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Wintersett Reservoir
Wintersett Reservoir Wintersett Reservoir, June 2006. © Mick Greenwood

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Ferruginous Duck Ferruginous Duck    28/11/09
Ferruginous Duck Ferruginous Duck    26/11/09
Frigatebird sp. Frigatebird sp.    24/11/09
Ferruginous Duck Ferruginous Duck    22/11/09
Collared Pratincole Collared Pratincole    26/05/09
White Stork White Stork    14/04/09
Saker Falcon Saker Falcon    14/04/09
White Stork White Stork    28/03/09
White Stork White Stork    28/03/09
White Stork White Stork    27/03/09

Our premium bird information service, Bird News Extra, has full details of all these birds (including exact locations, directions and additional detail) in West Yorkshire, and also covers the rest of the British Isles. A free national service is also available. Click here to take a free tour of Bird News Extra, or here for more information.

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Bradford Ornithological Group
 Ruth Porter, 'Loen', Low Springs, Baildon BD17 6BG
 http://www.bradfordbirding.org/

County Recorder
 Craig Thomas, 16 Scarborough Road, Filey YO14 9RF
 01723 513055
 

County Recorder (VC61)
 Geoff Dobbs, 1 Priory Road, Beverley, East Yorkshire HU17 0EG
 07778 559763
 

County Recorder (VC62)
 Alastair Forsyth, Moorview Cottage West, Glaisdale, Whitby YO21 2PZ
 07771 626629
 

County Recorder (VC63)
 John Wint, 9 Yew Tree Park, Whitley, Goole DN14 0NZ
 01977 662826

County Recorder (VC64)
 Phil Bone, 11 Dorrington Close, Pocklington YO42 2GS
 07880 846905
 

County Recorder (VC65)
 Steve Worwood, 18 Coltsgate Hill, Ripon HG4 2AB
 01765 602518
 

Yorkshire Naturalists Union
 http://www.ynu.org.uk/

hide section Past rarities in West Yorkshire (41)

hide section Key sites and species in West Yorkshire (4)

West Yorkshire includes sites that are among the best in the country for the following species:

Whooper Swan
Glaucous Gull
Twite
Hawfinch

Bird News Extra subscribers can log in to see a list of sites where these species may be found, with comments on their likelihood and the best areas to look.

hide section Birding sites in West Yorkshire (227)

Click on a site name for more details of the site (Bird News Extra subscribers only), on a Grid reference for a map, on the picture thumbnail for images of the site (or on upload to share your own images), on "link" for a listing from BTO BirdTrack, and on Add/Update to submit your own site details.

Grid references are generic references for the named sites and indicate the general area, not the exact location of any particular bird. No right of access should be inferred from the inclusion of these grid references.

