Calderdale Birds

Usual woodland stuff, but precious few migrants other than willow warb's and swallow.There's time yet I suppose.......

2 "Commic" Terns flew west this afternoon. An addition to the Ringstone records for today is a Greenland Wheatear mid afternoon.

Latest text message received from Ringstone quoted 5 Ringed Plovers and 12 Dunlin now present with "waders arriving all the time"....

12 Dunlin, 2 Oystercatchers and 1 Ringed Plover at Ringstone today (John Beaumont)

Despite the heavy rain managed to find a pair of Tufted Duck, 2 Common Sandpipers and a Redshank but very little else!

Calderdale Birds Fly Flats - yesterday am 28th April very very windy just two twite and a wheatear

Two Swift flying N over Blake Dean on Sunday 24th April at around 9am. Has anyone had any earlier ones in Calderdale?

Colden - 8:00am Cuckoo calling Jumble Hole - this eve 2 Tawny owl - one feeding on ground 2 woodcock

Woodcock over calling tonight

Between Nick, Graham and I we have now managed to get 25 boxes up at the 'woodland nr. Hebden Bridge'. Hope to get another doxen or ...

testing testing.4 widgeon and dunlin at gaddings dam yesterday.andy

A true treehugger. 

Just checking to see if I can post also.

Single LRP on foreshore, along with lapwing Swallow, mipits, c. 6 skylarks etc 2 curlew over, calling 8 or so lapwing mobbing corvid in mars...

squacco duck (just a test)

Treecreeper Dipper Green woodpecker (h) 2 Willow warbler in scrub on underbank Woodcock over calling Usual woodland species No sign of Monda...

Testing tesing 123