Calderdale Birds

No sign of the White Stork late morning or early afternoon though it was in the cow field around 8 am today (MB)

2 Ring Ouzels in the fields between Moorlands Farm and Withens Head Farm mid afternoon. 1 adult male and the other looked like a first summ...

In the mist this morning: 11 Linnet 5 Lapwing Buzzard through a gap in the mist and then back in. GP calling 1 Peregrine shot through ...

This aft' I did a circular walk from the Hinchcliffe Arms, up to the res', before taking the path along Turley Holes Edge as far as ...

The ring as shown is too small to carry any information and probably just there to show it is a captive bird, shame that. Elsewhere a flig...

Long shots of 1 of the 2 Kites over Brighouse this morning at 0900

Yellow Wagtail on the side of the ski lake at EGP this aft

We were alerted to a White Stork at Luddenden Foot by the Calderdale Countryside Service so I called in and managed good views and some phot...

This afternoon 1 drake Goldeneye still present on the res'r along with 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Oystercatcher and 2 Redshank. Elsewhere in ...

Got A garden 1st today with a pair of Redpoll (M/F)this afternoon while trying out a naff scope I picked up on eBay the male flew into my vi...

5 lBBGulls east.2 reed Bunting, 1 Buzzard ,1 Raven,1 Whimbrel north,6 Linnets,5 swallows north,1 Grey Heron,4 Moorhen and 2 Wheatear

It's stopped raining!!!! 1female Ring Ouzel on the top late morning. It headed off into the quarry and unable to relocate but it's p...

From Mike Henshaw who has had trouble posting on the blog - a single Swift yesterday afternoon over at 16.40. Nice one Mike to go with Andy...

Mixenden Res..Wens 2 redshank,1 Common sand,12 Swallows and 1 Grasshopper Warbler reeling briefly behind the plantation. Midgley area today ...

From Mike H this morning - hundreds of Swallows feeding low over the ski-lake in the bad weather plus a few House Martins. How conditions - ...

This is on the main road to Buckstones, on the right after crossing the motorway above Ringstone. Male twite singing from the wire near th...

This afternoon there were a good number of Blackcaps, Willow Warblers and Chiff-chaffs but not a sign of Whitethroat, Garden Warbler or Reed...

A search of Shelf Moor fields this evening found 13f and 2m Wheatears. BS

Been without internet access so please bare with me on this post, I'm trying to visit every week day at least once but when possibl...

I was delighted to see two Buzzards displaying together at a site I haven't seen them before East of Halifax.  They looked like a M and ...