Highlights - September
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| Linnet | September | 1st | An observer on Lee Lane near Leeshaw Reservoir counted 168 Linnets |
| Osprey | September | 1st | Passed the watch-point at Barden Scale |
| Reed Warbler | September | 1st | At Stockbridge |
| Red-crested Pochard | September | 2nd | Two Red-crested Pochards at Otley Wetlands |
| Scaup | September | 2nd | Seen at Knotford Nook |
| Whitethroat | September | 2nd | At Bradup |
| Yellow-legged Gull | September | 2nd | A 3rd year Yellow-legged Gull at the moorland watch-point |
| Greenshank | September | 3rd | Four Greenshank were at Doe Park Reservoir |
| Reed Warbler | September | 3rd | At Otley Wetlands |
| Common Scoter | September | 5th | Six Common Scoter at moorland watch-point |
| Osprey | September | 5th | One flew over moorland watch-point |
| Wheatear | September | 5th | 18 at Trough Lane |
| Whitethroat | September | 5th | At Glovershaw |
| Willow Tit | September | 8th | Noted in woodland by Scargill Reservoir |
| Arctic Skua | September | 9th | Flew over Kex Gill |
| Grasshopper Warbler | September | 9th | Seen at Paul Clough |
| Lesser Whitethroat | September | 9th | Two Lesser Whitethroats were at Toad Holes Beck |
| Marsh Harrier | September | 9th | Two Marsh Harriers, one over Sandwith Moor and another by Leeshaw Reservoir |
| Pectoral Sandpiper | September | 9th | At Connonley Ings |
| Whitethroat | September | 9th | At Paul Clough |
| Goosander | September | 10th | A roost of 41 redheaded Goosanders assembled at the moorland watch-point |
| Kingfisher | September | 10th | Five Kingfishers, seen on a garden pond in Frizinghall |
| Wigeon | September | 11th | 18 at Lower Laithe and 17 at Fly Flats |
| Osprey | September | 17th | Osprey being ‘mobbed’ by crows as it sat in a tree at Lower Laithe Reservoir |
| Yellow Wagtail | September | 17th | Scarce all summer, seen on migration at the moorland watch-point |
| Hobby | September | 21st | Hobby was seen chasing hirundines over the copse just north of Leeshaw Reservoir |
| Willow Tit | September | 23rd | Denholme Clough and there most of October |
| Yellow Wagtail | September | 23rd | At Otley Wetlands |
| Spotted Flycatcher | September | 25th | Paul Clough |
| Whitethroat | September | 25th | Two late birds were seen in a Cullingworth Garden on the 25th |
| Black Redstart | September | 29th | A female Black Redstart attracted members to the moorland watch-point at the end of the month |
| Ring Ouzel | September | Paul Clough (4th, 9th and 30th) with two birds there on the 25th | |
| Siskin | September | By the middle of the month Siskins were appearing in small flocks with sightings at Paul Clough, Doe Park and the moorland watch-point | |
| Sparrowhawk | September | A member reported that whilst watching a Sparrowhawk in Bull Copy Woods, Saltaire, they saw it catch a Great Spotted Woodpecker, it was subsequently ‘mobbed’ by three magpies and jays and eventually it had to release the GSW. | |
| Spotted Flycatcher | September | Sightings early in the month with birds seen around John o’Gaunts Reservoir, Stainburn Forest, Golcar Farm (where they have probably bred), Crook Farm, Baildon and Paul Clough. | |
| Stonechat | September | Members reported seeing them at a variety of locations including Glovershaw, Nab Water Lane, Penistone Hill, Intake Gate, Trough Lane, Paul Clough, Ellar Carr Pike, Fly Flats, Thornton Moor and Sandwith Moor | |
| Whinchat | September | Seemed to be present in reasonable numbers with reports of birds seen at Nab Water Lane, Thornton Moor watch-point, Intake Gate, Trough Lane, Fly Flats, Leeshaw and Glovershaw. A family flock of five birds was present, alongside the Glen Road, Glovershaw throughout the first week of the month | |