Harold Park & Park Dam

 Wednesday 8th July a.m.

A hot sunny morning with a temperature of 23°C, here there were Canadas, Moorhen, Tufteds, Coots, Grey Heron, BH Gull & LBB Gull.  There were three Great Crested Grebes each with a chick in tow. Also seen here were good numbers of Damselflies and a couple of Dragonflies. 

Over the road at Park Dam a Great Crested Grebe had three chick's, also Coots, Moorhen, Mute Swans. Again there were Damselflies & Dragonflies. 

Gt C. Grebe with chick

Gt C. Grebe chick

Gt C Grebe with chicks at Park Dam

 

Tufted

Mute Swan

Moorhen

Grey Heron

LBB Gulls

BH Gull

Common Blue Damselfly

Blue Tailed Damselfly

Harold Park 8/7/2026

Leeshaw

Friday 3rd July a.m.

A cloudy morning with a temperature of 15°C, Lapwing had young chick's in the surrounding fields and more were at the waters edge.  A couple of Curlews were flying around as were a couple of Oystercatchers.  A Pied Wagtail was resting on a wall and there were good numbers of Canadas & Greylags, some on the water and others were on the exposed shore. A Kestrel briefly hovered overhead and a party of House Sparrows passed through, others were Rook, Starling & Meadow Pipit. 

Curlew

Lapwing

Lapwing chick

 

Pied Wagtail

Oystercatcher 

Kestrel

House Sparrow

Greylags

Canadas

Curlew at Leeshaw 3/7/2026

St. Ives, Bingley

 Wednesday 1st July a.m.

A sunny morning with a temperature of 16°C as I had a walk round the Coppice Pond at St. Ives.  Here there were a pair of Mute Swans with a cygnets, also I spotted a Little Grebe and later I saw a second bird which was a male.  There were a few Damselflies  around the water, not too many birds but others seen were Jay, Chaffinch, Stock Dove, Jackdaw, Coot, Moorhen, Mallard, Canada, Robin, Blackbird & BH Gull. 

Little Grebe

Little Grebe, male

Mute Swan

BH Gull

Coot

Common Blue Damselfly

Coppice Pond

St. Ives, Bingley 1/7/2026

TMR

Wednesday 24th June a.m. 

A hot sunny morning starting off at 21°C and quickly rising so an early visit to try and avoid the increasing temperature.  On the water was a pair of Tufteds with some chick's plus Greylags & LBB Gulls.  Flying over were Sand Martin, Swallow, Swifts, Curlew, at the side of the water were Lapwing, Oystercatcher,  Common Sandpiper, Grey Wagtail & Pied Wagtail.  Others seen were Stonechat, Willow Warbler, Linnet & Meadow Pipit.

Common Sandpiper 

Grey Wagtail

Greylags

Lapwing

 

Tufted with chicks 

Stonechat 

Pied Wagtail

Oystercatcher 

Meadow Pipit 

LBB Gulls

Common Sandpipers at T M R 24/6/2026