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Whimbrel and 2 Oystercatcher over Lidl in Silsden this morning

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The rookery in Addingham is now up to 16 nests

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A male Hen Harrier flew in an easterly direction over our house in Silsden this morning

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Marsh Harrier flew over our house in Silsden this morning heading south very high in the sky

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. 2 Blue Tits chasing each other around our back garden this morning before one went into the bird box The other one perched on top of the bird box the first bird came out and they continued chasing each other

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60+ Canada Geese in the field next to the pigarry close to the main road through Silsden

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Mixed flock of Canada and Pink footed geese in the field next to the piggery by the river Aire.Seen from the bus yesterday.

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4 Whooper swans flew our house in Silsden this morning heading north probably heading for Silsden reservoir .

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5 House Sparrows bathing in a kitchen bowl in my Silsden garden this morning.There was stil a piece of ice floating in the middle of it

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On the 62 bus on the way to Ilkley.At Addingham where the road parallels the river Wharfe a little Egret on the far bank watching the deep roaring river rushing past.

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A drake Pintail on the duckpond in Silsden yesterday

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50+ Starlings on the feeders in my Silsden garden at 8.30 this morning

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Walkereeing through Ilkley Town centre yesterday I sanw a peregrine falcon swoop on the resident Feral pigeons .About 60 pigeons erupted into the sky and it didn't catch a single one

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A male Mallard trying Ito mate with the black hybrid duck on Silsden duck pond.



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A skein of 42 pink footed geese over my garden this morning flying in nearly a perfect V heading S E

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A Sparrowhawk perched on Silsden Church weather vane on the Church spire

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Spotted Flycatcher in our back garden. 1st since we moved here 2 and a half years ago.

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Spent a hour up to six o'clock pm yesterday in our Silsden back garden watching 30 to40 House Martins
and a few Swallows hawking for insects .Presumably fattening up for their migration .

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Had a drive from Silsden up to Keighley tarn from Silsden. 1st visit. Quite high up in the Pennines.When we arrived 40+ Canada Geese in the field opposite. 23
species on the Tarn.
Woodpigeonx20
Blackbirdx5
Jackdawx8
House Sparrowx6
Starlingx4
Carrion Crowx12
Lapwingx24
CanadaGoosex22
LesserBlackBackedGullx4
HerringGullx5
Cootx6
Mallardx18
BlackHeadedGullx17
Grey Heron x1
Moorhenx2
LittleGrebex2
Rookx1
Woodpigeonx21
FeralPigeonx6
Magpiex2
Swallowx12
Sparrowhawkx1.

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A Common Buzzard very high over our back garden b eing mobbed by 5 crows/>

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A Greylag Goose on the duck pond yesterday and y.Usually only Mallards present.

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For the last month 2 Oystercatchers have been flying over our Silsden garden calling loudly.Flying north in the morning south in the afternoon.They are probably commuting between the river Wharfe in the North and the river Aire in the south






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2 Dippers feeding in the river Wharfe behind the garden centre in Ilkley seen from the bridge

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An evening at Holme Valley campsite near Holmfirth yesterday and a short walk around this morning. Highlights:

Hobby, Dipper,  Garden Warbler, 20+Swift, 10+ House Martin, Grey Wagtail, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Nuthatch, 2 Stock Dove, 6 Blackcap, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Sparrowhawk, 2 Common Buzzard, 6 Swallow.



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Blackcap(f)singing from tree in my back garden. I walked to the local Coop for my paper and there was a Blackcap(m)singing at the top of a tree on the carpark

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Marsh Tit on my garden feeders in Silsden this morning

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Mistake in my last post should read Silsden Aldi not Asda.Senior moment.

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Pheasant wandering around Asda carpark last Friday morning

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In the fields around Silsden reservoir yesterday there were 100+ pink footed geese with quite a few Greylag Greylag geese.

