Strid walk this morning produced 37 species in total including 2 male Pied Flycatchers and a brief glimpse of a male Redstart, also Common Sandpiper (pair), Mandarin (2), Dipper; plenty of Sand Martins but only one Swallow; Willow Warbler, Nuthatch, Treecreeper, Chiffchaff, Green & Great Spotted Woodpeckers; Lapwing, Curlew, Oystercatcher, Mallards with ducklings, Goosander (pair); and most of the usual passerines present except for Long-tailed Tit…
No sign nor sound of Wood Warblers yet however…
Other surprising absences – blackcap, any raptors, heron, wagtails, kingfisher…
David & Helen Kidman
Ilkley Moor
I’ve just heard from a WNS member that he hear a Cuckoo on the moor yesterday at 0700. He gives the map reference as SE121467
John Flood
