barden Reservoir - large numbers of Fieldfare         John Brooks

Friday 1 November 2024

High Royd Scrape - Teal, 5 Snipe. Redwings heard.       Bryce Henderson

Apperley Bridge - 100 Pinkfoot heading N E at 15.15. A Little Grebe on river.        Damian Pearson

Above Oxenhope - 14 Whoopers going S W        Howard Creber

Sunday 27 October 2024

Thursday 31 October 2024

Sisden Reservoir    - 42 Wigeon, single Tufted Duck          Brian Vickers

Wednesday 30 October 2024

Yeadon Tarn       Little Egret, 25 Tufted Duck, 14 Cormorant            Shaun Radcliffe

Redcar Tarn   - 2 Caspin Gulls      Mark Nightingale

Sunday 27 October 2024

Stockbridge Reserve - 3 Reed Bunting, Kingfisher

Knotford Nook - Marsh Tit        John Armstrong

Saturday 26 October 2024

Stockbridge Reserve  - at 08.20 15 Whoopers flew high over heading SE, Water Rail - BOG working party

Wednesday 23 October 2024

Coppice Pond, St Ives - Goosander, 141 B H G, Harden Moor - 6 Siskin, 2 Bullfinch, single Stonechat       James Wright

Harrop Edge near Allerton - viz-mig - 25,400 Woodpigeon S/SW, 12 Whoopers east, 697 Pinkfoot west         Simon Johnson

Tuesday 22 October 2024

High Royd Scrape - 3 Teal, 2 Snipe         Bryce Henderson

Monday 21 October 2024

Sunday 20 October 2024

Tong area - 4 Little Egrets.

Martyn Priestley

Chellow Dene - a Woodcock flushed, 4 R N Parakeets.

Simon Johnson 

Sunday 20 October 2024

Saturday 19 October 2024

High Royd Scrape - 8 Mandarin, single Snipe

Bryce Henderson 

Friday 18 October 2024

Harden Moor - 6 R L Partridge

Keighley - R N Parakeet seen.

James Wright 

Thursday 17 October 2024

Thursday 17 October 2024

Yeadon Tarn - 20 Tufted Duck, 10 Goosander, male Pochard, 9 Cormorant, Red Kite.

Nigel Priestley

Timble Ings - single Redwing, Lesser Redpoll flocks, single red Crossbill
Bryce Henderson & Paul King


Stockbridge Reserve - Kingfisher, 2 Reed Buntings, Grey Heron plus small white butterfly & quite a few dragonflies. Almost summer!

Shaun Radcliffe 

Wednesday 16 October 2024

Apperley Bridge - 30 plus Redwing, Water Rail heard.

Damian Pearson

Barden Scale - Little Egret, 4 Red Kite, Buzzard per foto below.

Redcar Tarn- 12 Goosanders

Leeshaw Res. - 42 Lapwing, Buzzard

Brian Vickers


Monday 14 October 2024

Monday 14 October 2024

Redcar Tarn - 100 plus Pinkfoot to the south, a Pintail & a Wigeon on the Tarn.

Foto above & below received from Nigel Priestley


Harden Moor - female Sparrowhawk, single Redwing S E

James Wright

Shipley Glen - At 8.30 this morning, a skein of 100 plus Pinkfoot flew over the Glen heading 

west/northwest.

Paul King 



Sunday 13 October 2024

Sunday 13 October 2024

Stockbridge Reserve - Water Rail, Kestrel, Reed Bunting, Kingfisher

Shaun Radcliffe 

Bradford centre - Red Kite over Valley Parade & 2 Peregrine on Lister Mill chimney.

Vivien Leach

Saturday 12 October 2024

Friday 11 October 2024

Harden area - 7 Redwing passing through

St Ives - 2 Little Grebe on Coppice Pond.

James Wright

Whetstone Allotments area - 4  Red Kite , Kestrel

Shaun Radcliffe 

Friday 11 October 2024

10 October 2024

Stockbridge Reserve - Little Grebe, Water Rail heard twice but bot seen, Reed Bunting, Cormorant east.

Shaun Radcliffe 

Wednesday 9 October 2024

Tuesday 8 October 2024

R Aire at Hirst Wood - 2 Dippers near the rowing club.

Graham Wood 

Monday 7 October 2024

Harden Moor - party of 9 Ring Ouzel feeding on rowan plus the same number of Bullfinch amongst alder, birch & rowan. Next day Bullfinches stiil around.

James Wright 

Saturday 5 October 2024

Saturday 5 October 2024

Stockbridge Reserve - 2 Kingfishers, Little Grebe, Mute Swan. Reed Bunting, GSW, Jay & LTT


 

Fotos & sightings from Nigel Priestley

Thursday 26 September 2024

Thursday 26 September 2024

Stockbridge Reserve - Little Grebe, Kingfisher, G S W plus 2 Common Buzzards mobbed by C Crows.

John Preshaw & Shaun Radcliffe 

Wednesday 25 September 2024

Tuesday 24 September 2024

Ponden Reservoir - seeing is believing!! A flock of 65 Common Scoter recorded. Birds flew off after disturbance from canoeist.

