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
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| Grey Wagtail |
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| Hallas Beck flowing through Goit Stock Wood 4/3/2026 |
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.
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| Nuthatch |
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| Mute Swan |
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| Tufted |
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| Greylags |
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| LT Tit |
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| St Ives, Bingley 4/3/2026 |
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
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| Oystercatchers |
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| Tufteds |
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| Mute Swans |
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| Blue Tit |
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| Cormorant |
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| Hewenden Reservoir 3/3/2026 |
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.
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| Mistle Thrush |
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| Moorhen |
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| Greylag |
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| Jay |
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| Cartwright Hall |
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| Plenty Crocus flowering |
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| Canadas |
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| Lister Park 1/3/2026 |
Tuesday 24th February a.m.
A dry morning with some sunny spells and mild with a temperature of 10°C, feeling like spring with 16 Oystercatchers, Curlews calling & Lapwings displaying. The Little Owl was in it's usual area with two Grey Partridge not too far away and a Kestrel on the look out for food. Others were Starling, Pheasant, Pied Wagtail, Canada, Greylag, Stock Dove, Common & BH Gull.
Lapwing
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| Curlew |
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| Oystercatchers |
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| Oystercatchers & Lapwings |
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| Common & BH Gull |
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| Grey Partridge |
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| Kestrel |
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| Little Owl |
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| Pheasant |
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| Oystercatchers at Leeshaw 24/2/2024 |
