Calderdale Birds

Black Redstart still showing on and off around 16:30 with up to 4 Wheatear and a few Meadow Pipits (but it doesn't stay still for more t...

Back Lane for an hour late morning 1 Common Whitethroat on a fence line was obviously a migrant, surrounded by fields of Juncus. 1 Common ...

I just went outside, as we usually do around 7pm to see if the big plane was coming over heading into Manchester. Scanning the sky with the ...

Spent over an hour late afternoon but I couldn't find the Black Redstart, though it had been seen earlier in the afternoon (BV). Tricky ...

We had a late morning / early afternoon visit. A nice day to be out, with a fresh breeze, sunshine and just an odd shower. 5 Grey wagtails ...

After a prompt from BS of 'pinks' arriving in Britain yesterday, I had a call from MH of 44 >SE heard, seen and photographed over...

Grain-water Bridge area and Lumb Falls. Very windy on the tops first thing so the valley in the upper dean seemed a good idea ! Still a li...

Black Redstart still there until at least late morning, in the same spot as the last 2 days and still with the Wheatears. It was also seen n...

'British' Cormorant, P. c. carbo. The rear edge of the bare yellow skin slopes forward below the gape. (In 'Continental' C...

Black Redstart still with Wheatears at Withens Head but elusive. It prefers the broken down wall leading from the farm / tractor and probabl...

Ogden - Golf course check at the lower end this afternoon 6 Stonechats (a family group of 2 adults and 4 juveniles) in Carrs Beck No si...

Golf course again looking for migrants this afternoon. 2 Whinchat and 2 Stonechat at the lower end of the course plus a Stoat running their...

Lower end Ogden golf course yesterday afternoon. It was good to find a few migrants including Whitethroat, Whinchat, 6 Stonechat, 2 Chiffc...

Pictures courtesy of Paul B.   Willow Warbler Grasshopper Warbler 'Click' on photo's to enlarge Most unusual to ...

Unusual bird on our feeders today. Initially we thought it was an escapee. However on further consideration we think it may be a leucistic b...

30+ House Martins at the back of the house and over the park this afternoon plus a single Swift >W late morning.

? Scaup. What do folks think? It looked bulkier than the nearby Tufteds, and the bill seems larger. I did not see it flap its wings. ...

Cold Edge Two Whinchats still on the heather below the lower dam with a male Stonechat but no migrants around other than a male Wheatear 2...

Swifts still hanging around with six this morning. Reports still coming in of summer migrants on return journeys including Spotted Flycatc...

Yesterday afternoon. Not a good afternoon trying to find Bs's 6 Ringed Plovers. I had to give up scanning the mud from the top road ...