Record & foto from Brian Vickers (who heard the news through the grapevine!

High Royd Scrape - 3 male Mandarin plus a female & 3 juvs.
Bryce Henderson



Sunday 22 September 2024

Sunday 22 September 2024

 Stockbridge Reserve - Water Rail, 2 Tufted Duck, Chiffchaff, Stock Dove

Shaun Radcliffe

Saturday 21 September 2024

Friday 20 September 2024

Glovershaw - Meadow Pipits, Red Kite, 9 Common Gull, Stonechat

Bryce Henderson 

Friday 20 September 2024

Thursday 19 September 2024

Cullingworth garden - Spotted Flycatcher

Foto from David Ogden
 

Tuesday 17 September 2024

Glovershaw - 3 Whinchat, 10 Stonechat, a Wheatear, 3 Whitethroat

Gary Robinson 

Tuesday 17 September 2024

Monday 16 September 2024

Apperley Bridge on river - Common Sandpiper, 7 redhead Goosander, Grey Wagtail

Damian Pearson

Saltaire on river - Little Egret

Graham Wood

Ilkley, near river between steel bridge & Carters Lane  - 109 Curlew

Nesfield area - 246 Lapwing

Nigel Jones 

Sunday 15 September 2024

Sunday 15 September 2024

Cavendish Pavillion - adult Y L Gull

Foto & sighting from Roger Nelson.


Stockbridge Reserve - 2 Kingfishers, Chiffchaff, GSW

Shaun Radcliffe 

Saturday 14 September 2024

J O Gaunts Reservoir area - Little Grebes, Tufted ducks, Teal, Kestrel, Red Kites & Buzzards. Also a male Blackcap eating rowan berries.

Shaun Radcliffe 

Friday 13 September 2024

Thursday 12 September 2024

Allerton area - 300 Pinkfoot flying east in 8 small skeins. Also 464 Meadow Pipits moving S W, 2 Linnet south, 25 Swallows south,17 Swallows north, and a House Martin.

Simon Johnson

Stockbridge Reserve - Kingfisher, Grey Heron, Chiffchaff.

Shaun Radcliffe





   

Tuesday 10 September 2024

Monday 9 September 2024

Prune Park/Allerton area - adult Med Gull with BHGs, single Golden Plover flying south, 

11 Swallows,  Sparrowhawk, 75 Meadow Pipits moving S E & Barn Owl.

Evening at lakes near Myrtle Park, Bingley - 100 House Martin plus 3 Swallow.

Simon Johnson 

 

Monday 9 September 2024

Sunday 8 September 2024

Between Ilkley & Ben Rhydding - approx 100 Curlew in a flock seen near Moss & Moor garden centre.

Alistair & Wendy Beveridge 

Wednesday 4 September 2024

Wednesday 4 September 2024

Glovershaw - 2 Whinchats on western slope of 14th fairway, also 6 Swallows plus a couple of Common Gulls.

Paul King

Stockbridge Reserve - Evening visit, male Tufted Duck, Kingfisher, Chiffchaff.

Shaun Radcliffe

Tuesday 3 September 2024

Redcar Tarn - Great Crested Grebe fishing.


Sighting & foto from David Ogden

Sunday 1 September 2024

R Aire walk Bingley to Riddlesden - single Swift, House Martins, Buzzard, Kingfisher.

Vivien Leach  

Sunday 1 September 2024

Saturday 31 August 2024

Baildon Moor - Whinchat, Willow Warblers, juv Reed Bunting, Stonechat, 2 Redstarts at cabins area, Skylark & Meadow Pipit.

Jeremy Taylor 

Wednesday 28 August 2024

Wednesday 28 August 2024

Low Moor garden - birds passing through today - adult Lesser Whitethroat, single Blackcap plus 2 Juvenile Willow Warblers.

Martyn Priestley  

Saturday 24 August 2024

Saturday 24 August 2024

Apperley Bridge/Esholt - 3 Grey Wagtail, 3 Cormorant, Kingfisher plus a Dipper seen preening.

Danian Pearson

Glovershaw area - 2 Curlew, juv Wheatear, a few Stock Doves well outnumbered by Woodpigeons, Chiifchaffs calling among the bracken, Red Kite, Raven, flock of 30 Goldfinch, Swallows still feeding young at the farm, Barn Owl seen perched at the entrance of the box.

BOG members walk.  

Friday 23 August 2024

Friday 23 August 2024

Crossflatts - House Martins still feeding young on nest. Yesterday, at 5 Rise locks, 3 Swifts hawking.

Shaun Radcliffe 

Monday 19 August 2024

Monday 19 August 2024

R Aire - Wagon Lane stretch - Little Egret, Cormorant plus on the rugby field 170 grazing Canadas!

Shaun Radcliffe 

Sunday 18 August 2024

Sunday 18 August 2024

Stockbridge Reserve - Browncap , 2 Cormorants circled above the site. After a few minutes, they returned accompanied by a Little Egret. All three birds landed & started preening before flying off.

