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08/10/2013 13:12
A party of 12 Mistle Thrushes are frequenting the fields at the bottom of Healy road Ossett.Nearby on Dewsbury Sewage Works Teal numbers have swelled to 88.Newly arrived are 11 Widgeon this morning feeding on the bed alongsides Hotworks Mill.A single Shoveller is on the same location.Also on the...
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03/10/2013 17:14
A Common Whitethroat was flushed from Brambles at 14:20 this afternoon in the centre of Kerries reserve.The bird then proceeded to feed in hawthornes again in the very centre of the reserve.
Also on the feeders this afternoon.3 Bullfinch,5 Chaffinch,5 Long tailed Tits,4 Great Tits,6 Blue Tits,2...
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01/10/2013 13:34
A Common Buzzard was hunting in fields off Hostingley Lane Thornhill at 08:15.In Rectory Park Thornhill had 2 Nutatch and 12 Long tailed Tits in the car parking area this morning.
In Kerries reserve this morning a large female Sparrow hawk was harrassing small birds in the copse whilst being...
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30/09/2013 19:14
A male Mandarin Duck is frequenting the area between Hotworks mill Earlsheaton and the bottom of Healy Road Ossett.The bird appeared at 16:10 flying towards Healy Road rom earlsheaton at 16:10 hours today.
Elsewhere on Dewsbury Sewage Works this afternoon 38 Teal,28 Mallard,1 Shoveller,24 Moorhen,4...
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28/09/2013 16:19
A Common Buzzard flew South over Mill Bamk Thornhill at 15:10 this afternoon.Another Buzzard was in trees above Kerries reseve at 15:20 calling persistantly.Dewsbury Sewage works had 27 Common Snipe on the bed next to Hotworks Mill along with 42 Common Teal and 14 Mallard.Very few small birds about...
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26/09/2013 19:53
There are 3 Green Sandpipers on Dewssbury Sewage Works this afternoon.2 birds are frequenting the sewage bed near Hotworks Mill and a single bird is around the circular storage tanks.The new 2 birds are behaving ery nervousely and are constantly alighting on different parts of the works
There was...
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25/09/2013 19:25
There was 27 Common Snipe on a single small bed on Dewsbury Sewage works this morning.This is the first significant number for some time on this site and considering the amount of work going on nearby is amazing.also 52 Common Teal on the same bed with 4 Shoveller and 15 Mallard.
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18/09/2013 18:44
After filling up all the feeders on Kerries Reserve yesterday.,a place where there has been very few small birds of late.It was refreshing to see at least 30 birds coming to the feeders this morning.
All feeders were occupied with 3 Goldfinch on the Nijer seeds,6 Great Tits and 8 Blue Tits on the...
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17/09/2013 17:30
Heavy cloud and generaly overcast conditions produced a noteable passage of House Martins moving Eastwards this morning.Although numbers of Hirrundines seem to be much down on previouse years there was still some 400 birds counted drifting easterly in 2 hours between 08:00 and 10:00 this...
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12/09/2013 19:27
A single Buzzard passed North Westerly over Earlsheaton at 15:10 this afternoon.It was very distant and made positive identification difficult.There is now 68 Lapwings and 3 Common Snipe on Dewsbury Sewage Works at the moment but no sign today of the numbers of Pied Wagtails or Starlings which have...
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