Calderdale Birds

Still 2 Swifts about here - usually between 7 and 8 am as happened again this morning, then they disappear for the day. At this rate I migh...

3 Wheatears Blackstone Edge:  1 Wheatear

It turned out to be quite a morning after early morning mist was slow to clear. The small conifer plantation just off Lane Head Lane was ...

 Common Sandpiper 1

Juvenile Linnet. Fairly tame. Quite pale. Lacks the adults' pale cheek spot. 

Sky watch in the garden late morning / early afternoon. Hot sunshine and a strong south-westerly though the shelter of the nearby treeline w...

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This morning in the drizzle and descending mist. Not a lot to report. 3 Cormorant 1 Tufted Duck 1 Dipper in the outflow 1 Chiffchaff and 2 T...

Late afternoon check once the mist had cleared, though a blustery wind and intermittent heavy showers. 1 Kestrel, 2 Ravens, 1 Swallow, 1 Mea...

Several sighting of  Swifts with 2 over early morning, perhaps the same ones early afternoon and up to three later in the day. One juvenile ...

 Juvenile male Stonechat with deep orange flanks Juvenile Linnet (1 of 2). Field guides do not seem very interested in juvenile Passerines, ...

Juvenile Stonechat

Last few days - quite a few Wheatear moving through some of our upland sites by now - with more to come ! Stonechats and Whitethroats seem t...

Whitethroat: 1 female, 2 males Wheatear: 2 adults

 A beautiful humming bird hawk moth seen from our window in Walsden yesterday, flapping furiously round our car.  (Well, I know it's not...

Had a couple of visits to Whiteholme this week. The reservoir is full to the brim, with gallons flowing out of the overflow. However, the ce...

Juvenile Tufted Duck. (Thanks Dave S for pointing out that the bill size and shape are wrong for Little Grebe) Juvenile Skylark Barnacle Goo...

This afternoon, despite the threat of rain it did stay just about dry.  Walking alongside the River Calder, looking up above North Dean Wood...

Juvenile Wheatear  

21 of 23 Greylags 1 Wheatear And a stoat at Blackstone Edge. The black tip to the tail (as well as its size) shows it is not a weasel