Ogden

Everything hiding away this morning!
1 Chiff-chaff (short bursts of song was a surprise) in the willows near the top eastern pond
1 G C Grebe
8+ Goldcrests

Ogden

Very quiet bird - wise this afternoon
1 G C Grebe
60 B H Gulls
2 Common Gulls
16+ Goldcrests

Sat 27th September

First outing in calderdale in a long while, had a drive up to Widdop reservoir.

2 Stonechat in the bracken at the far end of the dam.
4 goldcrest in the sycamores round the far side.
A few mipit and heard a grey wag.

Drove back down the road, stopping near the quarry.

2 more stonechat,
female wheatear
2 little owl.
Merlin hunting the gorge.

Quickstop off at Jerusalem farm and surprised to see no more than a couple of chaffinch, woodpigeon and carrion crow.

Shibden Valley/Swalesmoor

This afternoon;
Shibden Valley (upper)
14 Swallows (several young birds but adults still going into buildings around Scout Hall (so probably still have young!)
1 Treecreeper
c10 Goldcrests
2 Kestrels

Swalesmoor
1 Wheatear
12 Grey Partidge (together in one of the old tip sites)
20+ House Sparrows at Ploughcroft
1 Sparrowhawk

Buzzard

still around ripponden area been showing all day so far. seams to do the same circuit , i wonder if it could be resedent hope so

Lee Mount

Chiff-chaff singing this morning in Shroggs Park 7.30 till 8 am - must be thinking it's spring!
Also Goldcrests present

Ringstone Saturday

3 House Martin
200 Lapwing
1 Jay
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker
2 Sparrowhawk
3 Goldcrest

ogden

ogden this morning;
goldecrests-so close you could toch them if you had very long arms
gc grebe-so far away you would struggle to see it through bins
plus usual sp.
barnacle goose not there

Buzzard

My wife spotted this opposite her work in ripponden and then phoned me to bring my camera, it has been around for most of the day, she has seen it numerous times

Ringstone Friday

20 Goldfinch
1 Raven
2 kestrel
1 Sparrowhawk
4 Goldcrest
87 lapwing
4 Snipe
2 Common Gull
150 BH Gull
30+ Meadow Pipit
2 reed Bunting

Stonechats

3 Stonechats flitting next to road above Sowerby.

Than on way home home saw this and it seemed different. Quite distant but seemed to have really grey head and deep black face through bins. Got this v poor pic but can anyone confirm from this that it is a 'chat?(may need to double click but doesn't get much clearer).

Ringstone today

300 blogging mipits
2 Stonechat
3 Redpoll
4 Widgeon
2 GC Grebe
70 lapwing
2 Common Gull
9 Goldcrest

Jay House Lane, Clifton

Over 50 Meadow Pipits feeding across a newly ploughed field this afternoon- the ground seemed to be lightly heaving with Mipits !
Little Owl near the road flew off just as the lens cap came off the camera....
A flock of 20 Lapwings overhead

Luddenden Dean

Not a lot moving in the dean today - no Swallows or House Martins
Meadow Pipits on the move in small numbers only over Midgley Moor >SW
2 Green and 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker in the dean
1 Sparrowhawk
c6 Kestrels
c6 Siskins over Spa Wood
1 Treecreeper by Jerusalem Farm (lots of Coal/Blue and Great Tits there along with c10 Long-tailed Tits)

herons

just seen 2 fly up bradshaw lane
were flying together but parted when i saw them
this is good because before there was only 1 of them
it is good to see they are increasing
they are magnificent when you see them close

Birdwatching in bed - Jumble Hole Clough

Got up this morning, made a cup of tea and went briefly back to bed to drink it after opening the curtains, as I always do. I was thinking I'd love to do a bit of birding today, but I've too much work on. At that moment, a bird appeared on the telephone wire outside my window - c.4-5 feet from my head. 1st year spotted flycatcher. It flitted on and off the wires for 30 seconds, then disappeared. Just brilliant. If Mohammed won't go to the mountain....

Ogden/Fly Flats

Fly Flats
33 Twite this afternoon at the feeding station (including young birds ringed at Fly Flats this year)
6 Golden Plover through over Oxenhope Moor
2 Ravens over Nab Hill going towards Thornton Moor
2 Wheatears
4 Kestrels

Ogden
1 Stonechat at the top of golf course
1 G C Grebe
1 Swallow >SW
1 Stock Dove
Still plenty Meadow Pipts around
1 Grey Wagtail

Ogden

3 Ravens through over Syke lane this afternoon at 3 pm >SW
2 G C Grebes
2 Siskin
1 Little Owl
2 Kestrels
1 Stock Dove
1 Grey Heron
c70 Goldfinch on thistles along Back Lane
1 Barnacle, 1 Greylag and 9 Canada Geese

Jumble Hole Clough

A buzzard sp. drifted fairly low SW down the valley at around 11:30am. I couldn't get enough IDing features on it to be sure, as it was flying away from me at 45 degrees, but on balance it was most likely common buzzard. It dropped quickly into fields at Higher Eastwood.

Also up there, 4 chiff chaff together.
Green woodpecker in the garden this afternoon.

Fly Flatts

A couple of hours spent this morning hoping for a decent raptor (Honey Buzzard?) only to be beaten to it by Nick this afternoon! Never mind there were

Sparrowhawk 1
Kestrel 2
Twite 27 (incl at least 13 combos determined)
Cormorant 2 South

No twite at the Midgley feeding station

An hour or so at Ringstone with Niall this afternoon produced

Pochard 1 male
Mallard 2
Lapwing 110
Pied Wagtail 1
Grey wagtail 2
Grey Heron 1 (taking small fish from the east pool)
Black headed Gull 30
Common Gull 4
Pheasant 1
Great crested Grebe 2