Thursday 13th December 2018

Silsden Reservoir
Eight Goldeneye
Brian Vickers

Tuesday 11th December 2018

Baildon Moor
A flock of at least 10 resident Tree Sparrows at Dobrudden Farm.  Lower down, adjacent to Glovershaw Lane, a flock of 26 Red Grouse flew onto a bilberry patch.  Both record numbers for this area.
Paul King.

Cononley Ings
A single Whooper Swan, 100s Lapwings plus Teal and Wigeon.
Brian Vickers

Haworth
A skein of over 120 Pick-footed Geese flying NW at 13:00.
Howard Creber

 

Monday 10th December 2018

Silsden Floods
8 Curlew
Skipton (Castle Woods)
Flock of Brambling
Barden Scale
Four Raven, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, 18 Fieldfare, 60 Lapwing and Kites and Buzzards in the area.
Brian Vickers

Saturday 8th December 2018

Cottingley
A Willow Tit/Marsh Tit making regular visits to a garden bird table.
Martin Taunton

Cullingworth
A Red Kite over the village.
David Ogden

Thursday 6 December 2018

Stockbridge Reserve (members only) - Chiff-Chaff in bush close to near feeding station, Water Rail heard, 3 male & a female Goosander on the water, Reed Buntings & Bullfinch.
Shaun Radcliffe

Shipley Glen
A roost of 16 Grey Herons in a field at the bottom of the Glen.  This is the largest group I've seen here for many years.  A Kingfisher was at the dam, a Dipper flew up the beck and a pair of Great Spotted Woodpeckers were chasing each other in trees at Milnerfields.
Paul King.

Crossbills recently seen by Roger Nelson in Upper Wharfedale.

Sunday 2 December 2018

Marsh Lane, Oxenhope - single Brent Goose in a mixed flock of Canadas, Greylags & a few Pinkfeet Geese.
Brian Vickers

Dowley Gap - Little Egret flew past.
Martin Taunton

Thursday 29 November 2018

Stockbridge Reserve (members only) - two male Goosanders & a female on the water. During gales, a male Wigeon flew in but stayed for only five minutes. Up to 5 Reed Buntings came to the feeders, a few Redwing flew over as did a Cormorant. A Sparrowhawk drifted by.
Shaun Radcliffe

Tong Park Reservoir
23 Gadwall reported.
What's App Group.

Wednesday 28 November 2018

Queensbury garden - amongst a flock of 25 Chaffinch, a male has been ringed in Norway.
Denise & Colin Shields

Monday 26 November 2018

Lower Laithe Reservoir - 6 Goosander, 4 Cormorant
Leeshaw Reservoir - 6 Goosander, Kestrel
Brian Vickers 

Sunday 25 November 2018

Bingley garden - female Blackcap
Shaun Radcliffe

Friday 23 November 2018

Tonge Park, Baildon - 21 Gadwall, 3 Wigeon, 12 Mallard and a Water Rail.
Roger Wilkinson

Barden Scale - Hawfinch, Goldfinch, pair of Grey Wagtail,2 GSW, Buzzards & Red Kites.
Brian Vickers

Parakeets at Apperley Bridge   photo: Martin Taunton

Thursday 22 November 2018

Stockbridge Reserve (members only) - small flock of 10 Siskin feeding on silver birch, Water Rail visited area under the feeders twice picking up food dropped, pair of Bullfinch, 4 Reed Bunting, Redwing feeding on mountain ash berries, GSW. Bank Vole shot out of cover in the wall to take food left out.
John Preshaw & Shaun Radcliffe

Wednesday 21 November 2018

Canal at Low Wood stretch - 2 Kingfishers plus a male & two female Goosanders. Small flocks of Fieldfare & Redwing in the area.
Shaun Radcliffe

Sunday 18 November 2018

Stockbridge Reserve (members only) - a male & two female Teal, Water Rail, 4 Reed Buntings plus an all-white Pheasant.
Shaun Radcliffe

Saturday 17 November 2018

Barden - Merlin, GSW, Fieldfare, Redwing, 3 Raven, Red Kites & Buzzards.
Brian Vickers

Monday 12 November 2018

Silsden Reservoir - Redshank
Barden Scale - Peregrine
Embsay - 120 mixed flock of winter thrushes
Brian Vickers

River Aire, Hirst Wood stretch - 2 Kingfisher, Little Grebe.
Shaun Radcliffe

Sunday 11 November 2018

Apperley Bridge area - 2 Kingfisher, 400+ Jackdaw, Tawny Owl, Little Owl.
Damian Pearson

Lower Laithe Reservoir - G C G.
Leeshaw Reservoir - 250 Geese consisting of Canadas, Greylags & 2 Pinkfoot.
Station Road, Oxenhope - 60 Redwing
Brian Vickers

Caldene Fields - (on migration watch) - a Woodcock flew in from N, party of Redwing, Yellowhammer flew N, 11 Crossbill flew S.
Martyn Priestley

Silsden Beck - Kingfisher
Tom Hubball

Stockbridge Reserve (members only) - a Water Rail swam below the willows whilst another called from the reedbed. Also seen - 2 Siskin, 5 Reed Bunting, Sparrowhawk with Goosanders flying up and down the river.
Shaun Radcliffe 

10th November 2018 continued

Barden Scale - 8 Red Kite, 6 Common Buzzard, 4 Brambling, 4 Raven, 100+ Fieldfare, Kestrels.
Brian Vickers

Saturday 10 November 2018

Barden - Little Egret flew downstream over Barden Bridge, 4 Goosander, 2 Red Kite, Common Buzzard, 3 Nuthatch, 25 R L Partridge, 19 Canada Geese.
Roger Nelson

Roger's images of birds in Upper Wharfedale: Kestrel, Red-legged Partridge, Tawny Owl, Wren and a continental type Blackbird.

Oxenhope (south of Hanging Gate Lane) - 115 Canada Geese, 135 Greylag Geese, 5 Pinkfoot
200 Starling to the north
Howard Creber

Ben Rhydding Gravel Pits - 120 Lapwing & 20 Curlew in fields opposite, Common Buzzard.
Steve Parks

Addingham Moorside - flock of 100 Fieldfare, Kestrel.
Shaun Radcliffe 

Friday 9 November 2018

Park Dam, South Bradford - 6 Little Grebe, Shoveler, 13 Tufted Duck, 123 Canada Geese, 65 Coot, 2 G C G
Jamie Brass