Shaun Radcliffe

Wednesday 14 August 2024

Wednesday 14 August 2024

Intake Gate/ Hawksworth Moor - single Wheatear, party of 7 Raven flying over very high and kronking as they went. Small Heath butterfly.

Shaun Radcliffe 

Tuesday 13 August 2024

Tuesday 13 August 2024

High Royd Scrape - 3 Mandarin ducklings, a Snipe, 2 House martin. Previous day, 30 Common Gull circling over the site.

Bryce Henderson  

Monday 12 August 2024

Monday 12 August 2024

Bradup/Whetstone area - 2 Whinchat, juv Little Owl, 2 juv Stonechat plus calling Stock Dove.

Shaun Radcliffe 

Hazlewood - the species, Little Owl appears to be doing well. The foto below sent by Roger Nelson. 



Thursday 8 August 2024

Thursday 8 August 2024

Stockbridge Reserve ( BOG members only) - juvenile Great White Egret. Bird seen preening on the far side of lake. It then waded around the Reserve catching food.

Bird also seen by John Preshaw, see his foto below.



Shaun Radcliffe 

Monday 5 August 2024

Sunday 4 August 2024

Redcar Tarn - 3 adult (or near adult) Yellow- legged Gulls

Keith Moir

Stockbridge Reserve - Sedge Warbler, Sparrowhawk visited a feeding station without success despite plenty of young House Sparrows.

Shaun Radcliffe  

Monday 29 July 2024

Monday 29 July 2024

Highy Royd Scrape - 2 Common Gull, Mandarin with 3 young, House Martins plus a female Gadwall.

Bryce Henderson

Glovershaw area - Whitethroat, Reed Bunting, Stonechat, Red Kite, Kestrel, heard a Willow Warbler singing plus adult Little Owl with a juvenile.

Shaun Radcliffe 

Friday 26 July 2024

Thursday 25 July 2024

Redcar Tarn - 2nd Calendar Year Med Gull.


Sighting & foto

Keith Moir 

Wednesday 24 July 2024

Tuesday 23 July 2024

Storith Road, Barden - GSW, 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Willow Warbler, 6 Spotted Fly (adults & juvs)

Sighting & foto from Brian Vickers

Redcar Tarn - Adult Y  L Gull, previously seen on 15 July.

Record & foto from Keith Moir
 

Monday 22 July 2024

Sunday 21 July 2024

Leeming Reservoir - Sparrowhawk captured on camera, see below.

Mark Purvis
 

Saturday 20 July 2024

Friday 19 July 2024

Nab Wood Cemetery - Green Woodpecker

Graham Wood 

Wednesday 17 July 2024

Wednesday 17 July 2024

Ireland Bridge, Bingley - on the river, female Mandarin with young.

Matthew Rawnsley 

Tuesday 16 July 2024

Monday 15 July 2024

Glovershaw - family of Stonechat, female Redstart, singing Reed Buntings,pair of Little Owls near cabins.

Paul King

Storith Road, Barden - 4 Wheatear, Little Owl, 3 Green Woodpeckers (2 juvs)


 Sightings & foto from Brian Vickers

Friday 12 July 2024

Thursday 11 July 2024

Stockbridge Reserve - Kingfisher, Reed Bunting, singing birds were Blackcap, Chiffchaff & Sedge Warbler.

Shaun Radcliffe 

Sunday 7 July 2024

Sunday 7 July 2024

Redcar Tarn - 2nd year Caspian Gull.

Keith Moir


High Royds Scrape - 5 House Martin, 5 young Mandarin Duck, Red Kite.

Bryce Henderson 

Friday 5 July 2024

Redcar Tarn - adult Yellow - Legged Gull. Bird also seen on 29 June 2024.

Keith Moir 

Crosshills - On a business park known as Riparian Way, pair of Oystercatchers with two chicks.

Vivien Leach

Wednesday 26 June 2024

Tuesday 25 June 2024

Heather Park, St Ives - An evening watch for 75 minutes produced 16 sightings of Woodcock. There was one sighting of 3 birds roding together. 

John Preshaw, Julia & Shaun Radcliffe  

Saturday 22 June 2024

Friday 21 June 2024

Whetstone Gate area - 2 male Whinchat, one singing, Hobby hunting nearby.

Jon Budworth

Stainburn Plantation - Tree Pipit calling, Cuckoo heard. later during dusk, Woodcock & Nightjar recorded.

Bryce Henderson 

Friday 21 June 2024

Thursday 20 June 2024

Baildon Moor fringes - on a hot afternoon, plenty of Willow Warblers singing, Kestrel hunting. Only one Whitethroat heard near the drained reservoirs. Just a single butterfly seen in a two hour walk on a sunny day. 

Shaun Radcliffe

Tuesday 18 June 2024

Monday 17 June 2024

Chellow Dene - pair of Common Scoter.



Cathy Wintersgill 

Sunday 16 June 2024

Sunday 16 June 2024

High Royd Scrape & Dowley Gap Sewage Works - many Swifts, House Martins, Swallows & Sand Martins seen.

