Decisions by the Yorkshire Naturalists’ Union Reports Committee

The following records, all which have appeared provisionally in previous Reports, have been accepted by the YNU.

1995

Black-crowned Night Heron at Ilkley : 25th to 27th October
Ring-necked Duck at Knotford Nook : 20th May
Ring-necked Duck (2) at Thornton Moor and Fly Flat Reservoirs : 22nd October to 6th November
Common Crane at Bingley : 10th October
Yellow-legged Gull : various locations and dates to 1999

1996

Red-crested Pochard at John o’ Gaunt’s Reservoir : 5th and 6th October
Rough-legged Buzzard at Barden : 1st and 8th December
Common Crane (2) at Timble : 13th April
Common Crane at Barden : 8th September
Red Kite at Halton Height : 31st March

1997

Little Egret at Lindley Wood Reservoir : 1st May
Red Kite at Askwith Moor : 12th July
Red Kite at Bradford : 12th July
Red Kite at Timble Ings : 9th September
Red Kite at Barden Moor : 26th October

1998

White Stork at Copley : 9th May
White Stork at Fewston : 4th June
Red Kite at Clifton : 19th October

1999

Purple Heron at Otley Gravel Pits : 18th September
White Stork at Bingley : 3rd April
White Stork in Washburn Valley : 27th and 29th April
White Stork at Knotford Nook : 15th July
Bean Goose at Paul Clough : 3rd October
Honey Buzzard at Nan Scar : 22nd September

2001

Little Egret at Otley Gravel Pits : 8th August
Little Egret at Burley : 3rd September
Little Egret at Knotford Nook : 25th September
Ring-necked Duck at Otley Gravel Pits and Knotford Nook : 20th to 23rd October
Montagu’s Harrier at Barden : 2nd to 4th June
Rough-legged Buzzard at Denton Moor : 15th November
Common Crane at Barden : 18th April
Common Crane at Silsden : 20th October
Richard’s Pipit at St. Ives : 29th September

2002

Common Crane (2) at Elland Gravel Pits : 16th March
Grey Phalarope at Fewston Reservoir : 3rd to 6th November
Golden Oriole at St. Ives : 25th May

2004

Black-crowned Night Heron at Denso Marston Nature Reserve : 7th May to 9th May