Curlew's

The first Curlew for many years over the house calling this morning,also 6 Mipits(4+1+1)4 Goldfinch,30 BH Gulls and 2 alba,5 lapwing north,22 Fieldfare,1 redwing and 2 canadas.
Monday...4 Curlew n/w 25 Mipits north 27 common Gull west and 6 goldfinch north,a small flock of 16 finches could not be id'd high north,

Ring - necked parakeet

A ring necked parakeet flew high north at 7.15 this morning called once which drew my attention to the bird.2 Canadas east and 1 mipit north.

Mipits in the Fog and sad news

Grey Partridge 3 tail feathers

At least 10 mipits moving north in the fog this morning along with 2 albas,1 redwing,22 Fieldfare,3 lapwing,3 LBBGulls,3 BH Gulls,9 common Gulls and 1 skylark.I woundered yesterday when i saw only 1 grey partridge what had happened to the other one now I know it came to a sticky end...1 magnificent male Roe deer today as well.

Stock Doves

32 Stock doves today was an excellent count in with 57 woodpigeons,11 linnets,1 Grey partridge,2 alba wags high north (call only)and 2 sining Song thrush.

Monday

2 Skylarks
4 Mipits north
16 Linnets
2 grey Partridge
22 fieldfare
3 Goldfinch
1 alba wag high north
10 herring gulls west

Friday

A good count of 13 greenfinch today along with 22 Fieldfare ,3 Mipits north,4 Skylarks (one singing its heart out)45 Woodpigeon,10 stock Doves and 2 Grey partridge .Should be getting migrants any day now....

Windy

Loads of Herring Gulls about todat with 4 in the fields and 20 + heading west throughout the day.2 Skylarks, 2 Meadow Pipits,14 stock doves flushed 5 Chaffinches from the field which must have been movers.3 Song thrushes singing,Starlings carrying nesting material and still 5 fieldfares.Saw jackdaw again briefly

1st March

an afternoon walk in a warm light s/w 2 .One Small tortoiseshell,1 alba wag high and fast north,1 common Snipe,1 Skylark,1 Meadow Pipit flitting along the wire fence,44 Woodpigeons in the field,45 Fieldfares hanging in there,1 grey Heron north and a Common Buzzard first seen over Coley Church went right over my head at about 20 feet and headed off towads shibden valley.3 Buzzards in a week lets hope it stays that way every week.Also saw the Nordic Jackdaw very briefly yesterday

Sunday afternoon

9 Skylarks,12 herring Gulls drifted west,1Jack Snipe flushed again,1 Grey wagtail over,11 stock doves, 30 Fieldfare,1 male Sprwk and 1 male Kestrel.

Red Letter day

Two Buzzards high in the sky and in the valley below Northowram today was a great sight also 2 Grey partridge were firsts for northowram and a Jack Snipe was my second.2 Skylarks and my first Mipit of the year calling overhead was a real treat.40 Fieldfare are the last remaining thrushes from last weeks influx and the starlings are gone but the 25 + Linnets are still around.28 Pinkfeet on thursday and a few Herring Gulls still heading west.A pair of Stock Doves seem to be settling in the old barn again.

Greenland White Fronted Geese in flight at Ringstone

Greenland White fronted Geese

Stock Doves

A good count of 26 stock Doves today, sining Greefinches,3 Mistle Thrush,4 skylarks,250 starlings 500+ mixed flock of Redwings and fieldfare,3 Herring Gulls 1 adult,1 second winter and a 1st winter.100 + Common Gulls 95% adults.A few BH Gulls now showing black heads.No sign of Nordic Jackdaw since the day Dave last saw it at Shibden.

Tuesday, warm S/W livens things up.

Northowram is still busy with fieldfare and redwings,also today a large influx of Starlings with 250+ in the fields,best birds today were 4 Skylark and an adult lesser Black backed Gull mixed in with 120 common Gull and 2 linnets.
Ogden back lane had 2 female type Crossbills over and 1 calling from the pines,20 Golden Plover and a Herring Gulls west.
soil hILL 10 Plus sklarks,32 Linnets,3 Fieldfare,10 starlings and 3 Snow Bunts,
3 sklarks in horse paddock by the Raggalds and 100 Lapwing in usual spot.