SiteGRPicturesBirdTrackAdd/update details
Aberford Aberford ··SE4337 SE4337Site picture (2 pictures)link linkupdate update
Ackworth Moor Top Ackworth Moor Top ·SE4316 SE4316upload uploadlink linkadd add
Addingham Addingham ·SE0749 SE0749upload uploadlink linkadd add
Adel Dam YWT Adel Dam YWT ·SE2741 SE2741upload uploadlink linkadd add
Allerton Bywater Allerton Bywater ··SE4127 SE4127Site picturelink linkupdate update
Almondbury Almondbury ·SE1615 SE1615upload uploadlink linkadd add
Altofts Altofts ·SE3723 SE3723upload uploadlink linkadd add
Alwoodley Alwoodley ·SE3040 SE3040upload uploadlink linkadd add
Anglers CP Anglers CP ··SE3715 SE3715Site picture (2 pictures)link linkupdate update
Ardsley Reservoir Ardsley Reservoir ·SE2924 SE2924upload uploadlink linkadd add
Arthington Arthington ·SE2744 SE2744upload uploadlink linkadd add
Avenue Wood, Temple Newsam Avenue Wood, Temple Newsam ··SE3731 SE3731Site picturelink linkupdate update
Baildon Baildon ·SE1539 SE1539upload uploadlink linkadd add
Baildon Moor Baildon Moor ·SE1440 SE1440upload uploadlink linkadd add
Baitings Reservoir Baitings Reservoir ·SE0018 SE0018upload uploadlink linkadd add
Bardsey Bardsey ·SE3643 SE3643upload uploadlink linkadd add
Barkisland Barkisland ·SE0519 SE0519upload uploadlink linkadd add
Batley Batley ·SE2424 SE2424upload uploadlink linkadd add
Ben Rhydding GPs Ben Rhydding GPs ·SE1447 SE1447upload uploadlink linkadd add
Bingley Bingley ·SE1139 SE1139upload uploadlink linkadd add
Bingley Moor Bingley Moor ·SE1142 SE1142upload uploadlink linkadd add
Birstall Birstall ·SE2226 SE2226upload uploadlink linkadd add
Blackmoorfoot Reservoir Blackmoorfoot Reservoir ··SE0912 SE0912Site picture (2 pictures)link linkupdate update
Blake Dean Blake Dean ·SD9531 SD9531upload uploadlink linkadd add
Booth Wood Reservoir Booth Wood Reservoir ·SE0216 SE0216upload uploadlink linkadd add
Boston Spa Boston Spa ·SE4245 SE4245upload uploadlink linkadd add
Bradford Bradford ·SE1632 SE1632upload uploadlink linkadd add
Bramham Bramham ·SE4242 SE4242upload uploadlink linkadd add
Bretton CP Bretton CP ···SE2812 SE2812Site picture (2 pictures)link linkupdate update
Brighouse Brighouse ·SE1422 SE1422upload uploadlink linkadd add
Brownhill Reservoir Brownhill Reservoir ·SE1106 SE1106upload uploadlink linkadd add
Buckstones Edge Buckstones Edge ·SE005135 SE005135upload uploadlink linkadd add
Burley Moor Burley Moor ·SE1344 SE1344upload uploadlink linkadd add
Burley Woodhead Burley Woodhead ·SE1544 SE1544upload uploadlink linkadd add
Burley-in-Wharfedale Burley-in-Wharfedale ·SE1646 SE1646upload uploadlink linkadd add
Calder Hebble Canal Calder Hebble Canal ·SE1322 SE1322upload uploadlink linkadd add
Castleford Castleford ·SE4325 SE4325upload uploadlink linkadd add
Clayton Clayton ·SE1231 SE1231upload uploadlink linkadd add
Clayton West Clayton West ·SE2510 SE2510upload uploadlink linkadd add
Cleckheaton Cleckheaton ·SE1825 SE1825upload uploadlink linkadd add
Clifton Clifton ·SE1622 SE1622upload uploadlink linkadd add
Cold Edge Dams Cold Edge Dams ·SE0429 SE0429upload uploadlink linkadd add
Cold Hiendley Reservoir Cold Hiendley Reservoir ·SE3614 SE3614upload uploadlink linkadd add
Collingham Collingham ·SE3845 SE3845upload uploadlink linkadd add
Cragg Vale Cragg Vale ·SE005235 SE005235upload uploadlink linkadd add
Crofton Crofton ·SE3718 SE3718upload uploadlink linkadd add
Cullingworth Cullingworth ·SE0636 SE0636upload uploadlink linkadd add
Darrington Darrington ·SE4820 SE4820upload uploadlink linkadd add
Deanhead Reservoir Deanhead Reservoir ··SE038151 SE038151Site picturelink linkupdate update
Deer Hill Reservoir Deer Hill Reservoir ··SE0711 SE0711Site picturelink linkupdate update
Denby Dale Denby Dale ·SE2308 SE2308upload uploadlink linkadd add
Denholme Clough Denholme Clough ·SE0732 SE0732upload uploadlink linkadd add
Dewsbury Dewsbury ·SE2421 SE2421upload uploadlink linkadd add