Bryce Henderson, Graham Wood

Bingley Moor - male Stonechat

Matthew Rawnsley 

Stockbridge Reserve - pair of Little Grebe, Kingfisher, Kestrel, 2 Sedge Warblers calling, singing Chiffchaff & 2 Singing Blackcaps, nice male Reed Bunting to the feeder.

Shaun Radcliffe  

Monday 10 June 2024

Monday 10 June 2024

R Aire, Bingley - single female Goosander with a creche of 19 young birds. The cold wind had them huddled together.

R Aire, near Hirst Wood - Common Sandpiper.

No hirundines seen hawking on the river between Bingley & Hirst Wood except at Dowley Gap S W.

Shaun Radcliffe 

Saturday 8 June 2024

Saturday 8 June 2024

Whetstone Gate - singing Whinchat

Jonathan Morton.

Friday 7 June 2024

High Royd Scrape - Reed Warbler, 6 young Mandarin.

Bryce Henderson 

Friday 7 June 2024

Thursday 6 June 2024

Heather Park, St Ives,  Bingley - 8 sightings of Woodcock roding on a cold evening. Even the midges stayed indoors!!

Shaun Radcliffe

Sunday 2 June 2024

Sunday 2 June 2024

Stockbridge Reserve - adult Chiffchaff with 2 fledglings, Reed Bunting singing & at feeder. Noticeable is the absence of Whitethroat with Sedge & Reed Warbler neither seen nor heard.

Friday, David Foster had a Little Egret here.

Shaun Radcliffe 

Saturday 1 June 2024

Saturday 1 June 2024

Scargill Res & Pasture to John O'Gaunt Res area - Singing Garden Warbler at car park, Skylark, Snipe, Stonechat & Meadow Pipit all recorded on pasture area. Oystercatchers on Scargill reservoir plus Reed Bunting calling & Linnet. Both Greylag & Canada Geese seen. Below reservoir, Redstart & Spotted Fly recorded with other common species. Cuckoo was heard along with singing Willow Warblers & Chiffchaff. Red Kite & Buzzard seen & a Kestrel. John O'Gaunt Reservoir had a few Tufted Duck & a pair of Little Grebe with 3 chicks. Nice to hear a few Chaffinch singing.

Total species recorded was 45 which was a good number in view of the cold wind endured. A total of 6 Redstart were heard with half of them observed. Each sighting showed the bird at the highest point of a tree.

BOG members walk.    

Thursday 30 May 2024

Wednesday 29 May 2024

Esholt - Common Whitethroat, 6 Mandarin Ducks.

Damian Pearson 

Monday 27 May 2024

Monday 27 May 2024

Myrtle Park, Bingley - the heronry had 3 birds on nest plus another near the site. On the river in the park was a female Goosander with 3 young.

Shaun Radcliffe 

Saturday 25 May 2024

Saturday 25 May 2024

Barden/Hazlewood - Spotted Flycatcher, House Martins returned to usual nest sites.

Roger Nelson

Apperley Bridge - a Sedge Warbler singing, 2 singing Reed Bunting, Lapwings with chicks, 2 Oystercatchers.

Damian Pearson. 

Friday 24 May 2024

Lower Laithe Reservoir - Great Crested Grebe

Brian Vickers

Heather Park, Bingley - evening visit produced 3 sightings of Woodcock plus about 4 Tawny Owls calling.

Shaun Radcliffe 

Thursday 23 May 2024

Wednesday 22 May 2024

Apperley Bridge area - 2 R R Parakeets nesting, LRP 2 still present, 30 House Martin near river.

Danian Pearson

Altar Lane, Bingley - Cuckoo

Matthew Rawnsley 

Wednesday 22 May 2024

Tuesday 21 May 2024

Redcar Tarn - 2nd year Yellow-legged Gull'

Keith Moir 

Monday 20 May 2024

CATCH UP

Some of the sightings received during my absence on holiday'

1 May  - Leeshaw Reservoir - 5 Wheatear, Lapwings with chicks.

2 May - Apperley Bridge - 20 Sand Martin, mating Kestrel plus common Buzzard on nest. 

4 May - Apperley Bridge  - 2 Little Egret, female Goosander with 11 ducklings, L R P at Esholt Quarry

5 May  - Hazlewood Moorside - Cuckoo calling

6 May - Glovershaw - Cuckoo, Whitethroat

7 May - Burley Woodhead - female Ring Ouzel, 2 Cuckoos calling, Garden Warbler by the beck. Above Hebers Ghyll, Redstart, Siskins & 4 Raven.

8 May - Ledeshaw Res. - Common Sandpiper, Whitethroat

8 May - Barden - Swift, Redshank

9 May - Saltaire - 2 Swifts

19 May - Barden - Spotted Flycatcher, Cullingworth - Raven.

Contributors - Brian Vickers, Danian Pearson, Roger Nelson, Jeremy Taylor, Thomas Simcock, Steve Meredith, David Ogden


  Foto of Cuckoo by Roger Nelson

Foto of Spotted Flycatcher by Steve Meredith


Tuesday 30 April 2024

Tuesday 30 April 2024

Glovershaw - early morning produced 12 Wheatears at 07.30.

