Highlights - April 2006 |
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| Woodcock | April | 3rd | An unusual report concerned a Woodcock over Bradford City Centre at 8.20am |
| Green Sandpiper | April | 8th | At Caldene Fields, Low Moor (8th and 9th) |
| Waxwing | April | 10th | 30 Waxwings in a Harden garden |
| White Stork | April | 11th | Reports a White Stork over Saltaire |
| Crossbills | April | 15th | 25 Crosbills at Timble Ings and three at Sandwith Moor Plantation |
| Ring Ouzel | April | 15th | Seven Ring Ouzels on Barden Fell |
| Tree Pipit | April | 15th | Tree Pipits were first noted on the 15th at Barden Fell |
| Twite | April | 15th | Eight Twite were seen around Leeshaw Reservoir |
| Ring Ouzel | April | 16th | One at TMR |
| Yellow Wagtail | April | 16th | One at TMR |
| Pied Flycatcher | April | 17th | At Strid Woods where the boxes are being used. |
| Greenshank | April | 20th | A private site |
| Redpoll | April | 23rd | 23 Redpolls were seen at Toad Holes Beck |
| Shelduck | April | 23rd | At Stockbridge |
| Whimbrel | April | 23rd | Over Wilsden |
| Shoveler | April | 24th | A pair at Knotford |
| Common Tern | April | 26th | Two Common Terns appeared at Otley Wetland |
| Redstart | April | 26th | Began appearing in the area from the 26th April with Timble and John o’ Gaunts being the best places to see these attractive birds. |
| Dunlin | April | 27th | at TMR |
| Spotted Flycatcher | April | 27th | Noted at Beamsley |
| Lesser Whitethroat | April | 28th | Bradford City Centre |
| Ring Ouzel | April | 29th | Two at TMR |
| Gadwall | April | 2nd | OGP |
| Twite | April | 30th | 20 at Fly Flatts |
| Yellow Wagtail | April | 30th | one at Leeshaw |
| Fieldfare | April | A report of over a 1000 in the Sandwith Moor area on the 7th. | |
| Golden Plover | April | Golden Plover had assembled at Sandwith Moor in a very large flock, where over 2000 were noted on the 20th | |
| Lesser Spotted Woodpecker | April | Good views could be had of a pair of Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers in Shipley Glen during early April, and at a private site where there is early evidence of breeding taking place. A bird was also seen in Middleton Woods, Ilkley (23rd). | |
| Osprey | April | Reported sightings of Osprey (7th, 14th and 18th), | |
| Wheatear | April | A total of 228 being reported from a wide variety of locations including Trough Lane, Oxenhope, Fly Flatts, Glovershaw, Baildon, Caldene Fields, Barden, Otley Wetland and Nab Water Lane. | |
| Yellowhammer | April | The only reports of Yellowhammer were from the Sconce Lane and Glovershaw area of Baildon where up to four males were heard at various times during the month. | |