Calderdale Birds

                         88 Whoopers at Withens Clough today.

A few short trips out in between other things today. I tried Fly Flatts early on not expecting BS's Sandwich Tern from yesterday to be s...

See West Yorkshire Birding blog for another report of a fantastic bird for Calderdale from BS - along with photos. At Fly Flatts late a...

Mytholmroyd First chiffchaff of the spring for me. Green woodpecker GS woodpecker 2 Kestrel Treecreeper Nuthatch 2 Grey wagtail 3 G...

Female Common Scoter on the ski-lake today (AT and AC). Always nice to find a 'sea duck' inland.

6 consecutive days out looking around Deanhead/Moselden and still no Wheatear! Today A pair of Little owls out in the sun, Clough Moor, ...

There's a link at the bottom to the planning departments at Calderdale and Pendle http://ww2.rspb.org.uk/community/getinvolved/b/speci...

5 Whooper Swans still there on Ringstone Edge reservoir this morning (AT) From Ogden Reservoir (CS) 4 Curlew 'bubbling away' over ...

It's been hectic so thought it was time to catch up on some of the recent news. Not easy when you get behind. With apologies for anythin...

  Large Raptor was soaring over Claremount in the low light,   believe me it was big especially the wingspan a lot bigger than   a Buzza...

Had a couple of hours or so up there this morning with Alan T. We managed 37 species, with plenty of birds around to keep us interested. Not...

Mainly the golf course this afternoon - no golf though !!! Didn't find much but 2 buzzard sightings were welcome (could have been the s...

This just came in my Facebook feed.... taken in Pye Nest Taken by Charlotte Atkinson ..... works for RSPCA.... video and more stills on FB

This is a box for dippers or grey wagtails, placed in a long-since dry culvert in Jumble Hole. Steve D and I previously placed on under the ...

13 Whooper Swans on Cold Edge dams at some point mid afternoon but they didn't stay. (MH) 3 Whooper Swans on Lower Gorple late afterno...

Pale Common Buzzard - a real beauty.

A call from DF this afternoon after picking out a grey wader with the Golden Plover flock sounded interesting. A later call from Dave and Ni...

Out and about for an hour or so late morning. Mixenden  4 adult Lesser Black-backed Gulls looked immaculate 4 Cormorant 5 Mallard 46 Ca...

Dropped in on Eastwood Sewage works as I was passing, vaguely hoping for an early sand martin as they are popping up all over the country. N...

Very wet day but chanced an hour or so out, turned out to be a good move. Mixenden Reservoir Pouring down - just a female Goldeneye there,...