Leeshaw Res - female Common Scoter seen by Brian Vickers & Mark Purvis.
Mark also recorded 2 pair of Stnechat & Wheatear plus Cuckoo amongst other species.
Foto from Mark
Wednesday, 23 April 2025
Monday, 21 April 2025
Sunday 20 April 2025
Bingley, St Ives - near to the bottom car park, Garden Warbler, Blackcap, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff plus Swallows.
James Wright
Sunday, 20 April 2025
Friday, 18 April 2025
Thursday 17 April 2025
Lindley Bridge - Redstart, Mandarin, Oyk, G C G
Bryce Henderson
Dowley Gap S W -House Martins, Swallows & Sand Martins.
Vivien Leach
Keighley Moor Res - pair of Wheatear, Common Sandpipers, Reed Buntings, Willow Warbler & Grey Wagtail.
Mark Purvis
Harden Moor - Whitethroat & Sand Martins.
James Wright
Thursday, 17 April 2025
Wednesday 16 April 2025
Bolton Abbey - Swallows plus 3 pair of common Sandpiper.
Tuesday, 15 April 2025
Tuesday 15 April 2025
Ireland Bridge, Bingley - male Mandarin plus a pair of Dippers.
Shaun Radcliffe
Monday 14 April 2025
Leeshaw Reservoir - Sand Martins - also Wheatears on Oxenhope Moor area.
Mark Purvis
Sunday, 13 April 2025
CATCH UP
7 April - High Royds Scrape - 4 Snipe wading in lower levels, 2 Nuthatch, 2 Moorhen chicks. - Bryce Henderson
8 April - Glovershaw - Willow Warblers, 2 Buzzards over Shipley. Paul King
" Menston Garden a Willow Warbler - Bryce Henderson
9 April Haworth Cemetery - 2 Willow Warblers - James Wright
10 April - Buck Mill Thackley - male Redstart . At Coldstone Beck, Burley Woodhead - a male Ring Ouzel - Jeremy Taylor
11 April - Leeshaw Res. - Little Egret, 4 Wheatear, pair of Pink F Geese
" a report of a dead female Mute Swan on canal near Kildwick by Mike Smith.
Finally a lovely foto of a Trecreeper seen in Oxenhope by Mark Purvis
Monday, 7 April 2025
Sunday 6 April 2025
Chelker Reservoir - an evening visit produced a single Ruff, 25 Black T Godwits & 3 Whoopers.
Mick Cunningham
Sunday, 6 April 2025
Sunday 6 April 2025
Hazlewood - single Swallow, pair of Stonechat
Barden Bridge - on Saturday - Little Egret
Roger Nelson
Friday, 4 April 2025
Thursday 3 April 2025
Toad Holes Beck - Swallow seen plus 2 male Blackcaps on Reserve.
Martyn Priestley
R Aire, Cottingley area - singing Blackcap
Thomas Simcock.
Tuesday, 1 April 2025
Monday, 31 March 2025
Monday 31 March 2025
Stockbridge Reserve - this morning singing Blackcap. Goldfinch & Bullfinch to the feeders.
Shaun Radcliffe
Friday, 28 March 2025
Thursday 27 March 2025
St Ives - pair of Tufted plus usual species calling in local wood & on the nearby moor.
James Wright
Shipley - Sand martins returned to canal side site
Graham Wood
Leeshaw Res - pair of P F Geese
Thursday, 27 March 2025
Wednesday 27 March 2025
Barden Bridge - Woodcock, Goosander, Mandarin Duck, Redshank, 6 Oyks
Dowley Gap - Dipper, Goosander plus 23 Pied Wagtail at works.
James Wright
Tuesday, 25 March 2025
Tuesday 25 March 2025
R Aire, Bingley Rugby stretch - 5 Sand Martin, Grey Wagtail
Thomas Simcock
R Aire, Dowley Gap - Kingfisher, pair of Goosander plus calling Nuthatch from nearby woods.
Shaun Radcliffe
Monday 24 march 2025
Harden (DeepCliff Woods) - 2 Buzzard plus a Green Woodpecker
James Wright
Cullingworth - 4 Buzzards
Monday, 24 March 2025
Sunday, 23 March 2025
Saturday 22 March 2025
Stockbridge Reserve - Water Rail, Barn Owl, Reed Buntings, Chiffchaffs
BOG working party
Friday, 21 March 2025
Thursday 20 March 2025
Whetstone Gate - male Wheatear
Mick Cunningham
Harden Moor - 25 Siskin
James Wright
Wednesday, 19 March 2025
Tuesday 18 March 2025
Leeshaw Res. 22 Whoopers, 25 Oystercatchers, 75 Lapwing, 3 Redshank, 2 Little Owl, 5 Curlew
Sighting & foto from Nigel Priestley. Whoopers also reported by Brian Vickers.