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A Dipper on the beck running through Silsden this
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A visit to Cliffe Castle,Keighley.
Birds seen as follows
Blackbird x4
Starling x10
Blue Tit x3
Dunnock x1
Jackdaw x16
House Sparrow x7
Robin x1
Common Buzzard x2
Herring Gull x20
Lesser Black Backed Gull x6
Feral Pigeon x8
Chiffchaff x4
Coal Tit x1
Black Headed Gull x6
Woodpigeon x8

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[A circular walk from Silsden duck pond. Up to the hills and down to the Leeds Liverpool canal About 4.5 miles Birds seen as follows
Starling x 44
Woodpigeon x25
Jackdaw x30
Blackbird x6
House Sparrow x21
Carrion Crowx 47
Feral Pigeon x8
Herring Gull x50
Mallard x52
Blue Tit x12
Coal Tit x
Black Headed Gull x25
Magpie x10
Lesser Black Backed Gull x2
Great Black Backed Gull x1
Great Tit x8
Greenfinch x 1
Pheasant x1
Song Thrush x1
Rookx1
Pink footed geese x150+ heading NW
Goosander x2 (m+f)
Mute Swan x6
Robin x2
Wren x1
Cayuga Duck x2

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Sparrowhawk on our garden fence this morning in Silsden.

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After a 2 and a half hour wait, managed a 20 second view of the first winter male Scarlet Tanager at Northowran near Brighouse this afternoon. Showed at 14:20. Very busy there, probably better parking along Halifax Road and a few minutes walk. 

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Up to around 50 Starlings on or around our feeders this morning in our Silsden garden

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A walk along the river Wharfe from Addingham to Ilkley .
Birds seen as follows
Starling x10
House Sparrow x4
Blue Tit x2
Woodpigeon x8
Jackdaw x11
Mallard x12
Carrion Crowx8
Black Headed Gull x6
Little Egretx2
Kingfisher x1
Goosander (f)x1
Pheasant x1
Common Buzzard x1
Blackbird x3
Oystercatcher x2


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A Hobby flew over our back garden this morning. Also a lot of Swifts about .Also in the garden was a first for me was a Light Brown Apple moth. I believe that they originate from Australia.

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A Robin has been flying around our lounge for the last 2 days. Yesterday it spent about 10 minutes before it flew out of the back door. Today it just flew around once and out through the back door.A few years ago we went into a small shop in Colwyn Bay and they had one who flew around the shop most of the day

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Common Buzzard and Red Kite high up circling on the thermals over Ilkley Town centre yesterday at lunchtime.

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Walked up the Pinnacle at Kildwick yesterday. A pair of Cuckoo's did a flypast over the meadows at the bottom. Other birds seen as follows .
Blackbird x10
Starling x6
Jackdaw x12
Swift x3
Robin x2
House Sparrow x8
Woodpigeon x17
Magpie x6
Carrion Crow x10
Blackcap x 1
Wren x 1
Chaffinch x 2

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Walked from Addingham to Ilkley along the river Wharfe18 birds seen.
Jackdaw x25
House Sparrow x12
Carrion Crowx8
Mallard x16
Woodpigeon x21
Robin x4
Black Headed Gull x42
Blue Titx4
Goosander x2(2m)
Mandarin x7(5m 2f)
Oystercatcher x8
Herring Gullx6
Lesser Black Backed Gull
Kingfisher x1
Blackbird x5
Feral Pigeonx8
Cattle Egret x1

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A pair of pintails(m+f) on the duck pond in Silsden this afternoon.



