BIRD SIGHTINGS: September 2006

30th September 2006

Ellarcarr Pike
10 stonechat, Black Redstart

Denholme Clough 0715 - 1045
609 Meadow Pipits, 14 Swallow, 2 House Martin
54 Chaffinch, 8 Redpoll, 8 Siskin, 11 Greenfinch
8 Bullfinch, 4 Reed Bunting, 15 Linnet, 4 Lapwing
6 Skylark, 11 Pied Wagtail, 11 Grey Wagtail,
41 Starling, 3 Red Admiral, Comma
In the bushes:
plenty of Jay, 3 male Blackcap, Chiffchaff

Ten Yards Lane, Harecroft = Little Owl

Member's Only Res:
2500+ Meadow Pipits, Black Redstart (picture @ChrisKing)
Goldfinch 50+, Greenfinch 30+, Chaffinch 15+
Reed Bunting 2, Swallows 60+, House Martin 4
Goosander 1, Greylag 2, Stonechat 2+, Skylark 20+
Pied Wagtails 20+, Wheatear 4, Curlew 1, Snipe 2
Sparrowhawk 1, Kestrel 2, Mistle Thrush 20+
Red Admiral & Comma

Paul Clough
Meadow Pipits 83, Greenfinch 75, Chaffinch 42, Redpoll 9
Swallow 25, Ring Ouzel, Blackcap 2, Chiffchaff

Doe Park Res - Kingfisher

R. Aire - Hirst Mill - 17 Goldfinches, 1 Grey Heron

R.Aire - Dowley gap -
1 Grey wagtail, 1 Dipper, 5 Goosander, 2 Jay, 1 GSWP

Wheatear 9 Trough Lane
Wheatear 2 Nab Water Lane
Wheatear 1 Leeshaw Res
Stonechat 3 Nab Water Lane.

M Doveston, DCBarker, H Creber, C King, S Varrie,
David Gilroy , B Vickers, R Proctor

29th September 2006

Member's Only Res - vismig watch

Meadow Pipit 200+

Snipe 3

Siskin 2+

Stonechat 4+

Black Redstart 1 Female

Goosander 1

Pied Wagtail 6+

Grey Wagtail 1

Reed Bunting 3

Wheatear 1

Linnet 1

C King, DCBarker

28th September 2006

Paul Clough
Mpipits 28, Greenfinch 35, Goldcrest 2, Reed Bunting 2,
Bullfinch 10, Chiffchaff 1. No Hirundines seen.

Male Stonechat Fly Flatts,

Goosander 3 Lower Laithe.

B Vickers

27th September 2006

Stonechat sightings around Oxenhope:
3 South of Paul Clough
2 Nab Water lane ( pair )

1 Trough Lane ( Male )

1 Member's Only Res ( Female)

Ruddy Duck on John O'Gaunts Res

Glovershaw Area
300+ Meadow Pipits blogging about,
4 Grey Partridge, 5 Snipe, 3 Stonechats

B Vickers, J Poland, P King

26th September 2006

R. Aire, Hirst Wood area -
2 Kingfishers, 2 Jay and 2 Grey Heron

Glovershaw Area
8x Wheatear, 7 Stonechat, Swallows passing through
Sparrowhawk, Snipe

S Varrie, P King

25th September 2006

Today there was a second large movement of Meadow Pipits through our recording area. For details of this and other species seen during visible migration counts please follow the link below to the vis-mig blog. Sites watched include Denholme Clough, Paul Clough, Caldene Fields and the Member's Only Reservoir:

http://vismig.blogspot.com/

other news:

Paul Clough
2 Ring Ouzel, and a very late Spotted Flycatcher,
also lots of Greenfinch, Mpipits ,
Chaffinch, Siskin, Long Tailed Tits.

Trough lane - 1 Wheatear

Nab Water Lane - 4 Stonechat, Short Eared Owl

Leeshaw Res - 43 Greylag Geese

Fly Flatts Res - 1 Wigeon

Stockbridge -
2 Water rail, 3 Kingfishers, 2 Sparrowhawk, Kestrel

Cottingley Garden: Broad Bordered Hawkmoth sp.

