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Buntings, Wagtails & Finches Motacilla flava 2 records 2017 : 10 records Yellow Wagtail Increasingly uncommon passage visitor. John O'Gaunts 27/08/18 1 Denholme Clough 02/09/18 1 Motacilla cinerea 159 records Grey Wagtail Resident breeder and winter visitor. Otley 07/01/18 2 1 occ 2 regular till 1 Feb Otley 20/01/18 1 in town centre Bolton Abbey 14/03/18 3 one pair Cottingley 20/03/18 2 pair on the river Myrtle Park 20/03/18 2 pair on the river Burley 21/03/18 2 P at weir Strid Wood 01/04/18 breeding Pair in and out of hole in tree 100m N of Cavendish Pavilion seen from opposite side. Caldene fields 05/04/18 breeding A pair. Possibily breed Otley 07/04/18 2 pair at weir Keighley Moor Reservoir 28/04/18 1 1 male - unusual here Slippery Ford 03/05/18 1 Pair in beck next to carpark - regular breeding site [Seen on other dates carrying food.] Strid Wood 07/05/18 breeding 2 at cavendish taking food to nest. 2 at viaduct Fly Flatts (Warley Moor 17/05/18 4 two pairs Reservoir) Myrtle Park 28/05/18 1 juvenile Riddlesden 30/05/18 breeding breeding - carrying food Thruscross Reservoir 05/06/18 breeding A pair and carrying food. Cottingley 18/06/18 breeding pair with a juv Strid Wood 27/06/18 breeding 2M, 1F, 3 young Bingley 25/12/18 1 Foraging near Railway Station Motacilla alba 274 records Pied Wagtail Resident breeder, passage migrant and winter visitor. Cononley Ings 02/02/18 20 Esholt 11/03/18 20+ Strid Wood 14/03/18 5 Some in pairs Slippery Ford 15/05/18 breeding Male carrying food at Higher Intake Farm. Riddlesden 23/05/18 breeding carrying food - breeding Dowley Gap 28/05/18 breeding juvenile being fed by an adult Stainburn 06/06/18 breeding pair with juvs Redcar Tarn 11/06/18 breeding including young Fly Flatts (Warley Moor 16/07/18 breeding two families present Reservoir) Fly Flatts (Warley Moor 01/08/18 18 post-breeding flocks Reservoir) Fly Flatts (Warley Moor 10/08/18 breeding pair with 4 young Reservoir) Fly Flatts (Warley Moor 13/08/18 breeding three adult and four juvs. Reservoir) Glovershaw 15/8/18 breeding Juveniles Oxenhope Watchpoint 17/09/18 13 VIZMIG 11 double-figure counts 17/9 to 19/10. Highest count 22 on 27/9. Caldene Fields 25/09/18 11 VIZMIG 8 double-figure counts 25/9 to 17/10. Highest counts 20 on 5/10 & 24 on 29/9. Dowley Gap 27/10/18 20 Dowley Gap 22/12/18 75 Water works filter tanks Motacilla alba 3 records White Wagtail Ben Rhydding GP 01/05/18 1 Keighley Moor Reservoir 12/05/18 1 1 seen briefly but almost cartainly White and not Pied. Anthus trivialis 27 records 2017 : 27 records Tree Pipit Uncommon migrant breeder/passage visitor. Timble Ings 14/04/18 1 singles on 22nd, 28th, 29th April, 3rd and 19th May. Farnhill Moor 04/05/18 1 singles on 26th May & 4th June. Sandwith Moor 08/05/18 2 Together Sandwith Moor 13/05/18 3 plantation Thruscross Reservoir 15/05/18 1 hanging Wood Norwood Edge 19/05/18 1 heard Norwood Edge 20/05/18 3 singles on 21st, 22nd, 23rd May. Stainburn Forest 23/05/18 6 Displaying Sandwith Moor 31/05/18 1 Singing Norwood Edge 03/06/18 3 Singing males. Norwood Edge 06/06/18 1 One observed with food for young. Sandwith Moor 10/06/18 1 It was perched at the top of a conifer sapling and repeatedly performed a disply flight landing back on the same treetop, or maybe it was catching insects? Sandwith Moor 17/06/18 6 singing Stainburn Forest 21/06/18 1 Otley Wetland 27/08/18 1 overhead Anthus pratensis 200 records Meadow Pipit Common resident/migrant breeder and passage visitor. Hazelwood Moor 20/01/18 2 Leeshaw Reservoir 23/01/18 4 Fly Flatts (Warley Moor 15/02/18 5 8 on 17th & 7 on 18th. Reservoir) Fly Flatts (Warley Moor 15/04/18 c100 newly arrived Reservoir) Burley Moor 20/04/18 26 Many in display flight and courtship behaviour (included Bingley Moor) Whetstone Gate 23/5/18 breeding 8 birds, Two carrying food Glovershaw 07/06/18 breeding birds with food Keighley Moor Reservoir 07/08/18 100 At least 100 birds present, the first noteable count of the autumn. Fly Flatts (Warley Moor 27/08/18 c100 Three figure counts also on 9th & 23rd Sep. Reservoir) Keighley