Cononley Ings,
Mallard 220, Wigeon 48.
Silsden Ings,
Lapwing 214.
Silsden area
Over 150 Lapwings, Kingfisher on canal with 53 M and 51 F Mallard, 6 Redwing in allotments. Dipper and Grey Wagtail by bridge at Belmont Road, plus 6 Grey Partridge in field. 4 of them were ‘fighting’ before flying off. Saw 2 in lower field by roundabout, one chasing the other around. c25 Common Gull on flood towards Keighley
Wharfe Valley,
Fieldfare 145, GBBGull 5,
Raven 2, Sparrowhawk, 3 Red Kite, 6 Buzzard
Stockbridge -
2 Water Rail seen, 20 Siskin, Oystercatcher,
4 Goosander, Redpoll
St.Ives
Coppice Pond - 13 Canada Geese
Racecourse Plantation - flock of 20+ Siskin, 15+ Long-tailed Tits
Cuckoo Nest Bog - Grey Wagtail
Ilkley along the Nesfield Road to Addingham and back
M & F Mandarin Ducks still at Riverside Hotel at Ilkley
Two large flooded areas on Ilkley Golf Course with plenty of Gulls
M & F Goosander where the old Ilkley Road and the Dales Way meet
And overhead a skein of over 50 geese species just after 1pm
pair of Dippers flying together either side of Old Bridge at Ilkley
Redcar Tarn
200+Lapwing, Tufted Ducks
Cullingworth Fields
300+Lapwing, Stock Doves, BHGulls, Common Gulls
East Riddlesden Hall - Brambling
30 Pied Wagtails at Dowley Gap Sewage Works
pair of Little Grebes on the river at Hirstwood
B Vickers, S Radcliffe, S Thomson, J Stallworthy, M Doveston
M Fanshawe, P King, T Tudor
