12th November 2008

Chiffchaff near Dowley aqueduct

10 Waxwings seen flying in Ilkley at 4.00 pm

Caldene Fields
Black Headed Gull > 93 S/S/W, LBB Gull > 1 N
Wood Pigeon > 326 N + 2,468 S = 2,794
Alba Wagtail > 12 W, Starling > 278 W/S/W
Fieldfare > 964 S/W , Redwing > 386 S/S/W
Carrion Crow > 15 S, Greenfinch > 28 S/W
Chaffinch > 4 S/W, Redpoll > 2 S

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Fieldfare - 323 SW (9 flocks), Goldfinch - 1 SW
Woodpigeon - 193 SW (7 flocks), Meadow Pipt - 3 W
Redwing - 15 SW, Starling - 19 NW (4 flocks)
Alba Wag - 2 W, Greenfinch - 6 SW
Reed Bunting - 7 high NW, Chaffinch - 6 SE
Others :-
Stonechat - local bird
Green Woodpecker - in wood again
Kestrel - local bird

Timble Ings -3 Kite in one party, Kestrel, small flock Reed Bunting, ditto Goldcrest not a lot doing really. Flock of approx 200 Starlings heading west , fairly low over Norwood.

Private Wetlands, Kite, Sparrow Hawk, 2 Goldeneye, numerous Redwings moving and feeding around the site difficult to estimate total numbers, probably between 50 and 100. Jay, 2 Cormorant

Cononley Ings, - Buzzard 1, Lapwing 600+, Fieldfare 200+, Mallard 156,

Wharfe Valley - Brambling 1

H Creber, M Taunton, MVPriestley, M Bloomfield, S Lilley, B Vickers,