Paul King 

Saturday 27 April 2024

Saturday 27 April 2024

Glovershaw walk - experienced a biting cold wind, some of the species seen were as follows - Skylark, Meadow Pipit, Willow Warbler, Reed Bunting, Curlew, Lapwing, Greylag Geese with goslings, Greenfinch, Goldfinch, Song Thrush, Red Kite, Buzzard, Oystercatcher & 3 Wheatear.

BOG members walk.   

Friday 26 April 2024

Friday 26 April 2024

Glovershaw - 8 Wheatear, Barn Owl, Cuckoo plus Willow Warblers. & Reed Bunting.

Paul King

Cullingworth = top of area , Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, Blackcap plus a male Redstart in small woodland.

David Ogden

Stockbridge Reserve - ringing took place with 2 Chiffchaffs caught, one first caught in April 2022. Brief song of Sedge Warbler heard.

Jon Middleton

Keighley to Cullingworth Road - pale Barn Owl hunting.

Ian Skayman 

Thursday 25 April 2024

Leeshaw Reservoir - single Dunlin, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail

Brian Vickers
 

Thursday 25 April 2024

Wednesday 24 April 2024

Silsden Reservoir - 2 Egyptian Geese took off.

Denise Shields 

Wednesday 24 April 2024

Tuesday 23 April 2024

R Aire at Beechcliffe, Keighley -  White Wagtail with Pied Wags.

Keith Moir

Tuesday 23 April 2024

Monday 22 April 2024

Baildon - Swift reported.

Jeremy Taylor

Ben Rhydding garden - 2 male Brambling seen along with regular Bullfinch, Goldfinch & Redpoll.

Helen & David Kidman  

Sunday 21 April 2024

Sunday 21 April 2024

Stockbridge Reserve - good views of Kingfisher perched in front of hide, pair of Reed Bunting, calling Nuthatch, singing Blackcap, Chiffchaff, also 2 Jays, Bullfinch.

Shaun Radcliffe 

Saturday 20 April 2024

Saturday 20 April 2040

Chevin Forest Walk - Sparrowhawk, Red Kite, Willow Warblers, Chiff-chaff, Blackcap, Jay, Treecreeper, Nuthatch heard, Meadow Pipit, GSW plus at least,  5 Green Hairstreak butterflies.

4 BOG members & Friends of Chevin Forest.  

Friday 19 April 2024

Trough Lane, Oxenhope - 2 Wheatear plus male Merlin with prey.

Brian Vickers
 

Thursday 18 April 2024

Wednesday 17 April 2024

Trough Lane, Oxenhope - 11 Wheatear

Brian Vickers 

Wednesday 17 April 2024

Tuesday 16 April 2024

Slippery Ford - 2 Ring Ouzel, 5 Wheatear, Swallow

Keighley Moor Reservoir- 2 Common Sandpiper

Ian Skayman

Trough Lane, Oxenhope - 12 Wheatear, Song Thrush, 2 Pied Wagtail

Brian Vickers
 

Monday 15 April 2024

Sunday 14 April 2024

Barden to Cavendish - 4 Common Sandpiper, single Redstart, 5 Pied Flycatchers2 Dipper, Green Woodpecker

Steve Meredith

Trough Lane - 10 Wheatear.

Brian Vickers 

Friday 12 April 2024

Friday 12 April 2024

Trough Lane - Linnet, Curlew, Mpipits, Red Grouse, Willow Warbler, Stonechat, 6 Wheatear.

David Ogden, Brian Vickers

Bolton Bridge - dozen Swallows & Sand Martins

Barden - 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Singing Willow Warbler.

Roger Nelson

Lister Park- pair of Goosander

Joy Leach

Thursday 11 April 2024

Thursday 11 April 2024

Trough Lane - 10 Wheatears

Lower Laithe Reservoir - Common Sandpiper

Marsh Lane, Oxenhope - House martins around nest site

Barden, Storith Road - Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, 4 Wheatear

Sightings & foto from Brian Vickers

Bingley, St Ives - this afternoon, a male Pied Flycatcher bathing and searching a natural hole in tree. seen in woods between Betty's Lodge and Baxter's Pond. On the estate, heard Green Woodpecker "yaffing", Treecreeper, approx 7 Nuthatches calling, a Willow Warbler &  Blackcap heard. Buzzard and Sparrowhawk flew over.

Shaun Radcliffe

Stockbridge Reserve - Nuthatch came to fat ball feeder, Willow Warbler & Chiffchaff (2) heard plus pair of Reed Bunting.

Shaun Radcliffe 

Wednesday 10 April 2024

Wednesday 10 April 2024

Trough Lane - 4 Wheatear, 

Leeming Reservoir - 2 Tufted Duck, 2 Grey Wagtail, 4 Swallow

Brian Vickers 

Tuesday 9 April 2024

Cullingworth garden - singing Chiffchaff & Blackcap plus GSW on telegraph pole outside house.

