19th May 2008
Glovershaw
female Whinchat was in the rough pasture by Golcar Farm and a female Yellowhammer (at last), was seen on the lane leading up to Golcar Farm. Otherwise, breeding is in full swing with Lapwing, Snipe, Curlew and Oystercatcher prominent and Skylark, Reed Bunting and Linnets in various locations. Three Meadow Pipits were seen carrying food, and three Stock Doves were about.
Leeshaw Res
Cuckoo, Male Stonechat, 10+ Linnets, Little Owl,
Lapwing with 4 chicks
Members Only Res
1 Dunlin, 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Oystercatchers,
Reed Buntings, Willow Warbler
P King, B Vickers
18th May 2008
Timble Ings - Brambling
Wharfe Valley - Osprey 10am
Barden Bridge to The Strid and to Simon's Seat
2 Mandarin Ducks, 2 Red Legged Partridges, 3 Cuckoos,
2 Redstarts, 1 Blackcap, 1 Wood Warbler, 2 Spotted Flycatchers,
3 Pied Flycatchers (singing Males), Nuthatch, Treecreepers
4 Kestrels
St.Ives
2 separate Crossbills, Spotted Flycatcher, Whitethroat,
Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Willow Warbler, Swallow, Tawny Owl,
Sparrowhawk, 3 Kestrel
Fly Flatts
2 Dunlin, 6 Common Sand, 1m Whinchat, 4 Twite
54 Canadas + 22 young, 2 Reed Bunts
Members Only Res
Red-legged Partridge 2, Common Sandpiper 2, Pied Wagtail 3+
Little Ringed Plover 1, Curlew 6+, Rook 1, Redshank 2, Linnet 5+
Grey Wagtail 2, Red Grouse 1, Swift 3, Kestrel 2, Peregrine 1
Herring Gull, Lapwing 10+, Stock Dove 3, Reed Bunting 2
Whinchat
Ilkley Moor from Whetstone Gate
1 pair Stonechat, 1 pair Redshank, 4 Curlew, 2 Lapwing,
6 Skylark, Red Grouse, Pheasant, Meadow Pipits
Linnets
Stockbridge -
3 Whitethroat, 2 Sedge Warbler, Blackcap, 3 Reed Bunting
M Fanshawe, M Doveston, C King, DCBarker, B Sumner,
S Radcliffe, J James
17th May 2008
Wharfe Valley - Osprey early afternoon
Doe Park Res
Willow Warblers, Swallows, Swifts, GHeron,
Canada Goose with goslings, LBBGulls, Pheasant
Goit Stock
Dipper, Chiffchaff, Swallows, Swifts, Blackcap
Willow Warbler, Long-tailed Tits, Jays
East Riddlesden Hall
Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Willow Warbler, Sedge Warbler,
2 GSWdpkr, Sand Martin, House Martin, Swallow, Swift,
2 Oystercatcher, Goosander, LBBGulls
A650
1 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Oystercatcher, 4 Lapwing,
Blackcap, BHGulls
M Doveston, G Holmes
15th May 2008
Barden Scale - Cuckoo
Strid area
Common Sandpiper, pair Mandarin Ducks (M&F). Garden Warbler,
Redstart. Pied Flycatchers.Grey Wagtail feeding at nest,Buzzard,
Dippers, one nest building. G.S. Woodpecker.
T Hubball, S Lilley, B Vickers
images by S Lilley
14th May 2008
Stockbridge
Grasshopper Warbler reeling from east of reserve, either relocated or another male has arrived.
Fly Flatts - 6 Twite
Private Wetlands - Both Barnacle and Pink-footed Geese present
S Radcliffe, B Vickers, SJGoodwin
13th May 2008
Members Only Res
Dunlin (picture by B.Vickers), Sedge Warbler, 6 Reed Buntings, Willow Warbler
Strid Area
Wood Warbler, Redstart near Laudale House.
Green Woodpecker
Caldene Fields
Grey Wagtail collecting food
A Tremethick, MVPriestley, B Vickers
Wood Warbler, Redstart near Laudale House.
Green Woodpecker
Caldene Fields
Grey Wagtail collecting food
A Tremethick, MVPriestley, B Vickers
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