Harold Park & Park Dam

Saturday 7th March a.m.

A dull cloudy morning but dry with a temperature of 5°C when I arrived at Harold Park where it was good to see six Great Crested Grebes.  These were paired up and gave me some of their display dancing which was good to watch, others here were Goosander, Cormorant, Tufteds, Canadas, Graylags, Moorhen & Coot.

  Over the road at Park Dam there were eleven Mute Swans but just two G.C. Grebes, others were Canadas, Tufteds, Moorhen & Coot. 

G.C. Grebe

Goosander 

Greylag

Tufteds

Mute Swans at Park Dam 7/3/2026

Goit Stock Wood

 Wednesday 4th March p.m.

Making most of the current good weather with the sun shining & feeling warm with the temperature up to 12°C I headed off for a walk.  I went down to Hallas Bridge and followed Hallas Beck through Goit Stock Wood seeing a Dipper and two Grey Wagtails.  Others were Nuthatch, Gt Tit, Blue Tit & Robin.

Dipper

 

Grey Wagtail

Hallas Beck flowing through Goit Stock Wood 4/3/2026

StIves, Bingley

Wednesday 4th March a.m.

Another sunny morning with a temperature of 6°C, the Coppice Lake had Mute Swans, Greylags, Tufteds, Moorhen, Coot, Mallard & BH Gulls.  Also good to see several Nuthatches & a couple of Jays with GSW heard drumming in the woods.  Others were Blue Tit, Great Tit, LT Tit, Jackdaw & Robin. 

Nuthatch

Mute Swan

Tufted

Greylags

LT Tit

St Ives, Bingley 4/3/2026 

Hewenden Reservoir

 Tuesday 3rd March p.m.

A lovely sunny day with a temperature of 11°C as I approached Hewenden Reservoir where there were four Oystercatchers & six Cormorants.  Also on the water were four Tufteds, three Mute Swans and a couple of Teal.  Others seen were Kestrel,  Canadas, Blue Tit & Mistle Thrush.

 

Kestrel

Oystercatchers 

Tufteds

Mute Swans

Blue Tit

Cormorant

Hewenden Reservoir 3/3/2026

Lister Park

 Sunday 1st March a.m.

Some sunshine this morning and feeling mild with a temperature of 6°C, the Lake had a low level of water, maybe some works are planned.  Still Greylags, Canadas, Mallards, Moorhen & Coot were present but surprised to see no Tufteds.  There was a Mistle Thrush high in a tree, a Jay flew over and I spotted a Treecreeper in the distance.  A pleasant walk in the Park and good to see the colour of the flowering Crocus with Canadas in the distance grazing on the grass.

Mistle Thrush

Moorhen

Greylag

Jay

Cartwright Hall

Plenty Crocus flowering

Canadas

Lister Park 1/3/2026