29th April 2012

1 Swift at St Ives

1 Wheatear at Bradup

1 Wheatear at Whetstone

20+ Fieldfare in trees at Street lane Bradup

1 Common Sandpiper Leeshaw Reservoir

I Hargreaves

Redcar Tarn
2 Redshank, 4 LBBGulls, 26 Tufted Duck
20+Common Gull, Mute Swan

East Riddlesden Hall
Redpoll, 2 Siskin, Blackcap, Chiffchaff

Silsden Ings
100+BHGulls, 2 Lapwing, Curlew

M Doveston

28 & 29th April 2012

Stockbridge Reserve(members only) - Except for the sighting of House Martin, the current poor weather with NE winds, is delaying migrants at the reserve. By this weekend, Garden, Sedge & Whitethroat are normally recorded but are still awaited. Willow Warbler, Chiff-Chaff and Blackcap continued to sing despite the cold conditions. Swallows searched for any flies on the water.
Shaun Radcliffe

Saturday continued

2 Black-tailed Godwits at Silsden Ings

Keith Moir

28th April 2012

East Riddlesden Hall
Siskin, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Willow Warbler,
Goldfinches collecting nest material

Redcar Tarn 20.00-20.30
2 Redshank, 2 Oystercatcher, Mute Swan
31 Tufted Duck, 2 LBBGulls
M Doveston

25th April 2012

Villa Road Garden, Bingley
Siskin with increased numbers of Greenfinch

A Josephs

27th April 2012

Keighley - 1x Swift

I Hargreaves

Sunday 22nd April 2012

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

Saturday 21st April 2012

Barden Bridge to Cavendish
Seen by a Wharfedale Nats Group:
2 Redstarts, 2 Common Sandpiper,6 male Pied Flycatchers, 3 pair Dipper, pair Goosander, 2 Grey Wagtail.  There were plenty of Sand Martins on breeding sight and 3 Swallows, Song Thrush and Mistle Thrush feeding young. Alan Tremethick

22nd April 2012

East Riddlesden Hall3 Siskin a feeders, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Swallow

Redcar Tarn
40+Swallows feeding low over water
LBBGulls, Common Gulls, BHGulls
Redshank, Lapwing, 26 Tufted Duck

M Doveston

SIGHTINGS FROM 22 TO 25 APRIL

Please send your sightings during this period to Paul King.
Paul can be contacted on     paulcking@btinternet.com

Friday 20th April 2012

Glovershaw, Baildon.
This morning 9 Wheatears were feeding on the Golf Course along with Skylarks and Meadow Pipits. A pair of Stonechats were again along the Glen Road and 180 Golden Plovers had settled into their usual field alongside Glovershaw Lane.
Paul King.

Thursday 19 April 2012

Stockbridge Reserve (members only) - Kingfisher seen fishing, 5 Blackcaps, pair of Bullfinch, 2 Chiff-Chaff, small passage of Herring Gulls, a few Swallows during abysmal weather.
Fred Drake et al

SIGHTINGS FROM 22nd TO 25th APRIL

Please send any sightings between these dates to Paul King.
Paul can be contacted at paulcking@btinternet.com

Contact returns to usual on 26th April.

Monday 16 April 2012

At 18-00 hrs while watching a pair of Great Crested Grebes and Swallows from the road that runs across Swinsty Reservoir embankment a Osprey flew low over the road and gently over the reservoir towards Fewston Res.
Dave Moore

Sunday continued

Leeshaw Res. - 3 Redshank, Little Owl
Moorside Lane, Oxenhope - 110 Golden Plover
Stephen Parkes

Sunday 15th April 2012

Shipley Glen and Glovershaw
Spring has arrived in the form of 8 Willow Warblers (4 in the Glen, 3 at Crook Farm and 1 at Golcar Farm) and 2 Swallows over the Golf Course.
Paul King.

15th April 2012

The Strid
2 singing Willow Warbler, 4+ Chiffchaff
40+ Sand Martin, 2 Swallow, 1 Male Pied Flycatcher
P & H Taylor

Royds Hall Area 07.15-09.00

Pair GCG nesting, 12 Tufted Duck, Common Sandpiper,

12 Swallow on the wires and feeding across the dam

3 Jay, Pair GSW, Treecreeper, 2 Nuthatch

3 Black Headed Gull, 3 Willow Warbler

J Brass

St.Ives 07.00-10.00

4 Willow Warbler, 6+Blackcap, 6+Chiffchaff,

Numerous Nuthatch, Song Thrush, GSWdpkrs,

Redpoll, Siskin, G Heron, C Goose, Moorhen, Coot,

Meadow Pipits, Linnets, Goldcrest, Jays carrying nest material

M Doveston et al

Saturday 14th April 2012

Oxenhope Area -
Ring Ouzel (M), Dipper, 6 Redshank, Snipe, 7 Goldeneye, 30+ Golden Plover, 3 Willow Warbler.

C King

Whetstone Area

C40 Meadow Pipit, 2 Linnet, 6 Snipe - drumming

1 Redshank, 9 Curlew, C16 Lapwing

5 Black-headed Gull, 5 Starling, 8 Skylark

10 Brown Hare

 

J Brass

Saturday continued

Group walk from Lindley Wood Res - Leathley - Farnley area.
Total of 49 species recorded including the following; 19 Chiff-Chaff, 13 Blackcap, 3 Willow Warbler, 10 Swallow, Sand Martin, Greenwoodpecker (heard), GSW, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Treecreeper, Nuthatch, Siskin, Redpoll and 3 G C G on the water.
Nick Tonge et al

14th April 2012

East Riddlesden Hall & R.AireGSWdpkr female on feeders, Goosander pair on River,
8+Swallows, 12+Sand Martin, 3 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap,
Redpoll,

M Doveston