Calderdale Birds

Checked out the nest boxes, but no sign of any current activity in the boxes I could find. Little Owl 2 Sparrowhawk 2 Cuckoo 1

Courtey of John Crawshaw Blake Dean Wed am May 30 Great spotted woodpecker 1 Green woodpecker 1 Dipper 1 Blackcap 1 Spotted flycatcher1 Buzz...

oystercatcher 8 common sandpiper 6 golden plover 2 curlew 1 swift 3 swallow 2 lesser black backed gull 3 nw

Anyone know what's happening down there? Had an enquiry from a Huddersfield birder who might come over for a look if they are still ther...

tawny owl and chicks just outside my house watched both adults feed both juveniles ringed plover and lrp was here for a while both of them ...

Over Callis this evening - 75 house martins, 35 swifts, 20 swallows Cuckoo calling at 8:00pm (the first at Jumble Hole this year) 2 woodcock...

Last call for anyone interested in coming along, E mail me on midgleybirder@yahoo.co.uk if you want further details. Very poor response to...

Walking around Cromwell Bottom this morning with Les Midgley we spotted a female Goosander just below the weir on the river section between ...

Les Midgely reports the following. At least three families of Sparrows are around the area. The only definite boxes he saw used were; the...

making the most of the bad weather i was out from 0830 until 1730. withens clough stonechat 2 bradley hall farm yellowhammer 3 grey wagtail ...

Sue & I did our favorite bike ride around the upper end of Calderdale today despite the occasional hail storm and heavy rain. We have no...

28/05/2007 0800-0900hrs icy cold N>4 Cloudy 4 - 1st summer Common Gulls low over water >N 3 Common Sandpipers 1pr Reed Bunting No ...

... around and about today, dodging the rain. Two sessions at Ringstone, but very quiet: 7 forlorn Lapwing on the shore wondering where th...

27/05/2007 0800-1015hrs Typical Bank Holiday weather.... ENE>4 Heavy showers, early mist. 1pr Reed Bunting 4 Common Sandpiper 4 ...

visited blake dean this morning and walked to gibson mill and back(a long walk but save's money!) great spotted woodpecker 1 cuckoo 1 ge...

Andy Crystal has agreed to help with the setting up of the website, all we need to do now is decide what we want it to look like, what conte...

Merlin at Widdop reservoir. Also, cuckoo at Ogden for the past 7 days. Sightings courtesy of John Crawshaw.

Several swifts flying over, at least one pair of linnets, 2 singing skylarks and several meadow pipits. Also plenty of willow warblers singi...

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saker 1 wheatear 3 golden plover 2 curlew 2 common sandpiper 6 stonechat 2 plus the usual