Moor Reservoir 29/08/18 c110 c.110 headed west in small groups. Thornton Moor Reservoir 01/09/18 100 100+ Caldene Fields 12/09/18 146 VIZMIG Total count: 4277 12th Sep to 17 Oct. Highest count 2076 on 22 Sep and 1119 on 20th Sep. Oxenhope Watchpoint 15/09/18 1088 VIZMIG Total count 11053 15th Sep to 4th Nov. 14 counts of 100+. Highest counts 1088 on 15th Sep & 3910 on 22nd Sep. Scargill Reservoir 15/09/18 hundreds heading south Ogden 17/09/18 769 vis mig Caldene Fields 20/09/18 1119 VIZMIG 06:45 - 11:15 2nd record count Caldene Fields 22/09/18 2076 VIZMIG 06:45 - 11:05 record for site Oxenhope Watchpoint 22/09/18 3910 VIZMIG 06:35 - 10:30 Harden Moor summer breeding common breeder Fringilla coelebs 327 records Chaffinch Resident breeder, passage/winter visitor. Menston 30/01/18 8 H royds Redcar Tarn, Keighley 07/02/18 15 Fewston Reservoir 24/02/18 8 on circuit of Rsr Addingham 01/03/18 12 max AEG count Jan - Mar Strid Wood 14/03/18 15 Singing Scargill Reservoir 25/03/18 9 in area, i.e 16 on HP circuit Knotford Nook 08/04/18 8 Singing, 2 on 22 Apr, 1 on 19 May Strid Wood 08/04/18 20 Norwood Bottom 07/05/18 15 between LWR and FH bridge including 5 below and 10 above DPB Hebers Ghyll 08/05/18 12 Singing, max May - Jun Barden Fell 10/05/18 5 i.e. 20 on SW/BF walk Strid Wood 10/05/18 10 Knotford Nook 14/05/18 8 Farnley Lake 04/06/18 7 max Apr - Jun Strid Wood 06/06/18 21 John O'Gaunts 24/06/18 16 on HP circuit High Royds 13/08/18 many Caldene Fields 19/10/18 204 VIZMIG Total count 1320 1/9 to 12/11. Three double figure counts. Highest count 204 on 19/10. Oxenhope Watchpoint 25/10/18 83 Total count: 486 between 17 Sep to 2nd Nov. 14 double-figure counts. Highest counts: 83 on 25/10 & 42 17/10. Fly Flatts (Warley Moor 28/10/18 39 VIZMIG 07:00 - 09:45 >W Reservoir) Dowley Gap 25/11/18 12 Queensbury 28/11/18 1 Norwegian Ring Knotford Nook 10/12/18 10 Ogden 18/12/18 40 Fringilla montifringilla 83 records Brambling Regular but erratic winter visitor. Caldene Fields 17/10/18 74 VIZMIG 07:25 - 12:45 a party of 72 Oxenhope Watchpoint 17/10/18 86 VIZMIG - Total count : 600 17/10 to 4/11. 11 double-figure counts. Highest counts 102 on 22/10, 86 on 17/10 and 81 on 19/10. Oxenhope Watchpoint 19/10/18 81 07:05 - 10:45 flock of 60! Oxenhope Watchpoint 22/10/18 102 07:20 - 10:00 14 flocks 23 max - NW Caldene Fields 03/11/18 56 VIZMIG total count : 374 7/10 to 14/11. 11 double-figure counts. Highest counts 74 including a party of 72 on 17/10 and 56 on 3/11. Caldene Fields 26/11/18 25 present Redcar Tarn, Keighley 02/12/18 4 Ogden 18/12/18 10+ Park Dam, Low Moor 30/12/18 c24 Carduelis chloris 205 records Greenfinch Resident breeder, passage and winter visitor. Burley 2018 8 Gdn visitor, max Menston 13/01/18 20 Appr 20 in top of garden tree Grove Rd, much of day Yeadon Tarn 30/01/18 6 Ilkley Cemetery 04/02/18 12 Baildon Garden 06/02/18 10 feeders Addingham Moorside 22/02/18 20+ rare here Addingham 01/03/18 10 max AEG count Jan - Mar Glovershaw 07/09/18 15+ post-breeding flock Whetstone Gate 30/09/18 5 Oxenhope Watchpoint 10/10/18 15 VIZMIG Just two double-figure counts - 15 on 10/10 & 10 on 22/10 Caldene Fields 19/10/18 30 VIZMIG total 281 counted 30/8 to 6/12. Highest counts: 30 on 19/10, 20 on 5/10 & 7/10, 11 on 28/10. Just four double-figure counts Baildon Garden 22/12/18 11 max in garden and then onto feeders Carduelis carduelis 350 records Goldfinch Resident breeder, passage visitor. Burley 2018 34 6 Feb, 34 in garden tree Toad Holes Beck 05/01/18 30 A feeding flock Baildon Garden 25/01/18 15+ Baildon Garden 30/01/18 c30 Yeadon Tarn 30/01/18 c70 feeding close to airport banking. Baildon Garden 05/02/18 36 flock size on feeders etc. Otley Wetland 13/03/18 23 mostly one flock on track between Conservation and reedbeds, max seen Jan - Mar Sconce 25/05/18 2 birds with food Faweather Farm 30/07/18 40 Manningham 12/08/18 3 inc 2 juveniles High Royds 13/08/18 100+ mixed flock A/Bridge to Esholt 19/08/18 30+ Redcar Tarn 23/08/18 40 Harden Moor 25/08/18 12 Leeshaw Reservoir 26/08/18 15 Addingham 30/08/18 17 17 on 15/9.
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