2004 Report

2005 Report

2006 Report

EURASIAN JAY Garrulus glanarius
Resident breeder: woodland.
No apparent change in status although visible migration sites noted small numbers in the Autumn which coincided with an influx on the East Coast and other migration sites in inland Yorkshire

MAGPIE Pica pica
Common resident breeder: a wide range of timbered areas, including suburbs and farmland.
No apparent change in status.

EURASIAN JACKDAW Corvus monedula.
Common resident breeder: woodland areas, suburbs, farmland and rock faces.
No apparent change in status.

ROOK Corvus frugilegus.
Resident breeder: woodland and farmland.
No apparent change in status.

CARRION CROW Corvus corone.
Resident breeder: a wide range of wooded, farmland and moorland habitats, and suburbs.
No apparent change in status. Common throughout the area.

COMMON RAVEN Corvus corax
Increasingly common resident: possible winter visitor: mainly moorland and adjoining areas
Once again the Barden area accounted for 90% of the records with sightings throughout the year. A maximum of 6 was seen on two dates. Other less frequent observations were at Timble Ings, Denton Moor and Kex Gill with further sightings from Fly Flatts, Leeshaw Reservoir, Luddenden Dean and Thornton Moor. Four on Rombalds Moor on 24th September were the only Raven seen away from the two strongholds

COMMON STARLING Sturnus vulgaris
Resident breeder/winter visitor: a wide range of habitats, particularly urban areas, farmland and moorland.
No apparent change in status. Again there were no counts of the huge roost in the centre of Bradford.

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