Tuesday 30th April 2019

Guiseley
A singing Lesser Whitethroat in Parkinson's Park.
Darren Ward

Otley 
Swift over town.
Theo Kuechel

Skipton Sewage Works
Three Swifts
Dave Dimmock

Cuckoos reported at Hoodstorth and on Denton Moor.

Otley Wetland
Sedge Warbler and another Common Tern
Andrew Kelly

Strid Woods - 13 Pied Flycatcher, 7 Redstart, Garden Warbler, Wood Warbler, Green Woodpecker, Blackcaps. Along the river from Cavendish to Barden Bridge - 17 Common Sandpiper, Dipper, two pair of Mandarin Duck plus two more males
Roger Nelson, Howard Creber & Shaun Radcliffe

Photos, taken in Strid Wood from Roger Nelson

Top to bottom - Goosander (female), Goosander (male), Lapwing chicks, Pied Flycatcher (male) and Willow Warbler with feather all by Roger Nelson.

Monday 29 April 2019

Hollins Hall grounds - Lesser Whitethroat
Roger Wilkinson

Ben Rhydding Gravel Pits - plenty of Sand Martin at colony, Mandarin, Treecreeper, Redstart, Blackcap, Willow Warbler, Chiff-Chaff
Steve Parkes

Apperley Bridge- single Swift
Damian Pearson

Storiths
Wood Warbler, four Redstarts.
Alan Tremethick.

Strid Wood
Two singing Wood Warblers, six Pied Flycatchers
Mark Doveston

Glovershaw
A Cuckoo was heard near Pennythorn Plantation (reported to Paul King).

Three of the regularly seen species on Baildon Moor, taken by Phil Matthews.

Wheatear (female), Whitethroat and Willow Warbler

Sunday 28 April 2019

Ebor Lane, Haworth - Garden Warbler
Howard Creber

Glovershaw - 6 Wheatear, 13 Willow Warbler, Whitethroat, 2 Reed Bunting
Phil Matthews

Swinsty Reservoir - male Redstart at the southern end of reservoir.
Jon Budworth

Scargill Reservoir
Whimbrel flew over.
Andy Jowett

Barden Moor
Cuckoo, four Ring Ousels
Dave Dimmock

Saturday 27 April 2019

Leeshaw Reservoir - an Artic Tern feeding over the water for 20 minutes.
Brian Vickers

Yeadon Tarn
About 100 Sand Martins
Darren Sheppard

Friday 26th April 2019

Glovershaw
Two Yellow Wagtails were together on the 10th green of Baildon Golf Course at 7.45pm.  Three Wheatears were close by and another was in the fields by Golcar Farm where a Redshank was feeding.
Paul King.

A female Pied Flycatcher in Strid Wood                        photo: Keith Allen

Curlews are now well established on our local uplands.    photo: Steve Meredith

Thornton - Ten Yards Lane

30+ Sand Martins at quarry.

Mark Pearson

Otley

Common Tern over Asda

Andy Jowett

Otley Wetland Nature Reserve

Common Tern, Garden Warbler and Reed Warbler. 

Andrew Kelly

Thursday 25th April 2019

Strid Woods - Wood Warbler, Pied Flycatcher
Leeshaw Reservoir - Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Dunlin, 2 Common Sandpiper, 4 Redshank
Silsden Reservoir - Shalduck
Brian Vickers

Stockbridge Reserve (members only) - Reed Warbler
Shaun Radcliffe

Glovershaw
Three Wheatears (two females and a male)
Paul King

Other birds in the Eldwick and Glovershaw.

Top to bottom: Reed Bunting (male), Golden Plover, Meadow Pipit and Pied Wagtail photos: Phil Matthews.

