10th May 2008

Barden Bridge - Hobby

Ben Rhydding G P -
Goosander with 14 ducklings, Common Sandpiper, Kingfisher,
4 Garden Warbler, Little Grebe

St.Ives
Goosander with 11 ducklings, 8+Chiffchaff, Willow Warblers,
Blackcaps, Swallows, Treecreeper, 2 Nuthatch nest sites,
2 GSWdpkr, Sparrowhawk, Green Woodpecker, Bullfinch,

East Riddlesden Hall & R.Aire
Mallard with 9 ducklings, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Willow Warbler,
Sand Martin, Swallow, House Martin, Swift, Common Sandpiper,
2 Oystercatcher, Goosander, Coot with young, Moorhen,

A650 - 2 Oystercatcher, 3 Lapwing, Blackcap

Bradup & Whetstone
On the way up a Snipe landed on the wall top, managed a shot from the car. There was a Lapwing chick feeding in the open grassland just above the delapidated farm on the left. A cuckoo was heard in the distance towards the east. Three Wheatear on the top. On the way down a small flock of Linnets by the roadside

Members Only Res
Wheatear, Swifts, Swallows

Timble Ings
Tree Pipit, Redstart, Garden Warbler

Ponden
Ring Ouzel pair, Whinchat 2, Cuckoo in the Clough
Sparrowhawk, Sand Martin 6 feeding over the reservoir.
Green Hairstreak...... lots.... two colonies

D Anderton, S Radcliffe, M Doveston, S Lilley, DCBarker,
S Wiseman,