Cononley Ings - 35 Black T Godwits, 4 Redshank, 160 Wigeon, 4 Teal, plus a Little Egret
Nigel Turner
High Royd Scrape - 9 Mandarin, 2 pair of Teal, 3 Snipe, Stock Dove in nest box.
Bryce Henderson
Tuesday, 18 March 2025
Sunday 16 March 2025
Stockbridge Reserve - a ringing session involved a Chiffchaff which had been originally ringed as a adult in August 2023 at the Reserve. Now caught here again today, suggests it bred here in 2022 and indicates that such a small nesting migrant has returned for a 3rd year.
Jon Middleton
Saturday, 15 March 2025
Saturday 15 March 2025
St Ives - flock of 20 plus Redwing, pair of Mistle Thrush, Chiffchaff.
Ian Skayman
Apperley Bridge - a drake Gadwall, single Dipper, Lapwing, Buzzard & Goosander, 2 Mistle Thrush plus singing Chiffchaff.
Damian Pearson.
Thursday, 13 March 2025
Tuesday, 11 March 2025
Sunday, 9 March 2025
Saturday 8 March 2025
Darwin Gardens, Ilkley - Chiff-chaff calling
James Wright
Menston - large skein of P F Geese flew north.
Bryce Henderson
Saturday, 8 March 2025
Friday 7 March 2025
Barden - pair of Redshank, pair of Goosander, Mandarin Drake, flock of 50 Fieldfare
Hazlewood - pair of Stock Dove viewing nest site.
Thursday, 6 March 2025
Thursday 6 March 2025
Stockbridge Reserve - 2 singing Chiffchaffs, Water Rail, Reed Buntings, Bullfinch, Comma Butterfly
John Preshaw, Shaun Radcliffe
Wednesday, 5 March 2025
Wednesday 5 March 2025
Pennythorn Hill, Baildon - 9 Skylark ground feeding
Reva Reservoir - in a field at the back of the reservoir, flock of 40 Curlew.
Shaun Radcliffe
Saturday, 1 March 2025
1 March 2025
Thruscross Reservoir - 195 Oystercatchers were counted in fields just north of the site., 2 Shelduck
Keith Moir
Intake gate / Reva Hill - pair of Raven, 3 Red Kites, half a dozen Lapwing, single Skylark
Shaun Radcliffe
Friday 28 February 2025
Dowley gap S W - singing Chiffchaff
Graham Wood
High Royd Scrape - 2 male Mandarin, pair of Teal, 6 Snipe
Bryce Henderson
Tuesday, 25 February 2025
Monday 24 February 2025
Leeshaw Res. - 60 plus Lapwing, 45 Curlew, 17 Oystercatchers, single P F Goose with 55 Canadas, Stock Dove - Brian Vickers
Redcar Tarn - 2 Caspian Gulls - Keith Moir
The following day, another different Caspian Gull was seen by Keith.
Thursday, 20 February 2025
Monday 17 February 2025 -
Canal area in Shipley - Chiffchaff plus Kingfisher & Red kite seen over Roberts Park. Own Bradford garden, Blackcap seen.
Vivien Leach
High Royds Scrape - 3 pair of Teal, single Snipe
Bryce Henderson
Stockbridge Reserve - usual species but a good foto of Water Rail is worth showing.
Sunday, 16 February 2025
Saturday 15 February 2025
Bingley, R Aire - 2 pair of Mandarin Ducks next to Ireland Bridge.
Shaun Radcliffe
Thursday, 13 February 2025
Wednesday 12 February 2025
Milner Fields, Baildon - 4/5 Goldcrests.
Graham Wood
Leeshaw Res. - R N Grebe still on site.
Sunday, 9 February 2025
Sunday 9 February 2025
Stockbridge Reserve - Water Rail, 5 Reed Buntings around the feeders, male Siskin, Grey Heron, Cormorant.
Shaun Radcliffe
Saturday, 8 February 2025
Friday 7 February 2025
Northcliffe Wood - 21 R N Parakeets in a dusk roost.
Mark Scrimshaw
Cullingworth fields - 30 plus Fieldfare with Starlings.
David Ogden
Thursday 6 February 2025
Chelker Res. - pair of Goldeneye, 25 Oystercatchers,.
Silsden Res. - 10 Tufted Duck, 52 Wigeon
Leeshaw Res. - R N Grebe still present.
Brian Vickers
Thursday, 6 February 2025
Wednesday 5 February 2025
Apperley Bridge - Barn Owl, Water Rail, Kingfisher, Sparrowhawk, Buzzard, Red Kite, 42 Redwing
Damian Pearson
Lower Laithe Reservoir - first Oystercatcher here for this year for observer.
