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02/10/2012 17:19
There was seven Buzzards noted over Thornhill yesterday with a party of 5 birds seen together at around mid afternoon.The birds were high in the sky and it was difficult to see any diagnostic features on the birds though one individual was an exceptionaly pale bird.
Also yesterday 5 Chiff...
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02/10/2012 17:11
A swallow was feeding hree newly fledged youngsters on wires at a house in Windsor View Shaw Cross this morning.This is the second brood they have reared at this house nesting site and comes after what appears to be the main departure of nearly all the local birds after days of increasing...
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28/09/2012 20:04
A brief visit to Horbury Wyke late afternoon provided the following records.
65 Mallard.14 Wigeon,14 Teal,9 Grey lag geese,1 Shoveller.
31 Moorhens were on the main flash as was a single Little Grebe.23 Lapwings were present along with 5 feeding Stock Doves.Also noted was 3 Mistle Thrush,5...
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27/09/2012 20:56
A brief visit to horbury Wyke this evening produced the following.
74 Canada geese,91 Mallard ,10 Teal,3 Shoveller,52 Lapwings,3 Common Snipe,6 Herons,2 Little grebe,150 Black Headed gulls,3 Common Gulls,6 Swallows,20 House Martins.1 Sparrow Hawk was above the Railway bridge and there was a...
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26/09/2012 20:16
Yesterday morning again saw reasonable numbers of Hirrundines in our area though noticeably Swallows outnumbered House Martins to a very great extent.
On the sprinlers at Dewsbury Sewage works some 380 Hirrundines consisted of some 399+ Swallows with around 50 House Martins and just a...
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21/09/2012 19:57
There was a Spotted Flycatcher found on Kerries Reserve at Ossett this afternoon.After a day of frequent showers and generaly overcast conditions in the valley there was also marked increases in the numbers of Phylloscopus Warblers on the Ossett Reserve were some 35 Warblers presumed Chiff Chaff...
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19/09/2012 19:25
What a differnce 24 hours makes.Today was a much clearer and windier day and it showed significantly in the bird numbers.
Yesterdays House Martin passage was much reduced with around 500 birds moving Westerly this morning.Swallows were much reduced with only around 150 noted again moving...
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18/09/2012 22:30
A Blue Hawker Dragonfly female was in the reserve at Kerries foods this morning(.See photo gallery.)
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18/09/2012 15:05
With fresh south westerly winds and occassional showers this morning there was very impressive numbers of Hirrundines moving up the valley between Healy Road Ossett and Earlsheaton this morning.
Outside brewers Pride public house there was easily 500 House Martins with around 180 to 200...
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12/09/2012 14:35
There was 3 Siskins in the Hedgerow leading to the Thornhill Rectory Farm from Millbank this morining.Also in the same area large numbers of House Martins and Swallows gathering over the bottom of healy Road Ossett and steadily moving off Westwards.There was about 400 House martins and some 200...
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