9th March 2008

Wagon and Horses pub in Oxenhope
Quote from a birder "I am pretty certain I saw a single Swallow flying down the valley Oxenhope direction, it was 3.30ish and pretty blustery but the shape was distinctive, I had only had a pint and a half so no pink elephants flying along with it!!"

Chelker Res
3 Whooper Swans, 2 GCGrebe, Cormorant, 6 Goldeneye

Dowley Gap - White Stork

Silsden Floods
6 Oystercatcher, 6 Lapwing, 50 BHGull

Redcar Tarn
male Pochard, 16 Tufted Duck

East Riddlesden Hall - male Brambling

Southfield Mount, Riddlesden - Reed Bunting

Riddlesden Garden
Robin, Dunnock, Wren, Blue Tit,Great Tit, Long Tailed Tit,
Coal Tit, Chaffinch, Greenfinch, Siskin, Blackcap, Crow,
Magpie, Collared Dove, Mistle Thrush, Blackbird, Starling,
Bullfinch, Jackdaw

Wilsden
Norr Hill, 6 Meadow Pipit.
Coplowe Lane, a large 35+ diffuse group of Meadow Pipits
Lee Lane, 5 Meadow Pipit

Ogden Area
Siskin, Meadow Pipit 10 on Ovenden Moor near Giants Tooth
Curlew 6 overhead, Golden Plover heard

Chellow Dene
Coot 2, Sparrowhawk, Goosanders 4, Black-headed Gulls 34
Nuthatch 1, Great Crested Grebe 2


M Doveston, P Sutcliffe, S Lilley, B Vickers, I Webster,
DCBarker, B Sumner, I Watson, D Ogden,