26th June

Brief visit to the moors before the rains came down a fantastic Hobby spent 15 minutes hawking insects, a Barn Owl was out very early, Stonechats and Wheatears both with young, Oystercatcher with young, Kestrel, Buzzard + all the usual waders.

20th and 21st June

20th June. out on the moors, today produced 2 Shorties, 3 Buzzards, 12 drumming Snipe, 2 broods of Stonechats and one brood of Wheatears, 1 late Cuckoo and 2 juvenile Oystercatchers. 21st June, after missing a Red-necked Phalarope that some folks think was actually a juvenile Black-headed Gull I decided to visit a local pair of Peregrines to check on their progress, no sign of any young but the male and breeding first summer female were sat out in the sunshine so manage a few shots of the female.

14th June

Another trip to the moors brought a family party of 7 Ravens, 4 Buzzards, Sand Martin, Spotted Fly, Siskin and the best bird a Hobby that soared with a Buzzard for a couple of minutes.

9th June

Evening out on the moors brought us a Marsh Harrier in heavy moult, 2 Barn Owls, 2 Shorties, 4 Buzzards, 5 Kestrels, Raven, Cuckoo, roding Woodcock, 2 Spotted Flycatchers and 2 Sand Martins + all the usual waders.

Little Stint 5th June

                               An obsessed birder braves the quick sands of Whiteholme

First Calderdale Little Stint in 24 years was found today at Whiteholme by Dan Branch, my best bird so far this year.

2nd June

Finally got to see a LEO this year at a local site, also a distant Barn Owl and a Song Thrush imitating an Oystercatcher.