30th October 2008




Oakworth Garden - Two-barred Crossbill
Sadly before the news could be put out the Two-barred Crossbill, which was visiting a garden feeder in Oakworth, was taken by a Sparrowhawk at 10.20am

Stockbridge -
3 Water Rail, 30 Siskin, G S W, Bullfinch, 3 Cormorant flyover,
Redwings, Snipe, Sparrowhawk

Members Only Res
Redwing - 424 (21 groups), Fieldfare - 553 (22 groups)
Starling - 372 (21 groups), Woodpigeon - 40
Goldfinch - 4 SE, Greenfinch - 20 SE, Chaffinch - 2 SE
Mipit - 3 W, Lapwing - 3 very high birds NE
Teal - 2 into Res from E,
Buzzard - picked up being mobbed by 3 corvids coming in from north, over Baildon and out south over Bradford. PF Goose - small skein of 32 birds moving west - picked up high over Rombalds moor and tracked all way through Watersheddles coll into Lancashire.
BH Gull - 12 through S

1000+ Fieldfare and 100+ Redwing flying over Timble Ings


S Radcliffe, H Creber, M Bloomfield, J Barker