7th October 2007

Members Only Res - vis mig watch
Moving Birds: Chaffinch 18, Woodpigeon 60, Meadow Pipit 202
Linnet 2, Redwing 52, Reed Bunting 9, Peregrine, Pied Wagtail 27
Starling 9, Siskin 3 groups heard, Redpoll 3, Fieldfare 9, Jay 3
Wheatear 3, Jackdaw 58, Cormorant 2, Goosander 1, Skylark 4
Blue Tit 4, Lapwing 14
Other: Willow Warbler 1 singing

Denholme Clough - vis mig watch
Cormorant, Woodpigeon 28, Chaffinch 27, Greenfinch 18, Jay 3
Reed Bunting 2, Meadow Pipit 11, Goldfinch 5, Linnet 2,
Pied Wagtail 9, Redwing 27, Starling 52 inc flock of 32, Siskin 1,
Merlin, Kestrel, Collared Dove 4, Fieldfare 1
others; Chiffchaff, Redwings, Bullfinch, Goldcrests

Caldene Fields - vis mig watch
Black Headed Gull 31, Wood Pigeon 6, Meadow Pipit 17
Pied Wagtail 8, Redwing 69, Blackbird 2, Starling 39,
Jackdaw 6, Carrion Crow 9, Chaffinch 15, Greenfinch 45

Fly Flatts - vis mig watch
moving birds; Meadow Pipit 268, Pied Wagtail 18, Siskin 9
Mistle Thrush 3, Jay 2, Chaffinch 42, Reed Bunting 12, Fieldfare 2,
Woodpigeon 72, GSWdpkr 1
others; 6 Stonechat

Stockbridge
2 Kestrel, Water Rail (heard), a few Redwing

Timble Ings
Small flocks Redpoll. Long-tailed Tits. Green Wdpkr,
GSWdpkr, Sparrowhawk

Ilkley, Round Hill, Beamsley Beacon and back
3 Jays as walked up to Middleton Lodge
Meadow Pipits and a couple of Skylarks at Windsover Farm
and a few more as walked up Round Hill.
Nice views of male stonechat on wall at top of Round Hill
Beamsley Beacon – 3 Red Kite
Grouse count for day – 6 seen and 4 heard
Another 2 Jays on the way back into Ilkley
2 Dippers on River Wharfe.

Bradup - am visit
4 Raven flying NE at around 9 a.m. - very high and very vocal.
also had a small party of c16 Redwing and 4 Fieldfare flying west

Whetstone Gate & Ilkley Moor - pm visit
Raven, 5 imm Stonechats, Kestrel, Reed Bunting,
Pied Wagtail, several Meadow Pipits

Norr Hill, Wilsden - 6 Skylarks

Chellow dene garden
Nuthatch, 9 house sparrows, 10 long-tailed tits,
3 blue tits, coal tit, 4 great tits, 6 crows

Bingley Garden - Villa Road
16 goldfinches on feeders, 3 greenfinches, 1 chaffinch
Also, Speckled Wood


DCBarker, H Creber, M Doveston, MVPriestley, S Lilley
H Doveston, J Stallworthy, B Sumner, A Josephs, I Watson,
I Hargreaves