Fieldfare

at the begining of the week about 70 had been kicking around for a few weeks ,this morning this had swelled to about 500 +.A few redwings and stalings mixed in .5 Great and 1 lesser Black backed Gulls moved west around lunch time.House sparrows have been displaying and nest building this week.

Freezing rain.......

Pretty grim weatherwise today...Nordic jackdaw showed well early morning and 14 herring Gulls south.1 Golden Plover (prob northern type)with splendid black belly ,4 lapwing,70 fieldfare ,45 Woodpigeon, 40 redwing in some excellent fields behind Old brods,a small flock of passerines looked like Sparrows but missed um..........Cromwell Bottom feeding station is just fantastic for having great views of Lesser redpolls ,no mealys yet though.I also watched a male goosdander displaying on the river which was a first for me.

Last couple of days

Monday saw at least 103 Herring Gull,3 GBBGull and 1 LBBGull moving north,also 1 skylark and a record of 32 Stock Doves.
4 snow Bunting,6 skylark and 9 Linnets Soil Hill today.
8 Lesser Redpoll ,6 Bullfinch at Cromwell Bottom feeding station,well done to whoever set that up.brilliant views of redpolls.100 Lapwing at Shelf moor
Nordic / Jackdaw also showing very well today

http://birdingfrontiers.com/2011/02/03/russian-jackdaws-in-britain/


this link is about as good as it gets on Jackdaw id

Nordic Jackdaw no show

No sightings of the Nordic Jackdaw today but my first local skylark,28 Linnets ,21 stock Doves,2 Kestrel and 50+ Common Gulls.150 jackdaws went to roost at 4.35 so it could well be still around.

Jackdaw and Whoopers

Another good day with the Nordic/Eastern Jackdaw showing well all day with NCD,Dave S and Martyn all getting good views of the bird,It realy is a striking individual.Thaks for the photos .2 whooper swans flew west,7 Herring and 3 great BB Gulls east,21 Stock Doves and 30 Common Gulls today.

Jackdaw

The Nordic/russian type jackdaw showed well today from first light till 9ish then went over the road to the horse fields for the rest of the day and returned about 4ish till dusk.1 linnet over,20 Goldfinch and about 35 Rooks.

'Nordic' Jackdaw

This is it ok I know its a realy bad photo but you can tell the white collar.Ive been looking for one of these for at least 5 years and here it is.

Over the weekend

shibden Park was ok with 25 siskins,1 LBBGull and 7 herring Gulls east,1 Nuthatch,1 great spot,1 Singing Song Thrush and 8 Goldfinch,
Today the Whooper swan was still on the canal side near the moorings calling loudly all the time.?

Sleepy Bones Hopkins

Pinks

Watched 80 Pinkies low over Northowram this morning heading west,2 greenfinch,1 Golfinch and a flap,flap glide Buzzard below the ski slope this aft.I have been meaning to count the jackdaws as they go to roost over the hose for a while so this evening seemed a good time to do so..,, 157 a very good count because i reckoned abot 80 usually(shows what counting properly does).In the distnace(way out by Holme Moss,I picked up some Pinkies heading east,they just kept coming all in all about 1500/2000 its a long way off so there could have been many more.???

Last two days

2 Snow Buts,1 skylark,16 Linnets soil Hill,100 Lapwing Shelf moor,10 Greylags,1 Goldeneye and 2 Red Grouse Cold edge ,7 tree sparrows Jay house lane,200 Pinkies west over Northowram and 16 Stock Doves near Bradley Scout camp,22 Rook nests being built at Northowram Rookery.

Sparrowhawk's at it again

Above the first winter male and female have caused havoc all winter with the local House Sparrows and Collared Doves,The House Sparrow population has gone from 66 in late summer to 30 in January.Below is the adult female
which took this Feral Pigeon yesterday morning,left it all day and returned at 4ish and started eating again at about 4.15 it was joined my the young male but the female gave it nothing.

Sunrise

Battered by Westerlys

Another beating from the wind today,it had blown in an adult lesser black Back which was nice,also 12 stock Doves,35 Linnet,75 Common Gulls and 30 Fildfare.100 Lapwing and 2 Goldies at shelf moor.On the afternoon walk a Woodcock,Grey Wagtail and Goldcrest did'nt make for a bad day afterall..