| Latest News - Birds in the Bradford Ornithological Group Area |
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An
usual visitor to an Ilkley garden on 6th May was this Turtle
Dove.
Photo: Paul Jones. |
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| A Dotterel seen on Soil Hill on 27th April. Photo: Brian Sumner. |
| April Highlights |
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A
pair of Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers in Hirst Wood, Saltaire .
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A
Red-throated Diver on Embsay Reservoir (6th).
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A
Montegu's Harrier flew over Soil Hill (27th) and three Ospreys
were seen over Wharfedale (3rd), (4th) and (10th). |
Four
Waxwings in Church Street, Bingley. |
A
Little Tern at Skipton Sewage Works (28th). |
| 250 Wheatears passed through the area. |
| Two Black-tailed Godwits at Snaygill (2nd). |
| Three sightings of Little Ringed Plover in Airedale. |
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| A singing male Pied Flycatcher seen in Strid Wood on April 26th. photo: M. Gurney. |
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Successful
breeding is underway with this female Goosander and her brood
seen on the Coppice Pond at St. Ives, Bingley, 10th May 2008. Photo:
Ian Hargreaves. |