April 2020 A Review of Reported Sightings 12-Apr Blackcap 5 Bog North SM 08-Apr Bullfinch 3 Glen Road PK 09-Apr Bullfinch 2 pair - Lady Lane/ Walsh Lane PMt 18-Apr Bullfinch 1 Hirstwood GW 07-Apr Chiffchaff many various reports from six locations 06-Apr Coal Tit 2 nest building in main street BV 09-Apr Common Sandpiper 1 Bridge DP 16-Apr Common Sandpiper 4 Lindley Bridge JA 20-Apr Common Sandpiper 2 Leeshaw Reservoir BV 01-Apr Common Scoter many Hawksworth many flocks - mass crossing of UK RW 02-Apr Common Scoter many Soil Hill Five flocks - 21.15 to 21.45 DB 02-Apr Common Scoter many two flocks - 21.30 to 22.30 MD 02-Apr Common Scoter many Soil Hill two flocks 21.32- 21.49 DB 18-Apr Cuckoo 1 AB 12-Apr Dipper 1 Bingley Bog North overflow channel SM 16-Apr Dipper 2+ Strid Wood Adults feeding at nest RN 18-Apr Dipper 2 Hirstwood Weir breeding pair SM 16-Apr Fieldfare 40 Brackenhall Farm throughout month - various sizes PK 19-Apr Fieldfare c20 Dob Park JA 09-Apr Gadwall 1 DP 10-Apr Goldcrest 1 Shipley Glen nest building SM 19-Apr Golden Plover 40 Glovershaw flock sized varied during month SM 04-Apr Great Spotted Woodpecker 5 Shipley Glen flew over road - chasing calling etc. PK 06-Apr Green Woodpecker 1 heard DP 12-Apr Green Woodpecker 1 Senior Way Cross Roads to SP 15-Apr Green Woodpecker 1 Shipley Glen heard also on 14th PK 19-Apr Green Woodpecker 1 St. Ives SP 19-Apr Green Woodpecker 2 Dob Park JA 05-Apr Grey Partridge 2 Glovershaw SM 06-Apr House Martin 5 TH 10-Apr House Martin 4 Baildon station area JT 20-Apr Kestrel 3 Eldwick Reservoir PMt 10-Apr Kingfisher 1 Shipley Glen SM 18-Apr Linnet 9 Baildon Golf Course 1st fairway PK 15-Apr Little Grebe 2 Sugden Reservoir SP 12-Apr Little Owl 2 Shipley Glen near Brackenhall PK 18-Apr Long-tailed Tit 2 Hirstwood nest building GW 06-Apr Osprey 1 Soil Hill flying north DB 18-Apr Oystercatcher 8 Glovershaw four pairs - feeding PK 15-Apr Pied Flycatcher 1 Thornton also there on 16th KM 16-Apr Pied Flycatcher 3 Strid Wood RN 19-Apr Pied Flycatcher 2 Dob Park JA 05-Apr Raven 1 Riddlesden MD 08-Apr Raven 1 Eldwick Lady Lane/ Walsh Lane PMt 18-Apr Raven 2 pair - Cow & Calf Rocks JB 19-Apr Raven 2 Glovershaw pair - Baildon Moor PK 19-Apr Raven 2 Park Reservoir pair PK 07-Apr Redshank 2 Glovershaw pair PK 18-Apr Redshank 27 Silsden Floods 17 on 7th JM 19-Apr Redstart 1 Dob Park heard JA 01-Apr Redwing 110 Shipley Glen Brackenhall Fields PK 04-Apr Ring Ouzel 1 Withins Head male in fields DS 07-Apr Ring Ouzel 1 Hazlewood Moor male RN 10-Apr Ring Ouzel 1 Queensbury CK 11-Apr Ring Ouzel 2 Soil Hill DB 11-Apr Ring Ouzel 5 Slippery Ford 8 on 13th, 10+ on 19th. IH 14-Apr Ring Ouzel 6 Embsay Crag SPK 14-Apr Ring Ouzel 2 Moorside WA 08-Apr Ring-necked Parakeet 2 Haworth SP 09-Apr Ring-necked Parakeet 2 Apperley Bridge DP 18-Apr Ring-necked Parakeet 6+ Chellow Dene small flock MB 09-Apr Rook 12 Apperley Bridge six nests - rookery DP 06-Apr Sand Martin 3 heading north-west BF 06-Apr Sand Martin 3 Apperley Bridge 12 on 9th DP 18-Apr Sand Martin 6 Ben Rhydding JB 04-Apr Snipe c10 Glovershaw approx 5 breeding pairs PK 08-Apr Stock Dove 4 Otley Wetland JA 02-Apr Stonechat 1 Glen Road Baildon male PK 04-Apr Stonechat 2 Glovershaw pair PK 16-Apr Stonechat 3 Nab Water Lane 4 on 19th, 1 on 20th BV 10-Apr Swallow 1 Queensbury CK 11-Apr Swallow 1 Haworth Moor AB 13-Apr Swallow many Bingley flock with House/Sand Martins TS 15-Apr Swallow 18 Queensbury passed through in 15 minutes BS 12-Apr Tawny Owl 1 Shipley Glen visited Baildon garden PK 08-Apr Teal 2 Otley Wetland JA 02-Apr Wheatear 2 Glovershaw 3 on 13th, 3 on 20th PK 16-Apr Wheatear 18 Nab Water Lane four double-figures during month BV 11-Apr Whinchat 1 Slippery Ford male IH 15-Apr Whinchat 1 Nab Water Lane BV 07-Apr Willow Warbler 15 Glen Road Baildon overnight influx - singing males PK 11-Apr Willow Warbler 12 Haworth Moor AB 18-Apr Yellow Wagtail 2 Knotford Nook pair AJ 19-Apr Yellow Wagtail 1 South golf course MP