David Ogden 

Tuesday 9 April 2024

Monday 8 April 2024

Bingley Moor - Swallow plus possible sighting of a female Cuckoo.

Matthew Rawnsley 

Sunday 7 April 2024

Sunday 7 April 2024

Stockbridge Reserve - 2 singing Blackcap, Chiffchaff, pair of Reed Bunting. Also 2 GSW came to the feeders with one successfully squeezing through the cage to get at the fat balls. It did manage to get out! 

Shaun Radcliffe

Saturday 6 April 2024

Saturday 6 April 2024

Farnhill Ings - Seen at 19.30 89 Black Tailed Godwits, 24 Curlew, 4 Oyks, 6 L B B Gulls.

Mike Smith


Glovershaw/Sconce area - 2 hunting Barn Owls at 08.00, 2 singing Willow Warblers, singing Linnet, 

6 Wheatear, 2 Little Owls calling, Snipe heard, 2 Red Kite, Raven kronking, singing Skylarks, Curlews, Lapwings and Meadow Pipits. Also 2 hares noted. 

Shaun Radcliffe

Ten Yards Lane - single Swallow this afternoon.

Mark Pearson

Friday 5 April 2024

Trough Lane - single Wheatear

Brian Vickers 

Thursday 4 April 2024

Thursday 4 April 2024

Lower Laithe Reservoir - pair of Tufted Duck plus a single male Common Scoter per foto.

Brian Vickers
 

Wednesday 3 April 2024

Tuesday 2 April 2024

Hazlewood garden - Mistle Thrush nesting with egg laying on 11 March & young hatching 28 & 29 March.


 
Fotos & record from Roger Nelson

Monday 1 April 2024

Sunday 31 March 2024

Apperley Bridge/Calverley - 2 Little Egret, Peregrine, Red Kite, pair of Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, Barn Owl & Buzzard plus other finches.

Damian Pearson

St Ives, Coppice Pond area - singing Blackcap

Susan & Tom Simcock

Silsden Reservoir - 5 Sand Martin

Trough Lane - pair of Stonechat


 Brian Vickers

Saturday 30 March 2024

Saturday 30 March 2024

Glovershaw/Sconce Lane  area - male Stonechat, 3 Buzzards circling high, Little Owl, 3 male Reed Buntings, Skylarks, Meadow Pipits, Curlews, plus decent sighting of a Weasel.

Shaun Radcliffe 

Friday 29 March 2024

Thursday 28 March 2024

Ben Rhydding Gravel Pits - Sand Martin, Little Egret, male Goosander, female Bullfinch, pair of Goldcrest, numerous Chiffchaff. 

Brian Ford

Stockbridge Reserve - pair of Stock Dove at nest box, pair of Reed Bunting.

John Preshaw, Shaun Radcliffe

  

Wednesday 27 March 2024

Trough Lane, Oxenhope - 4 Wheatear, paid of Stonechat, pair of Reed Bunting

Brian Vickers

High Royd Scrape - pair of Mandarin, single Teal, 5 Gadwall.

Bryce Henderson

Tuesday 26 March 2024

Cullingworth garden  - a Redpoll came to the feeder with Siskins.

Ian Skayman

Haworth - 27 Whoopers flew over heading N E

Howard Creber 

Monday 25 March 2024

Saturday 23 March 2024

R. Aire at Bfd & Bingley Rugby field stretch  - 6 Sand Martin

Susan & Tom Simcock

Sunday 24 March 2024

Sunday 24 March 2024

Stockbridge Reserve - 2 Buzzards circling high, drumming GSW, Reed Bunting, Chiffchaff, Cormorant west, Grey Heron.

Shaun Radcliffe  

Thursday 21 March 2024

Wednesday 20 March 2024

Trough Lane, Oxenhope - pair of Stonechat

Brian Vickers 

Monday 18 March 2024

Doe Park - single Sand Martin

Mark Pearson

Cullingworth - Red Kite

David Ogden

Leeshaw Reservoir - 21 Oystercatchers, 8 Redshank

Brian Vickers



 

Monday 18 March 2024

Sunday 17 March 2040

Langbar - large flock of Golden Plovers - est. in excess of 300 birds. 

Nigel Jones

Sunday 17 March 2024

Saturday 16 March 2024

Otley Wetlands - permit holders only - 3 Chiffchaffs, Redshank, Curlews plus 4  Buzzards displaying. Early Comma Butterfly noted.

Shaun Radcliffe  

Friday 15 March 2024

Thursday 14 March 2024

Prune Park Close near Allerton Road - at 4pm Barn Owl hunting.

Cameron Wilson 

Gallows Hill - singing Chiffchaff & Blackcap, also flock of Siskin plus Nuthatch & Bullfinch seen.

Bryce Henderson

Stockbridge Reserve -  Sign of spring - Chiffchaff singing, pair of Bullfinch, pair of Siskin. Also mating toads!!

Shaun Radcliffe 

Tuesday 12 March 2024

Tuesday 12 March 2024

Cullingworth garden - 13 Siskin visited the feeder.