Cullingworth Garden:
Hummingbird Hawkmoth, 2 Whitethroat

image (C) D Ogden

DCBarker, S Johnson, B Vickers, S Radcliffe
M Taunton, D Ogden

24th September 2006

Timble Ings
large flocks of redpoll, kestrel, lots of mipits on moor, buzzard

Sandwith Moor
wheatear, 200+ lapwing, snipe, kestrel, reed bunting, cormorant

23rd September 2006

Sandwith Moor
5+ wheatear, 200+ lapwing, 3 kestrel, sparrowhawk

Doe Park Res / Denholme Clough
Willow Tit - showing very well, calling often
2 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, 1 Willow Warbler
Swallows and House Martins, 10 Siskin

Private Wetlands
Red Kite, Wigeon, Teal, Yellow Wagtail

Knotford Nook
2 Red Kite, 4 Buzzard, Pochard, Shoveler

Trough Lane - 4 Wheatear

Nab Water Lane 3 Wheatear, 3 Stonechat

Lower Laithe Res
Cormorant 2, 100+ House Martins,
few Swallows moving South

M Doveston, S Johnson, A Jowett, B Vickers

21st September 2006

Dob Park Bridge
kingfisher - scarce in the washburn valley

Sandwith Moor
4 wheatear, stonechat, 15+ skylark, 4 kestrel, 8 golden plover, 300 lapwing

John O' Gaunts Res
curlew, 25+ teal, GCG

Hobby at Leeshaw Res at 1150hrs chasing Hirundines over the copse just north of the res had excellent views for 3 to 4 minutes.

Wheatear 1 Nab Water Lane,
Stonechat 3 " " " ( all adults )

Stonechat 4 Trough Lane ( 1 adult female 3 downy juvenile

100+ Swallows moving south @ Paul Clough
also flocks of Greenfinch and Chaffinch

19th September

Trough Lane Wheatear 2.

Undisclosed Site:
Red kite 2, Peregrine 1 adult, 1 juvenile, Buzzard 5, Raven 1,
Sparrowhawk 2, Kestrel 2,
At 1300 there was in excess of a hundred hirundines in the lee of the wood, mainly juv swallows 80+, House Martins and a single Swift, by 1430 they had all moved on.

Silsden Res
23 Tufted Duck, 1 Gt Crested Grebe

B Vickers

17th September 2006

Doe Park Res - vismig watch
33 Lapwing, 3 Snipe, 2 Reed Bunting, 1 House Martin
14 Swallow, Meadow Pipits, Pied Wagtails, Grey Wagtails
Linnets, Goldfinch, Chaffinch, Greenfinch

Ten Yards Lane, Harecroft
25 Goldfinch, 100+ Linnets, 20+ Meadow Pipits

Stockbridge
2 Water Rail, Tawny Owl, 7 Jays mobbing Owl, Kingfisher,
Chiffchaff, 3 Willow warblers.
Butterflies -
small tortoiseshell, speckled wood, red admiral,
painted lady, comma.

Lower Laithe Res -
Osprey sat in tree, mobbed by Corvids, later 3 Raven present
2 Cormorant, 3 Goosander

Member's Only Res - vismig highlights
Mipit 755, Goldfinch 137, Redpoll 1, Snipe 1, Siskin 7,
Swallow 51, Skylark 4, Wigeon 1, Greylag Goose 25
Lapwing 249
Whinchat, Wheatear, Common Sandpiper

St.Ives - Insects:
Speckled Wood Butterflies were common, Red Admiral
Small Tortoiseshell, Large White, Common Hawker,
Comma

Sconce Lane area - Wheatear

Glovershaw - 2 Whinchat, Stonechat

Undisclosed Sites:
4 Red Kite, 5 Buzzard, 2 Peregrine

Riddlesden - plenty of House Martins still present

Wilsden - several House Martin still present

Bingley Garden -
red admiral, painted lady, comma, speckled wood

M Doveston, S Radcliffe, B Vickers, M James,
DCBarker, H Creber, A Tremethick, A Josephs

16th September 2006

Kex Gill
Above is a juv male sparrowhawk which was ringed,
also seen red kite, buzzard, several grey wagtail

Doe Park Res - vismig watch
28 Swallow, 25 House Martin, 1 Snipe, 8 Siskin
14 Wigeon, 6 Teal, 17 Linnet, 4 Chaffinch, 4 Greenfinch
10+Meadow Pipits, Reed Bunting dropped in.
Birds at the Res:
1 Teal, GHeron, Oystercatcher, 8 Mallard,
birds in the bushes:
Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Song Thrush, 8 Mistle Thrush
10 Goldfinch, several Blackbird, 40 Linnet, 2 GSWdpkr
Kestrel, 3 Jay

R.Aire-Hirst Mill - 13 Swallows

R.Aire - Dowley Gap - 5 Goosander

Hirst Wood - 3 Nuthatch

John O' Gaunts Res
2 pintail, 5 wigeon, ruddy duck

Member's Only Res - Yellow Wagtail, 2x Tree Pipit

Sconce Lane area, Baildon
2 Yellow Wagtails with 50 Pied Wagtails

Cottingley Garden - Hummingbird Hawk-Moth

Riddlesden Garden -
Speckled Wood, Red Admiral, Large White Butterflies

M Doveston, S Varrie, A tremethick, A Jowett
M Taunton, DCBarker, H Creber

15th September 2006

Paul Clough -
7 Siskin, 2 Spotted Flycatchers, Willow Warbler

Fly Flatts - 2 Whinchat

Leeshaw - 1 Wheatear.

