canal and then along the river path at Hirst Wod
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Kingfisher , two pairs Goosander,
and a Chiffchaff.
garden at Riddlesden
a Reed Bunting along with Bullfinches (two pairs), and Greenfinches
Ilkley, River Wharfe and Middleton Lodge onto the moors to Round Hill and back.
Woodpecker (heard) and 2 Buzzards took flight from woods behind Middleton Lodge about 10:30am. 3 skeins of geese (possibly pink footed – but not certain) flew over Ilkley from East to West – about 100 at 10:50am, 60+ at 11:05am and then a further 25+ shortly after.
On the moors a huge flock of birds took to the skies made up of lapwing, golden plover, starlings and gulls – eventually separated out to about 100+ golden plover and 100+ lapwing
Red Kite as approached the top of Round Hill about 12:00. Male Stonechat on wall at top of Round Hill. Dipper on River Wharfe. Male and Female Mandarin ducks seem to have made the Riverside Hotel area of Wharfe their permanent home!
Barden Scale,
Two Skeins of Pinkfeet flew Nw, 140+ and 50+ at 1130 Am
Ben Rhydding Gravel Pits
8 goosander (4 pairs) 3 cormorant, 2 oystercatcher, 1 kingfisher, 2 coot , 2 moorhen, 10 mallard , 3 chaffinch , 5 robin, 4 blue tit, 4 great tits, 6 long tailed tits (pairing off), 2 goldfinch 2 (pair), 4 greenfinch, 2 magpie, 4 crow, 3 woodpigeon, 2 black-headed gull, 6 blackbird, song thrush in full song, dunnock, wren. Tortoiseshell butterflly!
14.45 240 pink footed geese flying west over keighley
c.120 Pink-footed Geese flew east over Silsden at 10:45
Red Kite over the Doubler Stones.
Grey Wagtail at Brunthwaite Beck.
Common Buzzard over Howden Park Farm.
c.120 Pied Wagtails roosting in centre of Keighley near the Focus store
St.Ives - BTO survey
34 Robin, 52 Blue Tit, 32 Chaffinch, 28 Great Tit, 7 Song Thrush, 4 Mistle Thrush, 14 Blackbird, 8 Goldcrest, 10 Long-tailed Tit, 4 Nuthatch, 3 Treecreeper, 4 GSWdpkr, GHeron, 2 Jay, Greenfinch, Bullfinch, 2 Redpoll, 22 Siskin, 5 CCrow, 12 Jackdaw, 22 Canada Geese, 20 Mallard, 12 Coot, 6 Moorhen
J Stallworthy, B Vickers, S Parkes, J Fontana, D Odell, M Doveston, P King, S Lilley
