Yesterday I went for a new walk around the farmland at Birkenshaw which is about 3 miles east of Raw Nook NR. I had only been there a couple of minutes when I heard the call of an overhead Tree…
Sedge Warbler
A Sedge Warbler was at Toad Holes Beck this morning. It was singing deep from within Dogwood and Bramble scrub. A male appeared at the same area last year on the 4/5 and sang for a few days before moving…
Whitethroats…
This morning at Low Moor Banks were 2 newly arrived Common Whitethroats in song. There was also some good new as well as another male Lesser Whitethroat has arrived. Thankfully one is singing near the Wyke end of the site…
She needs OUR help…
I do not normally show birds on their nests on my website due to possible disturbance. However, a pair of Coots for the first time ever have decided to nest at the pond at Raw Nook NR. NOW SHE IS…
Lesser Whitethroat
A check this morning at Low Moor Banks revealed a newly arrived male Lesser Whitethroat (uncommon in the Bradford aera) in full song. I then went to TH Beck to look for the warbler but as yet, nothing. There were…
Horse Chestnut tree found again
Away from the local parks the Horse Chestnut tree Aesculus hippocastanum is not common in our recording area. Last year I found a sapling growing in a very shaded and crowded area at TH Beck. Sadly the tree did not…
Willow Warbler influx…
The slight S/W wind today has worked today. There has been an influx of Willow Warblers through our area with 4 ( all moving slightly S/W, suggesting passage birds ) at Raw Nook NR. In addition a pair of Blackcaps…
A stranger appears at TH Beck
I had a bit of a surprise the other morning at Toad Holes Beck when I came across this rather handsome semi albino male Blackbird. I have never seen him before in the local area although there is an almost…
Moving in!
You may recall that Peter Gurney from YWT put some nesting boxes up in both Raw Nook NR & Toad Holes Beck in the autumn of last year. This morning as well as looking for spring migrants I checked the…
Chiffchaffs start to arrive
This morning single Chiffchaffs were in song at Raw Nook Nr and Toad Holes Beck and 87 Redwing moved N over Caldene fields.
