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03/06/2014 18:02
A pair of Mandarinn Ducks have been on the Calder near Dewsbury for over a week now and it looks like they will be looking for suitable spots for breeding.
This is about the 4th year this species has turned up on the Calder at this time of year an event that prompted us to erect nesting boxes at...
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26/05/2014 18:45
Imagine my surprise today when in the middle of trying to coax singing Reed Warblers to my I Pod from a bed on Dewsbury Sewage Works a Heron flushed from the Reeds uttering a slightly different call.I raised my glasses to have a quick luck and to my surprise instead of the usual grey and black...
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20/05/2014 19:59
Both Reed and Sedge Warblers continue to increase on local sites.Dewsbury Sewage Works now has 7 singing male Reed Warblers along with 6 singing Sedge Warblers nearby on Kerries small marshy area there are 3 singing Sedge Warblers and a singing Reed Warbler.
Also on Dewsbury Sewage...
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16/05/2014 16:45
A Little Grebe has succesfully bred on Dewsbury Sewage works for the first time.The fully indepentant chick was swimming along with its mother on one of the lagoons this afternoon.
Also there are signs that Summer Visitors are still arriving on to our local patch with 3 more singing Reed Warblers...
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13/05/2014 13:28
A Cuckoo flew on to Dewsbury Sewage Works this morning calling as it arrived.The bird stayed for some 14 minutes before flying off on to Mill Bank Thornhill where it continued to call.
also this morning a significant movement of Swifts up our part of the Calder Valley with some 600 birds per hour...
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08/05/2014 17:33
Good numbers of Swifts and House Martins where moving slowly up the Calder Valley this morning with the onset of heavy drizzle and very low cloud combined with a light to Moderate South Westerly wind.
About 160 House Martins and some 42 Swifts where over the filter beds on Dewsbury Sewage works but...
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07/05/2014 12:55
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06/05/2014 17:57
A stunning male Mandarin Duck flew down the calder near healy Road Ossett this morning.With recent sightings of a female bird in the same area over the last 2 weeks we have to conclude that the birds are intent on breeding in the area over the next few weeks.
Summer visitors appear to still be a...
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02/05/2014 20:11
A flock os some 140 House Martins where over the sprinkler beds of Dewsbury Sewage Works this morning with small numbers of Swallows and Sand Martins. There are now 5 Gadwall on the same area together with 8 Tufted ducks.There are no Teal on the Sewage works but this morning still 2 Little...
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30/04/2014 21:47
Its nice to walk on to your local patch and hear the sound of singing and displaying Whitethroats and Acrochephalus Warblers newly arrived.
Such was the experience I had when venturing on to the Reserve at Kerries Foods this morning.Theres 4 singing Male Blackcaps,4 singing Chiff Chaffs and 3...
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