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21/07/2015 18:42

Peregrine Falcon picked up on the road in Kirkburton this afternoon

A Peregrine Falcon was found injured in Cross Lane Kirkburton Huddersfield this afternoon.The bird was thought to be a young bird and the person who found it took it to the local RSPB office in Denby Dale for inspection.Apparently the bird had a damaged wing so it was despatched for medical...

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16/07/2015 16:42

Oystercatchers starting to re display in the valley( in preparation for a second breeding attempt ?)

2 Oystercatchers have begun displaying for a second time in our part of the Calder valley.The birds can be observed between Saville Town  and Earlsheaton calling loudly and gliding on upraised wings parachuting to the ground.The birds where foiled in their first attempt at breeding last month...

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12/07/2015 20:42

Cuckoo back in residence on local Sewage Works

A Cuckoo has now been present in and out of the reed beds on Dewsbury Sewage works for three days.Up to the end of June there had been 10 singing male Reed warblers on this site but recently there remained just 3 singing birds.Presumably this must mean that at least 7 birds had managed to find...

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02/07/2015 23:19

4 Green Sandpipers a good sign for the next few weeks

4 Green Sandpipers where flushed together from a central bed on Dewsbury Sewage works today.It is hoped the numbers will increase still further in the next few wekks as our seasonal wader migration gets under way. Also at the same site 18 Lapwings no doubt part of a larger group trafficing between...

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30/06/2015 20:59

Lapwings continue to increase

138 Lapwings are today present on Dewsbury Sewage works.This is a good threefold increase on records so far this year.Also there today single Green Sandpiper. Usualy when Green Sandpipers return after their travels to their breeding grounds they are accompanied by a youngster or juvenile bird but...

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25/06/2015 15:26

Lapwings increase in numbers in this part of the Calder Valley

A total of some 58 Lapwings where on Dewsbury Sewage Works this afternoon an increase of some 30+ on numbers a couple of days ago.The movement of Wading birds migrating down our part of the Calder Valley should should just about be starting and I am looking forwards to to recording more species...

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23/06/2015 20:29

Lapwings and Green Sandpiper return to local site

In these times when we are seeing seriouse declines in a number of our once common species it is good to see signs os some sort of revival in their fortunes.Lapwings used to be numerous in our part of the Calder Valley with parties of several hundred gathering in  late June  and...

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22/06/2015 19:09

Black Kite near Shaw Cross Dewsbury

My night off work and weather unsettled I thought why not forget about going birding for once and go for a couple of Pints at my local Pub. Would you believe only a few hundred yards from my home I spot a raptor flying at telegraph pole height directly in line with my car .A dark raptor with no...

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16/06/2015 12:30

Not all bad news.Reed Warblers increase their numbers at local sites

There are now at least 10 pairs of Reed Warblers breeding on my local sewage works in Dewsbury.This is an increase of about 4 pairs compaired with last years numbers.Sedge warblers on the other hand seem less prolific with only 2 pairs returning out of last years 5 pairs. Also on the same site .13...

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03/06/2015 11:48

Mink observed attacking Sand Martin colony is even more bad news for our local birds but Greenshank was a welcome relief

As if yesterdays high water levels werent doing enough damage to our local Sand Martin colonies the sight of a brown coloured Mink going inand out of the nesting burrows this morning was heartbreaking. I was only remarking to someone a couple of days ago that sightings of Mink on our patch where...

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