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
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Sunday 10 November 2024
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
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
Thursday 17 October 2024
Thursday 17 October 2024
Yeadon Tarn - 20 Tufted Duck, 10 Goosander, male Pochard, 9 Cormorant, Red Kite.
Nigel PriestleyStockbridge 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 VickersMonday 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 PriestleyHarden 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
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!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
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
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
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 VickersMonday 22 July 2024
Saturday 20 July 2024
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
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
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
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
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 NelsonFoto of Spotted Flycatcher by Steve Meredith
Tuesday 30 April 2024
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
Wednesday 24 April 2024
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.
Thursday 18 April 2024
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 VickersMonday 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 SmithGlovershaw/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
Thursday 4 April 2024
Thursday 4 April 2024
Lower Laithe Reservoir - pair of Tufted Duck plus a single male Common Scoter per foto.
Brian VickersWednesday 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
Monday 18 March 2024
Doe Park - single Sand Martin
Mark Pearson
Cullingworth - Red Kite
David OgdenLeeshaw 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
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
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 ShieldsRed 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
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
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!!
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
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 OgdenSunday 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
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
Silsden Res - Wigeon 68, Goldeneye 2, Tufted Duck 10, Teal 2
Brian Vickers
Monday 8 January 2024
1st - 7th January 2024
Happy New Year!
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
4th January 2024