Ian Skayman

Stockbridge Reserve - Water Rail heard, 3 Stock Dove investigating nest box, male Reed Bunting.

Shaun Radcliffe 

Monday 11 March 2024

Monday 11 MARCH 2024

Myrtle Park, Bingley - 2 (non singing) Chiff Chaff busily feeding together close to the river in willows, Kingfisher, GSW drumming, calling Nuthatch & Stock Dove.

Shaun Radcliffe 

Sunday 10 March 2024

Saturday 9 March 2024

Stockbridge Reserve - an evening visit by 2 Whooper Swans that came down from a flock passing over. They then flew off to join the main party.

Jon Middleton 

Saturday 9 March 2024

Friday 8 March 2024

Knotford Nook - 20 Goldeneye

Yeadon Tarn - single Pochard, Great C Grebe

High Royd Scrape - pair of Mandarin, 2 pair of Teal, 2 Snipe

Bryce Henderson & Paul King

Tong Park, Baildon - 2 pair of Gadwall, male Shoveler, Cormorant, Grey Heron, 2 Mute Swans & Mallards.

Paul Robinson   

Thursday 7 March 2024

Wednesday 6 March 2024

Langbar/Nesfield - large flock of Golden Plovers


 Denton Lane, Ilkley - 4 Red Kite

Nigel Jones

Queensbury garden - 4 Siskin at feeder



Colin Shields

Wednesday 6 March 2024

Tuesday 5 March 2024

Eccleshill area - 2 R N Parakeets seen in local garden.

Michael Coulter 

Monday 4 March 2024

Monday 4 March 2024

Cononley Ings - expected fields to be flooded had drained. Just 2 Oystercatchers, a few Curlew & Lapwings recorded. However at 10.00 a flock of 38 Whooper Swans flew over in formation and calling loudly. Nice flock of 16 skylarks also flew by.

Shaun Radcliffe 

Sunday 3 March 2024

Saturday 2 March 2024

Stockbridge Reserve - 2 male & a female Tufted Duck.

Jon Middleton  

Saturday 2 March 2024

Thursday 29 February 2024

Dick Hudsons above Eldwick -  small flock of about 20 Lapwing.

Shaun Radcliffe

Thursday 29 February 2024

CATCH UP

23 Feb - Marsh Harrier over Queensbury. Picture has been enlightened considerably by sender to show head colour.

Colin & Denise Shields

Red Kite reported over Lister park by Jane Robinson. Two birds displaying over Tongue Park, Baildon by Shaun Radcliffe

Calverley Woods - 4 Treecreepers interacting plus calling Nuthatch.

Damian Pearson

25 February - Leeshaw Reservoir - 140 Greylag & Canadas plus 2 Pinkfoot, 100 Lapwing, 30 Oystercatchers, 12 Curlew, single Redshank

Brian Vickers

24 February - Beamsley - Hazlewood - Hunting Barn Owl in the afternoon. Next day in Bolton Abbey - Bolton Bridge area, 95 Oystercatchers, 2 Kingfishers, 2 Dippers, 3 Goosander, Cormorant.
Roger Nelson


 

Friday 23 February 2024

Thursday 22 February 2024

Gallows Hill, Otley - Redwing, Treecreeper, 2 Pair of Bullfinch

Bryce Henderson 

Tuesday 20 February 2024

Yeadon Tarn - 20 plus Tufted Duck, single Oystercatcher , Herring Gull

Bryce Henderson

 

Sunday 18 February 2024

Saturday 17 February 2024

Leeshaw Reservoir - 120 plus Lapwing, 2 Curlew, 6 Oystercatchers, 2 Goosander.

Lower Laithe Reservoir - 2 Oystercatchers, 2 Goosanders.

Brian Vickers

High Royds - small flock of Siskin, 2 Goosanders plus 6 Snipe

Bryce Henderson

 

Friday 16 February 2024

Friday 16 February 2024

Lindley Bridge - kronking Raven, 4 Tufted Duck, Goldcrest

Bryce Henderson


Bingley - At 9.50 this morning, a skein of 70 plus Pink-footed Geese flew over heading west.

Shaun Radcliffe 

Thursday 15 February 2024

Thursday 15 February 2024

Bingley Moor area - 4 Common Buzzards circling together.

Shaun Radcliffe 

Tuesday 13 February 2024

Monday 12 February 2024

 Lower Laithe Reservoir - 4 Oystercatchers

Leeshaw Reservoir - 4 Goosander, 60 Lapwing & a single Oystercatcher.

Brian Vickers 

Saturday 10 February 2024

Friday 9 February 2024

Redcar Tarn - male Pintail still on site. Bird was foto'd on 18 October & then again today. Quite a change in plumage!!



 



Both fotos from Keith Moir.

Thursday 8 February 2024

Wednesday 7 February 2024

Sconce/Weecher area - 22 Lapwing, Curlew, Oystercatcher, Raven

Jeremy Taylor 

Tuesday 6 February 2024

Tuesday 6 February 2024

Denholme Gate - hunting Barn Owl

Keith Moir

Bingley Bog North - Little Egret with 3 Grey Herons this afternoon.

