Calderdale Birds

Before I spend what seems a small fortune on one online, does anyone have a Birds of Turkey book I could borrow at the end of this month?

Pink Footed Goose at Ogden today The Pink Footed goose found at Ogden this morning by NK was still present this evening happily feeding wi...

Thanks to NK for finding a Pink-footed Goose at Ogden today at least till early afternoon - this is a very late bird. We had 2 in 2009 that ...

1male Stonechat singing opposite the car park this morning but no sign of a female Only wader was 1 Common Sandpiper despite extensive shore...

No sign of the tree pipit yesterday afternoon, though the breeze was very strong. Green woodpecker almost daily in the garden. Nuthatch appe...

Fly Flatts p.m. visit 2 Oystercatchers 15 Ringed Plover 5 Dunlin 2 Common Sandpipers 4 Redshank 1 Golden Plover + 4 young 4 Twite 128+ Swif...

How tricky it is to get images of Swifts in the camera frame? This afternoon at Cold Edge they were all over the place but these photo's...

Loads of Swifts over the dams and the west facing ridge this afternoon - 100+ 2 House Martin nests located in Wainstalls 1 Snipe 2 Oystercat...

A long day down the Craggs filming Great Spots feeding young at nest, blue tits feeding young in a tree hole......(time after time after tim...

First good look around for over 2 weeks and found a brood of 11 young Goosanders at least 2 weeks old and a regular walker also said he saw ...

2 Sand Martins over the res'r this morning plus 12 House Martins, 15 Swallows and c 20 Swifts. I also checked some areas nearby for nest...

Spent a few hours at the Dean hoping to see Redstart but not a glimmer of one......Had no joy Wednesday evening either, so it looks like thi...

We walked around the site this afternoon and were fortunate to catch a Common Tern coming through low over the res'r then went high as i...

2 Tree Pipits singing in different areas this morning - 1 at the top end of woodland and another from NK below the res'r. 1 Cuckoo 8+ Sp...

Spotted Flycatcher in Hardcastle Crags earlier today.

This afternoon with NCD 16 Ringed Plover 14 Dunlin c4 Common Sandpipers 5 Redshank 1 Curlew 2 Wheatear with another 2 below the Withens alon...

1 male Redstart singing (they are so thin on the ground in our area nowadays) 2 Spotted Flycatchers 1 Cuckoo 1 Tawny Owl 1 Dipper

I checked the site earlier today thinking something might have been blown in after the strong winds and heavy rain yesterday. No terns but p...

Digi scoped images of the Sanderling at Fly yesterday.

The Sanderling seems to have gone this morning. 14 Ringed Plover