Heavybirder
Tuesday, 23 May 2023
Great White Egret 212
19th May Ringstone Edge, Great White Egret puts me on 212 for Calderdale, thanks to DJS for the lift. A pair of Stonechats have nested at Roils Head for the first time producing at least 2 young, also had a Garden Warbler singing here on 4 dates in May.
Thursday, 20 April 2023
Tuesday, 21 March 2023
Brent Geese 211
19th March 2023. Finally moved on to 211 for Calderdale with 3 Pale Bellied Brent Geese at Fly Flats, also had a First Summer Red Kite twice and later on 2 Barn Owls.
Tuesday, 11 October 2022
2020 - 2021 Halifax Bird Report Now Out.
The 2020 - 2021 Halifax Bird Report is now available from the GO LOCAL STORE (Woodlesford News) at Pellon - Mount Tabor, price £7.00.
2nd and 3rd October
Over 800 large gulls roosting at Fly Flats on 2nd and 3rd October. We managed to find an adult Great Black backed and an adult Yellow-legged Gull, the GBBGull is now the scarcer bird of the two in Calderdale. Also a nice Red Kite flew over on the 2nd putting all the gulls up.
Wednesday, 31 August 2022
Back down to 210
Unfortunatly the Marsh Tit at E.G.P. as been re-identified as a juvenile Willow Tit by an expert who did a PHD on the pair. A Wood Sandpiper a good bird for Calderdale was found at Blackstone Edge on 23rd August which was a nice concellation being the first for 26 years. 30th August, a good night out brought us Marsh Harrier, 2 Hens, 1 Peregrine, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzards, 5 Kestrels and a Barn Owl.
Tuesday, 23 August 2022
211 Marsh Tit
At last finally got a Marsh Tit on my Calderdale list taking me to 211 for the Halifax Area. It turned up at the feeding station at Cromwell Bottom on 20th August the day of my Zeiss ht 8x42s 7th birthday.
Monday, 15 August 2022
Last few weeks
Last few days spent watching a Shortie hunt for a family of 5, also nearby adult Leo hunting for 2 young, 1 Barn and 1 Little Owl + 2 Hen Harriers and a Sanderling last week.
Monday, 4 July 2022
26th June
26th June on the moors again, great night out with 2 Red Kites, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Peregrine, 10 Kestrels, 8 Buzzards, 1 Sparrowhawk, 6 Shorties, 1 Barn Owl, Spotted Flycatcher, Raven and a Sand Martin.
Thursday, 23 June 2022
22nd June
Me and Roy had a great evenings birding, it started with a superb Hobby that we watched for over 2 hours hawking insects and chasing Meadow Pipits, it looked to be probably a first summer bird ?, also a first summer female Marsh Harrier, a Peregrine, 3 Kestrels, 3 Buzzards, 3 Shorties, 2 Barn Owls, 2 Grasshopper Warblers and 2 Stonechats + all the usual waders.
Sunday, 19 June 2022
18th June
Checked out another Peregrine site and found 3 juvs had already fledged, also 3 fledged juvs at original site.
Poplar Grey
Had a go trapping moths with the hot weather for the last two days and caught myself a new species, a Poplar Grey.
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