Brian Vickers
Otley Area - pair of dippers at Garrett Mill plus 2 pairs of Grey Wagtails, Kestrel at Gallows Hill, plus 4 Redwing, 2 Oystercatchers, 30 Lapwing & 40 plus Curlews nearby.
Mark Purvis
Monday, 3 February 2025
Monday 3 February 2025
High Royd Scrape - 7 Snipe, pair of Mandarin, 2 Pair of Teal, Stock Dove checking nest box, 20 BHG.
Bryce Henderson
Sunday 2 February 2025
Bridgehouse Beck, Oxenhope - Kingfisher, pair of Dippers.
Leeshjaw Reservoir - R N Grebe, 30 Lapwing, Common Gull, Pinkfoot Goose with Greylags & Canadas.
Sightings & foto from Mark Purvis
Wednesday, 29 January 2025
Wednesday 29 January 2025
Leeshaw Reservoir - R N Grebe is now here having moved from Lower Laithe Reservoir' Also 60 Lapwings, 210 Greylag Geese, 46 Canadas, 2 Goosander, 2 Cormorant.
Brian Vickers
High Royd Scrape - 3 Snipe, pair of Teal, Curlew flew over heading for moors.
Bryce Henderson
Tuesday, 28 January 2025
Tuesday 28 January 2025
Hirst Wood area - On canal, 4 pairs of Goosander, near Coach Road, a small flock of Redwing ground feeding. Also seen, GSW plus calling Nuthatch & 4 Grey Herons.
Shaun Radcliffe
Saturday, 25 January 2025
Saturday 25 January 2025
Stockbridge Reserve - Water Rail, Reed Bunting, Goldfinch Siskin plus other common birds.
Nigel Priestley & Shaun Radcliffe
High Royd Scrape - 6 Snipe, single Teal, 3 Mandarin Ducks.
Bryce Henderson
Thursday, 23 January 2025
Sunday, 19 January 2025
Friday 17th January 2025
Silsden Res. - Male Goldeneye, 7 Tufted Duck, 43 Wigeon, 6 Goosander
At Lower Laithe Res - Red-necked Grebe Grebe still present - Brian Vickers
Thursday 16th January 2025
On canal at Riddlesden. possible female Common Scoter - On R Aire near Dowley Gap. 2 Little Grebes - Vivien Leach
Stockbridge Reserve - Water Rail searching for food below feeders, now a regular sight. - Shaun Radcliffe
Wednesday 15th January 2025
Leeshaw - 160 Pinkfoot plus 3 Barnacle Geese - Mark Purvis
Lower Laithe Reservoir - Red-necked Grebe moved on again from Ponden Res. Calderdale Bird Sightings
Tuesday 14th January 2025
Lister Park - small flock of Redwing plus a Treecreeper. In a small Heaton garden - male Blackcap, 2 Song Thrushes, 3 Bullfinches - Vivien Leach
Apperley Bridge/Calverley Woods - Nuthatch 2, Treecreeper, Water rail calling - Damian Pearson
Monday 13th January 2025
Ireland bridge, Bingley, On the river 2 male & a female Mandarin. - Shaun Radcliffe
Ponden Reservoir - Red-necked Grebe (presumably the Leeshaw Bird has relocated) - Calderdale Bird Sightings
Sunday, 12 January 2025
Saturday 11th January 2025
Stockbridge Reserve - Birds about during a ringing session - Barn Owl, G S W, & Cettis Warbler plus 2 Water Rail, one young female ringed whilst the other seen under the feeding station. - Jon Middleton & Robyn Guppy
Thursday 9th January 2025
Stockbridge Reserve - Barn Owl hunting early afternoon, Water Rail, Siskin, Goldfinches - Shaun Radcliffe
Gallows Hill, Otley, - Nuthatches, Treecreeper, Redwings plus a large skein of Pinkfoot flying west. - Bryce Henderson
Sunday, 5 January 2025
Thursday, 2 January 2025
Thursday 2nd January 2025
Leeshaw Reservoir - Red-necked Grebe still present - Ian Skayman and Brian Vickers
Looking back at the Bradford Records, this Red-necked Grebe is our 10th record. The last one was in 2016. If you can brave the cold, it is worth a trip out to see it.
Also present were 4 Pink-footed Geese with the Greylags.
Wednesday, 1 January 2025
Wednesday 1st January 2025
Leeshaw Reservoir - Red-necked Grebe still present but a long way off on far side of res.
Monday 30th December 2024
Leeshaw Reservoir - Red-necked Grebe - Mark Purvis
Low Snowdon - small flock of 12 Fieldfare - Shaun Radcliffe
Mark Purvis
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