Brookfoot, Brighouse

Probable Black-bellied Dipper, Cinclus cinclus cinclus. Upperparts brown, belly black to where it meets the white bib.

The third photo shows a small area of brown at the side of the bib. Certain angles show thin white fringes on some wing coverts and tertials, suggesting a first calendar year (1cy) bird.

All the Dippers I have seen in Yorkshire over 40 years have been on shallow watercourses with exposed stones providing perches. This bird was at the side of a deep wide section of the River Calder.