Did,nt get out until 1600 hrs so nearest location Ogden was my first port of call.
The sky was dark and grey with light too low for any photos so it was just as well nothing special was on the water. Just the usual BHGs and LBBs in small numbers with 5 Cormorant present.
Passerine alley was alive with Willow Warblers and Chiffchaffs along with a few Chaffinch and 2 Goldcrest, the Warbs looking like an overnight fall.
With this in mind and nothing else to see here I headed for the car with the idea of checking out Ned Hill track. As I approached the promenade 5 Curlew headed over noisily >W and all short billed juvs.
The story was the same on Ned Hill track with several Willow Warblers and Mipits in the small plantation below the track with a few LBB gulls moving >N through the col towards Oxenhope.
A check on Roper Lane at the Redstart sight found again Willow Warblers and surprisingly a single Spotted Flycatcher though a distant and brief sighting.
Several Swallows were moving through >W.
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WEST YORKSHIRE BIRDING. BRIAN SUMNER. I am based at Queensbury and bird a patch within a 10 mile range of home incorporating 16 stretches of water, several plantations, a belt of woodland, stretches of river and canal and good areas of moorland. I specialize in upland birds, reservoir and sky watching. My local patch is Fly Flatts reservoir. Any reports can be sent by text or call to 07771 705024 or see profile for e mail address. All images on this blog are copyright.(2025).