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A trip out to Gallows Hill C.P on the river Wharfe in Otley. Birds seen as follows.
House Sparrow x7
Jackdaw x21
Mallard x10
Grey Wagtail x1
Robin x3
Woodpigeon x20
Carrion Crowx8
Great Titx5
Black Headed Gull x26
Common Gullx1
Blue Tit x10
Magpie x4
Chaffinch x3
Reed Bunting x1
Long Tailed Tit x3
Nuthatch x1
Blackbird x5
Raven x1
Moorhen x2
Lesser BLACK backed Gull
Herring Gull x3
Dunnock x1
Willow Titxx1
Bullfinch x1
Goosander x1



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A walk along the river Wharfe from Barden Bridge to Bolton Abbey
and return.
Starling x4
House Sparrow x4
Coal Tit x1
Carrion Crowx7
Sand Martin x20
House Martin x4
Mallard x50+
Woodpigeon x5
Oystercatcher x8
Swallow x5
Greylag Goose x6
Moorhen x6
Spotted Flycatcher x1
Goosander x2
Dipper x1
Great Black Backed Gull x1
Blackbird x1
Common Buzzard x4
Grey Partridge x1

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On a happier note than my previous post. We have a proliferation of house sparrows in the garden. Yesterday we had over 100 visits to our feeders by the sparrows many of them being juveniles still with the gape. Also lots of starlings,Blackbirds jackdaws,carrion crows Woodpigeons,swallow swifts house Martins ,sand Martins,blue ties coal tits.On the duck pond across the road pied wagtails grey wagtails, dippers and kingfishers.




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Over the last 2 months a pair of Woodpigeons have tried unsuccessfully to rear a chicken.They have built a nest on a beam of our pergola. The first one they built consisted of about 8 twigs and the egg rolled off and smashed on the floor.They then made the nest a lot more substantial and she laid again. Unfortunately we awoke to find the egg on the floor once more. This time though it appears that the chick was attempting to break out.


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A walk along the river Wharfe. On the Wharfe at Addingham
Golf club a pair of Goosanders (m+f) with 12 chick's.

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A walk from Addingham to Ilkley along the banks of the river Wharfe.
Birds seen.
Jackdaw x35
Woodpigeon x21
Blue Tit c4
Blackbird x16
Starling x4
House Sparrow x20
Rook x2
Goosander x 1(m)
Mallard x15
Mandarin c2(m)
Magpie x4
Robin x4
Great Tit x 2
Sand Martin x23
House Martin x3
Mistle Thrush x1
Red Kite x1
Lesser Black Backed Gull x1
Oystercatcher x 2
Herring Gull x1
Dipper x1
Greenfinch x1


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First Post from my new home in Silsden W.Yorks
A walk through the park up to the top field .Birds
seen as follows.
House Sparrow x15
Starling x3
Woodpigeon x 20
Jackdaw x25
Feral Pigeon x 8
Mallard x8
Wren x1
Blue Tit x3
Dunnock x 1
Blackbird x12
Chaffinch x3
Goldfinches x4
Chiffchaff x3
Robin x4
Magpie x3
Rook x2
Pheasant x 1
Long Tailed Tit x 1
Curlew x 4
Common Buzzard x 1
Raven x 2
and the best of all
Goshawk x 1

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Weds 12th April.

Had an appointment cancelled at last minute .. gave me an opportunity to nip up to Ossett for these B-C Night Herons. Left at 11.00 hrs.
From home I had the obvious option of M62 or M1 but decided on an extra 10 min more scenic route via Holmfirth ... when I left Stalybridge it just started to rain ... just before I hit the county border at Kirklees on the Isle of Skye road (A635) it really had a blow on and had started to snow !! "Dear Me" I thought .... or words to that effect !!
Got there in good time and began to limber up ... ready for the assault on the bowser that Mr Ousey mentioned ..... me being built more for comfort than speed and the realisation that I've had too many birthdays didn't make for good viewing !
Both birds were present but were huddled up in deep cover in the hawthorns at the back of the willows and took a bit of picking out .... fortunately at 14.30 one flew down onto the bank and proceeded to do a bit of hunting/fishing.
Around a dozen other birders present .... some had left disappointed before the bird flew down but others were just arriving as I left at 15.15 hrs.
Also had a female Sparrowhawk being chased by the male as I walked back to car-park.

Roger.


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