Calderdale Birds

The Roller at Crimsworth Dean on 2nd June 2019 as been accepted by the BBRC, so well done to everyone involved. The 2018 bird report as now ...

Mid/late morning - plenty of activity 5 Goldeneye (2 drakes and some displaying) 1 Goosander 2 Cormorant 2 Moorhen 16 Mallard 1 Great ...

Early afternoon 3 Goldeneye (1 drake) 1 Cormorant 1 red-head Goosander c500 Woodpigeons  disturbed in the roost, many flew off towards O...

I had  a check, always in the hope of something new arriving in inclement weather conditions. Nothing new this morning. 1 female Goldeneye ...

Not a lot to report recently though I did check Sainsbury's car park in Halifax this morning. Plenty of Redwings (maybe 40+) all very fl...

A nice surprise was a Chiffchaff which appeared four times in the hedge near the top gate this morning along with a Robin, 2 Chaffinch and ...

Stonechat - 30x optical zoom - taken ('point and shoot') with Lumix TZ80 pocket camera

Goosander.  First winter: white line through lores from eye to bill.

1st winter goldeneye (brown iris, fairly tame). I think it is a male because of the amount of white on the breast. There's some sort of...

Thanks to Dave F for the text saying he'd re-located the elusive Snow bunting up at Whiteholme on Saturday. It was still showing well ...

Snow Bunting showing well in the fog at Whiteholme this afternoon.PD,DF

Cormorant 16 on pylon Little grebe 2

3 Goldeneye again this morning (2 drakes) 2 adult L B-b Gulls in with B H gulls and Common Gulls 5 Herring Gulls (4 ad and 1 first winter)...

One Snow Bunting still at Whieholme Drain this morning.

Mid-morning visit in the hope of - well whatever, after the easterlies. 1 pair Goldeneye 2 Cormorant c200 gulls on the embankment includi...

Well worth a check at the moment where there are berrying trees and shrubs especially around supermarkets. I checked the lower end of Gibb...

Swalesmoor - Ringby Lane - heck, this site is hard work nowadays. Lots of the previously decent habitat has gone off since the fields were w...

No Snow buntings but 4 Whoopers, probably same birds as reported  earlier over Baitings by PG.

No sign of any Snow Buntings at Whiteholme today but me and DJS had 5 Mandarins at Ryburn opposite the picnic area.

This is the drain running alongside the track between Turvin Road and the South corner of Whiteholme reservoir. (Whiteholme drain runs into ...