Wednesday 24 April 2019

Storiths Road - 8 Crossbill, Tawny Owl, Cuckoo & Green Woodpecker heard.
Howard Creber

Leeshaw Reservoir - male Bar-tailed Godwit, 3 Redshank, 3 Dunlin
Brian Vickers

Strid Woods - 2 Pied Flycatcher
Barden Scale - Redstart, 2 Treecreeper, Dipper, 2 female goosander
Keith Allen

Pennythorn Hill - Grasshopper Warbler heard only briefly, singing Whitethroat
Glovershaw - Wheatear, flocks of 18 & 35 Golden Plover, Willow Warblers everywhere plus 6 Hares in the area.
Shaun Radcliffe

Tuesday 23rd April 2019

Glovershaw
A singing Common Whitethroat.
Paul King

Leeshaw Reservoir

Little Owl (photo: Steve Parkes) and Redshank (Phil Matthews) photographed on 20th April.

Heights Lane, Eldwick

Willow Warbler (photo: Phil Matthews) and Lapwing chick (Steve Parkes) photographed on 21st April.

Glovershaw area - single Golden Plover, Stonechat, 2 Wheatear, 10 Willow Warbler, Reed Bunting, 15 Green Hairstreak butterflies.
Bradup - 5 Golden Plover, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Snipe, 2 Wheatear, 2 Snipe
Phil Matthews

Trough Lane - 5 Wheatear
Nab Water Lane - 4 Wheatear, 2 Ring Ouzel
Leeshaw Reservoir - 3 Dunlin, 2 Redshank, 4 Snipe
Storiths Road -Siskin,Woodcock
Brian Vickers

Lister Park Lake -  some inner city records - Greylag with 4 gosling, 5 Coots on nest plus a Moorhen & 2 Canadas on nest.
Joy Leach

Monday 22nd April 2019

Glovershaw
Two female Wheatears, two pairs of Reed Bunting, three pairs of Curlew, pair of Little Owls, eight Willow Warblers in the Pennithorne area and a pair of Swallows in addition to breeding Lapwings, Snipe and Redshank.

Sunday 21 April 2019

Heights Lane & Eldwick Reservoir - 2 Sparrowhawk, Redshank, Oystercatcher, Swallow, Sand Martin, pair of Tufted Duck, Willow Warbler, Blackcap, Nuthatch, GSW
Phil Matthews

Norwood Edge to Little Almscliffe - Curlews, pair Sparrowhawk jostling in the air, Snipe drumming, 70-75 Golden Plover towards Scargill reservoir, 3 GSW, 5-6 Tree Pipit, 2 Redstart, Blackcaps, Willow Warblers, Chiffchaffs, Linnet, singing male Siskin, 4-5 Crossbill.
John Armstrong

St.Ives Estate 0700-1030am
single Redwing heard, Siskin, Redpoll, Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Willow Warblers, Mute Swan, Canada Geese, Tufted Ducks, Goosanders, Little Owl, Lapwing, Skylark, Nuthatch, Treecreeper, Jay.
M Doveston et al

Glovershaw
A male Wheatear on the 11th fairway and a roost of 30 Golden Plovers in the fields adjacent to Glovershaw Lane.
Paul King

Saturday 20 April 2019

Leeshaw Reservoir - 5 Lapwing chicks, 7 Wheatear, Little Owl plus Green Hairstreak butterfly.
Steve Parkes

Low Wood, Riddlesden - Willow Warbler, Chiff-Chaff, Garden Warbler, Treecreeper, Nuthatch, Green Woodpecker (heard), Blackcaps plus Orange-tip butterflies.
John Preshaw et al

Trough Lane - 6 Wheatear
Nab Water lane - 6 Wheatear
Leeshaw Reservoir -  10 Linnets
Brian Vickers

Glovershaw
7am - A roost of 150 Golden Plovers and 30 Fieldfares remain in the fields by Golcar Farm.
3pm - A Lapwing with three chicks.

Shipley Glen
A walk from Brackenhall produced 12 Willow Warblers, six Swallows a Common Buzzard and the now familiar Harris' Hawk.
Paul King

Friday 19 April 2019

Storiths Road - 26 Fieldfare, 2 Wheatear, 2 Willow Warbler, 2 Jay
Barden Moor - Ring Ouzel, Wheatear
Trough Lane - 2 Wheatear
Strid woods - Pied Flycatcher, Treecreeper
Brian Vickers