Shaun Radcliffe 

Sunday 4 February 2024

Sunday 4 February 2024

Stockbridge Reserve - first Oystercatcher feeding in next field this year for this site plus Reed Bunting & Grey Heron

Shaun Radcliffe 

Saturday 3 February 2024

Keighley/Oakworth Moor - 2 Barn Owls hunting plus another observed near Goose Eye. All birds seen in the afternoon.

Susan & Tom Simcock

Ben Rhydding - flock of 200 Curlew in a field but had gone by 5 pm.

Mark Scrimshaw

Friday 2 February 2024

Thursday 1 February 2024

Haworth garden - 16 Siskin recorded at the feeders.

Howard Creber 

Wednesday 31 January 2024

Tuesday 30 January 2024

Apperley Bridge - singing Mistle & Song Thrush

Thornbury - flock of 60 Lapwing settled on roof of Carpet Right.

Damian Pearson 

Monday 29 January 2024

Monday 29 January 2024

Cullingworth garden - 4 Reed Buntings visted plus a single Siskin.

Record and fotos from David Ogden

Harecroft - Barn Owl hunting over fields in pouring rain at 13.00.
Keith Moir
 

Sunday 28 January 2024

Sunday 28 January 2024

Silsden Reservoir - 2 Oystercatchers, 2 male Shoveler, 2 Teal, 60 Wigeon

Brian Vickers

Denso Riverside, Baildon - Kingfisher, Siskin, Dabchick, & Barn Owl.

Jeremy Taylor 

Saturday 27 January 2024

Cullingwortnh garden - 4 male Siskin

Ian Skayman

Sconce Lane area - hunting Barn Owl

Jane Robinson

Stockbridge Reserve - Red Kite flying high over the site, Sparrowhawk, L T T 

Also noted  - Star Jelly next to a small pond. This is believed to be from the glands of frogs & toads, probably after an attack by (say) a heron. Thanks to Susan Simcock's research.   

Friday 26 January 2024

Barden Scale - Peregrine Falcon, Buzzards, Red Kites, 10 Redwing, Mistle Thrush, 100 plus Lapwing.

Brian Vickers 

Thursday 25 January 2024

Wednesday 24 January 2024

Haworth area - 2 Barn Owls seen plus a Merlin flew high over the town the day before.

Howard Creber  

Monday 22 January 2024

Saturday 20 January 2024

 Ben Rhydding garden - a Lesser Redpoll

Foto from Alison.


Alison Bennett

Apperley Bridge/Esholt area - 20 plus Stock Dove, 5 Gadwall (4m & 1f), plus Woodcock flushed.

Damian Pearson

Friday 19 January 2024

19 January 2024

 Steeton Garden - male Blackcap plus Siskin

Alistair & Wendy Beveridge

17 January 2024

 Shipley Garden - 30 Redwing ground feeding

Jane Robinson

Turf Lane, Cullingworth - 30 plus Redwing

David Ogden

Baildon Golf Course - Barn Owl hunting at 16.00 when outside temperature was minus 2.5

Shaun Radcliffe

Tuesday 16 January 2024

 8th - 16th January 2024

14th January 2024
Cullingworth - Kestrel, pair Goosander, nuthatch, lesser redpoll.
David Ogden

13th January 2024
Saltaire - Male Blackcap, Coal Tit and Long-tailed Tit Family.
Graham Wood

11th January 2024

Silsden Res - Wigeon 68, Goldeneye 2, Tufted Duck 10, Teal 2

Brian Vickers


9th January 2024
Raw Nook NR - Nuthatches now seen in on the reserve and in local gardens - Site first and only taken 40 years!
Martyn Priestley

Monday 8 January 2024

 1st - 7th January 2024

Happy New Year!

(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).

7th January 2024
Leeshaw Reservoir - 8 Goosander and a Cormorant.
Brian Vickers

6th January 2024

Silsden Res - Goldeneye 2, Tufted Duck 12, Wigeon 6,Teal 2

Chelker Res - Mute Swan 2,Goosander 4, Greylag Goose 300+

Redcar Tarn - Single Pintail & Wigeon, Coot, Moorhen, Tufted Duck 20

Brian Vickers


5th January 2024
2 Fieldfare, Wigeon, Pintail and Hybrid Canada/Greylag.
David Ogden






4th January 2024
Lindley Bridge - Pair of Mandarin, 3 Tufted Duck and a Sparrowhawk
Bryce Henderson

2nd January 2024
Marsh Lane, Oxenhope - 24 Waxwing
Roger Scott

1st January 2024
Cullingworth - Brambling and 2 Goosander
David Ogden

Leeshaw Reservoir - Single Whooper Swan
Oxenhope - Pair of Gt Spotted Woodpeckers, 60+Fieldfare, 4 Redwing, Wren.
Silsden res - 90+ Mallard, 66 Wigeon, Pair of Teal
Barden Scale - Barn Owl, Buzzards, Red Kites, Kestrel, Pair of Goldcrests
Brian Vickers