6th April 2008

Embsay Res - Red-throated Diver

Soil Hill
Little Ringed Plover
(Flushed from the top of the hill.
Headed off NW. Not known if it came down again)
Lapwing 3, Skylark 10+, Meadow Pipit 2, Grey Partridge 2

Private Wetlands
20+Sand Martin, 2 Swallow, 4 Chiffchaff
Red-crested Pochard, 10+Goldeneye, 3 GCGrebe
2 Little Grebe, 4 Cormorant, 4 Goosander, Redpoll
Fieldfare

Knotford Nook
50+Sand Martin, Swallow, Pochard, 6 Goldeneye
Chiffchaff

East Riddlesden Hall
Goosander on River, Kingfisher, 2 Bullfinch

Riddlesden, Southlands Mount,
10 Brambling, 4 Bullfinch, 1 Reed Bunting, 2 Siskin

Leeshaw Res
7 Redshank, 26 Lapwing non breeders? + others on territory
3 Wheatears, 2 Pied Wagtail, 2 Golden Plovers, 10 Greylag
31 Canada, 52 Starling (one group), 1 BH Gull, 2 C Crow
5 Mallard, 2 Grey Wagtail, 1 Dipper

Stockbridge - 37 species this morning including:
Chiffchaff, 2 Oystercatchers, Water Rail, pair of GSW mating
and at hole site, pair of Mute Swan with nest, 7 Redpoll, 2 Kestrel

2 Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff + Redwing at Raw Nook

Caldene Fields
Redwing, 100+ and 50+ Fieldfare +
a singing Linnet ( uncommon now here )

Fly Flatts 08.15 hrs to 11.00 hrs .
Vis Mig : 8 Mipits north, 1 Linnet north, 1 Wheatear
Other : Ravens - 3 in group near windmills & overhead
Skylark - 2 , Oystercatcher - 3, Golden Plover heard
Curlew, Canada Geese, corvids, Mallard

Ogden Clough
1 singing displaying Skylark, group of 6 twite came through

Undisclosed Site
Buzzard 5, kite 2, S.E.O. 1

M Doveston, MVPriestley, DCBarker, H Creber, S Lilley,
S Radcliffe, P Taylor, C King, D Ogden