Glovershaw - 4 Wheatear, 3 Stonechat, Skylark

S Radcliffe, P King

13th September 2006

Member's Only Res,
20 Wigeon flew in at 1150 to join the two long stayers,
9 Goosander, 2 common Sandpiper.

Trough Lane, 5 Wheatear,

Nab Water Lane, 1 Whinchat

B Vickers

12th September 2006

Kex Gill
steady passage of mipits and swallows, 6 grey wagtail, 6 pied wagtail, Yellowhammer over, 3 chiffchaff, 15+ goldfinch, 2 kestrel

Member's Only Res
Goosander 24, Teal 4, Wigeon 2

Lower Laithe Res Goosander 4

Trough Lane Wheatear 3

B Vickers

11th September 2006

Intake Gate - Whinchat, 3 Stonechat, Curlew

Stockbridge - 2 Water Rails

Member's Only Res
3x Wigeon, 15x Teal, Cormorant, 5 Snipe

Leeshaw Res - 6x Wigeon, Cormorant

Lower Laithe Res - 18x Wigeon

Fly Flatts Res - 17x Wigeon

Trough Lane - 3 Wheatear

Nab Water Lane - 2 Wheatear

Penistone Hill Oxenhope - 2 Stonechat

B Vickers, S Radcliffe

10th September 2006

River Aire/Dowley Gap -
1 GSWP, 30 + Swallows and House Martins, 3 Grey Wagtail

Hirst Wood - 5 Nuthatch (flock), 2 Jays

River Aire/Hirst Mill -
30 + Swallows and House Martins, 2 G Heron

Riddlesden Garden -
2+Speckled Wood, Comma, Red Admiral,
Large White, Small Tortoiseshell

Paul Clough
Spotted Flycatcher 1, Blackcap 2, Bullfinch 5, Willow Warbler 8,
Tawny Owl 1,Long Tailed Tit 2, Reed Bunting 2,
and small numbers of Greenfinch and Chaffinch

Trough Lane - 8 Wheatear

Nab Water Lane. - 2 Wheatear

Fly Flatts - Whinchat

Rag Clough, Oxenhope

Wheatear, G. Heron, Little owl, mixed flock goldfinch, siskin, linnet.
Plentiful swallows and house martins.

Leeshaw

21 Greylag, Sparrowhawk mobbed by flock pied wagtails.
Dipper singing in tunnel under Hawksbridge Lane.

Stockbridge - 1 Snipe, 1 Water Rail, 1 Kingfisher

Wharncliffe Road, Frizinghall, - 5 Kingfishers

R.Aire, Stockbridge - Kingfisher, Elephant Hawk-moth caterpiller

Member's Only Res - roost visit
41 redhead Goosander, 5 male Wigeon, Curlew,
50+BHGull, 50+LBBGull, 4 Common Gull

B Vickers, S Varrie, M Doveston, H Hardwick, S Radcliffe
A Greenwood,

9th September 2006

Cream crown Marsh Harrier at Sandwith Moor, image by Sean Gray

9th September 2006

Cononly Ings - Pectoral Sandpiper
between Carlton and Cononly

Caldene Fields - 2 Redwing heading NW

Toad Holes Beck - 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 3 Chiffchaff

Kex Gill - pale morph Arctic Skua passed through

Doe Park Res
60 Swallows, 20 House Martins, Willow Warbler

Riddlesden garden
Willow Warbler, Bullfinches, Long-tailed Tits
House Martins still present

Member's Only Res
Greenshank, 2 Wheatear, 150+ Lapwing,
PM visit = 8 Teal, 6 Wheatear

Trough Lane - 7 Wheatear

Nab Water Lane - 5 Wheatear, 2 Whinchat, 1 Stonechat,

Fly Flatts - 2 Wheatear, SEO

Paul Clough
3 Sparrowhawk, 3 Willow Warbler, 5 Bullfinch, 2 Reed Bunting
230 housemartin, 25 swallows, 1 grasshopper warbler,
1whitethroat, 5 willow warbler, 50 chaffinch,
30+ greenfinch, 1 ring ouzel

Hirst Wood - 2 GSWP, 1 Nuthatch

M Doveston, A Jowett, H Hardwick, M Priestley
B Vickers, S Varrie, S Gray, I Court, M James, R Proctor

8th September 2006

Glovershaw/Golcar area -
Stonechat, 3 Wheatears, 3 Skylark, 30 Goldfinch,
4 Grey Partridge, 3 Spotted Fly.

