25 of my best local sightings of 2021 with several more runners up but these 25 are the rarest or least seen in the areas that I cover.
Spotted Flycatcher Fly FlattsKnot Fly Flatts
Whinchat Fly Flatts
Spotted Redshank Fly Flatts
Osprey Doe Park
Wigeon Fly Flatts, Leeshaw, Doe Park, Raggalds Flood.
Total count of 132 this year.
Pintail, female. Fly Flatts, TMR. Total of 3Mediterranean gull Thornton. 2 possibly 3 1st winter
plus 1 adult.
Ringtail Hen Harrier Fly Flatts very distant.
Caspian gull, sub adult Redcar Tarn.
Redpoll flock of 12 Ogden
Mass of gulls Cullingworth
Shoveler Wibsey Park, Redcar Tarn
Ring Necked Parakeet x3 Mixenden
Common Tern x 3 Fly Flatts
Sanderling Fly Flatts
Common Scoter Fly Flatts , Leeshaw total of 3
Iceland gull Thornton, Mixenden, Leeshaw. total of 3
Yellow Legged Herring gull, Redcar Tarn, Leeshaw, Fly Flatts, Cullingworth
total of 8 individuals.
Whooper Swan Fly Flatts, Mixenden, Leeshaw total of 124.
Black Tailed Godwit Fly Flatts
Black Redstart Fly Fly Flatts total of 4 possibly 5 individuals.
Shelduck Fly Flatts
Ring Ouzel Withins, Soil Hill. A poor year for this sp.
BS.