21st October 2007

East Bierley - vis mig watch
Woodpigeons, Golden Plover, Fieldfare, Redwing,
Starling, Greenfinch, Chaffinch, Siskin, Goldfinch,
ComGull, BHGull, LBBGull, Jay, Jackdaw,
Grey Wagtail,

Bradford - 400+Golden Plovers seen NW of Tong Street

Stockbridge
Green Sandpiper, 3 Water Rails (2 seen), Kestrel, 2 Redpoll,
4 Reed Bunting, Kingfisher

Streethead Farm onto Oldfield road
1 male ring ouzel in the hedge ( streetmap 401385, 437935 )
with blackbird x7, song thrush x1 and redwing x5

2 jay at the silent inn - ponden

Tim lane, Haworth ( street map 402950, 438060 )
mixed thrush flock 3 fieldfare. 12+ redwing

Members Only Res - vis mig watch
Pied wagtail 8, Starling 513, Fieldfare 193, Redwing 135,
Meadow Pipit 29, Reed Bunting 5, Woodpigeon 490,
Grey Heron 1, Siskin 8, Redpoll 1, LBB Gull 5, Common Gull 4
Lapwing 2, Greenfinch 8, Greylag Goose skein heard but not seen,
Canada Goose 10, Barnacle Goose 1, Stock Dove 1, Chaffinch 25,
Goldfinch

Caldene Fields - vis mig watch
Cormorant 1, Black-headed Gull 28, Wood Pigeon 528,
Meadow Pipit 1, Pied Wagtail 8, Blackbird, Redwing 118,
Fieldfare 64,
Starling 733, Jackdaw 6, Carrion Crow 10
Chaffinch 205 ( site record ), Greenfinch 83 ( site record )
Goldfinch 11, Siskin 5, Redpoll 8

Knotford Nook:-
2 female Wigeon, 1 male Goldeneye, 1 Little Grebe,
a pair of Pochard, 7 tufted duck, 70+ Coot

Leeshaw Res
Barnacle Goose, 36 Canada Geese, 6 Wigeon

Lower Laithes Res
ca.160 black-headed gulls, 8 common gulls

St.Ives - pm visit
Fieldfare, Siskin, Jays, Nuthatches, Mute Swan

Fly Flatts - vis mig watch
Pink-footed Geese 2, Greenfinch 16, Chaffinch 178,
Brambling 4, Pied Wagtail 21, Siskin 7, Woodpigeon 84,
Great Tit 1, Meadow Pipit 16

Ilkley to Round Hill to Beamsley Beacon and back
Dipper and female Goosander on River Wharfe
Middleton Lodge; all hedgerows seemed to be full of activity,
including robin, blue tit, great tit, blackbird, chaffinch,
2 nuthatch and 6 jays.
Very quiet on the moors – very few meadow pipits about –
mainly wrens, crows, jackdaws and 7 Red Grouse.
Red Kite on fence post feeding at 11am on Middleton Moor.
Red Kite at Beamsley Beacon.
2 Kestrels; one at Wards End and the other near Windsover Farm


J Preshaw, M Doveston, F Drake, S Radcliffe,
DCBarker, H Creber, C King, A Greenwood, J Wright
E Scarfe, MVPriestley, J Stallworthy, B Sumner