Stainburn Forest - 2 Spotted Fly

Sandwith Moor - 5 Snipe, 3 Stock Dove

Scargill Res. - 30 Lapwing, Tufted, Little Grebe
Below Scargill in wooded area - Willow Tit

John of Gaunts area -
Buzzard, 2 Spotted Fly, 6 Little Grebe, no waders

S Radcliffe, P King

6th September 2006

Wheatear 14, Whinchat 1 - Trough Lane

Wheatear 7 - Fly Flatts,

Wheatear 3 - Nab Water Lane,

Great Blk Backed Gull 1 - Member's Only Res

House Martins still present at Riddlesden

Visible migration took place over Shipley at first light

B Vickers, M Doveston

5th September 2005

Trough Lane - Wheatear 18

Nab Water lane -Whinchat 2, Wheatear 5

Paul Clough
Greenfinch 40+, Willow Warbler 2,Sparrowhawk, Bullfinch 4

Reed Bunting 4

Glovershaw
Whinchats : 6 (the family of five by the Glen Road/Glovershaw lane are still there)
Stonechats : 4 , Wheatear : 4 , Meadow Pipits : Flock of up to 20, Kestrel - 1, Swallows about 30 around Golcar Farm, Whitethroat - 1

Member's Only Res
C.Scoter, 4m + 2f. Osprey 1 south

5 wheatears at Black Pots plus 2 nearby at Doubler Stones

Good numbers of Swallows still present around Wilsden

P Cunningham, B Vickers, P King, S Radcliffe, M Doveston

4th September 2006

Paul clough
3 Blackcap,1 Ring Ousel, 30+swallows
2 Reed Bunting, 2 willow warbler+chaffinch, greenfinch

Fly flatts. - 3 wheatear

Glovershaw this morning:
6 Wheatears, 20 Meadow Pipits, 5 Whinchat, 1Stonechat
4 Grey Partridge

Wheatears 8 Trough lane

Wheatears 6, Whinchat 1 - Nab Water lane

Goosander 4 - Member's Only Res

P King, A Tremethick, B Vickers

Water Rail

We are currently starting a long term colour ringing project into Water Rail. The birds will have two colour rings on the left leg as well as a normal BTO ring on the right leg. This code will individually identify that particular bird.

We would appreciate if observers could report all sightings of birds with colour rings to allow a clearer picture to be gained on this secretive species.

Regular updates will appear in Lapwing once the project is in full swing. It is hoped from this we can start to ascertain numbers present , passage/turnover through sites and winter site fidelity.

thanks

Andy Jowett

3rd September 2006

Doe Park Res
4 Greenshank, Common Sandpiper, Sparrowhawk
3 Jay, 2 Chiffchaff, male Blackcap

Member's Only Res
2 Common Sandpiper, House Martins, Swallows,
Meadow Pipits, 43 LBBGull, Common Gull
Whinchat, Willow Warblers,

Trough Lane - Wheatear

Undisclosed Sites:
a: Peregrine
b: 2 Merlin
c: Short-eared Owl

private wetland site
2 red crested pochard, reed warbler

Stockbridge
2 water rail, male kingfisher, tawny owl, 50+ mallard

DCBarker, S Johnson, M Doveston, H Creber, R Proctor

2nd September 2006

Trough Lane - 6+Wheatear

Member's Only Res - 3 Whinchat, 3rd yr Yellow-legged Gull

Doe Park - Common Sandpiper

Nab Water Lane - 6 Wheatear, 1 Whinchat

Walsh Lane, Eldwick - 1 adult plus 8 juv Grey Partridge

Bradup - Whitethroat, 18 Linnet, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel

Whetstone Gate - Wheatear

Stockbridge (1st) - Water rail, Reed warbler

Private Wetland - 2 Red-crested Pochard, 5 Swift, 15 Sand Martin

Knotoford Nook - Scaup

Dowley Gap - kingfisher, 5 swallows, 6 house martins

R. Aire nr Roberts Park - 1 Jay and Ringed teal, 5 house martins

M Doveston, S Johnson, DCBarker,
C King, B Vickers, S Varrie

1st September 2006

Sparrowhawk 1 Paul Clough
Wheatear 7 Nab Water Lane
Wheatear 9 Trough Lane
Linnet 168 Lee Lane Leeshaw
Goosander 9 Member's Only Res

Tufted Duck 1 Member's Only Res
Swallow 185 Member's Only Res

Undisclosed Site: Osprey, Peregrine, Red Kites, 8+Buzzard

B Vickers, AGGough, M Taunton