Digley Reservoir Digley Reservoir ·SE1007 SE1007upload uploadlink linkadd add
Doe Park Reservoir Doe Park Reservoir ·SE0733 SE0733upload uploadlink linkadd add
East Hardwick East Hardwick ·SE4618 SE4618upload uploadlink linkadd add
East Keswick East Keswick ·SE3644 SE3644upload uploadlink linkadd add
Eccup Eccup ·SE291423 SE291423upload uploadlink linkadd add
Eccup Reservoir Eccup Reservoir ··SE2941 SE2941upload uploadlink linkupdate update
Eccup Whin Eccup Whin ··SE283421 SE283421upload uploadlink linkupdate update
Eldwick Eldwick ·SE1240 SE1240upload uploadlink linkadd add
Elland Elland ·SE1121 SE1121upload uploadlink linkadd add
Elland GP Elland GP ·SE1222 SE1222upload uploadlink linkadd add
Esholt Esholt ·SE1840 SE1840upload uploadlink linkadd add
Fairburn Ings RSPB Fairburn Ings RSPB ··SE4527 SE4527Site picture (22 pictures)link linkupdate update
Farnley Reservoir Farnley Reservoir ··SE2533 SE2533upload uploadlink linkupdate update
Featherstone Featherstone ·SE4220 SE4220upload uploadlink linkadd add
Ferrybridge Ferrybridge ·SE4824 SE4824upload uploadlink linkadd add
Five Lane Ends, Bradford Five Lane Ends, Bradford ·SE1736 SE1736upload uploadlink linkadd add
Flockton Flockton ·SE2415 SE2415upload uploadlink linkadd add
Garforth Garforth ·SE4033 SE4033upload uploadlink linkadd add
Glasshoughton Glasshoughton ·SE4424 SE4424upload uploadlink linkadd add
Golcar Golcar ·SE1015 SE1015upload uploadlink linkadd add
Golden Acre Park Golden Acre Park ·SE2641 SE2641upload uploadlink linkadd add
Gomersal Gomersal ·SE2026 SE2026upload uploadlink linkadd add
Gorple Reservoirs Gorple Reservoirs ··SD9331 SD9331Site picture (4 pictures)link linkupdate update
Green Withens Reservoir Green Withens Reservoir ·SD9916 SD9916upload uploadlink linkadd add
Greengates Greengates ·SE1936 SE1936upload uploadlink linkadd add
Guiseley Guiseley ·SE1941 SE1941upload uploadlink linkadd add
Halifax Halifax ·SE0925 SE0925upload uploadlink linkadd add
Hardcastle Crags Hardcastle Crags ··SD9630 SD9630Site picturelink linkupdate update
Harden Harden ·SE086385 SE086385upload uploadlink linkadd add
Harewood Harewood ··SE3245 SE3245Site picturelink linkupdate update
Hawksworth Hawksworth ·SE1641 SE1641upload uploadlink linkadd add
Headingley Headingley ·SE2836 SE2836upload uploadlink linkadd add
Heaton Shay Heaton Shay ·SE1336 SE1336upload uploadlink linkadd add
Hebden Bridge Hebden Bridge ··SD9927 SD9927Site picture (2 pictures)link linkupdate update
Heckmondwike Heckmondwike ·SE2123 SE2123upload uploadlink linkadd add
Hepworth Hepworth ·SE161067 SE161067upload uploadlink linkadd add
Hetchell Wood Hetchell Wood ·SE3742 SE3742upload uploadlink linkadd add
Hickson's Pool, Castleford Hickson's Pool, Castleford ··SE4326 SE4326Site picture (2 pictures)link linkupdate update
High Ackworth High Ackworth ·SE4418 SE4418upload uploadlink linkadd add
Hollins Hey Landfill Site Hollins Hey Landfill Site ··SE1019 SE1019upload uploadlink linkupdate update
Holmbridge Holmbridge ·SE1206 SE1206upload uploadlink linkadd add
Holme Woods Holme Woods ·SE1004 SE1004upload uploadlink linkadd add
Holmfirth Holmfirth ·SE1408 SE1408upload uploadlink linkadd add
Honley Honley ·SE1311 SE1311upload uploadlink linkadd add
Horbury Horbury ·SE2918 SE2918upload uploadlink linkadd add
Horbury Wyke Horbury Wyke ···SE297173 SE297173upload uploadlink linkupdate update
Horsforth Horsforth ·SE2438 SE2438upload uploadlink linkadd add
Horton Bank Top Reservoir Horton Bank Top Reservoir ·SE1230 SE1230upload uploadlink linkadd add
Huddersfield Huddersfield ·SE1416 SE1416upload uploadlink linkadd add
Hunslet Hunslet ·SE3031 SE3031upload uploadlink linkadd add
Idle Idle ·SE1837 SE1837upload uploadlink linkadd add
Ilkley Ilkley ·SE1147 SE1147upload uploadlink linkadd add
Ilkley Moor Ilkley Moor ·SE1145 SE1145upload uploadlink linkadd add
Johnny Brown's Common Johnny Brown's Common ·SE461125 SE461125upload uploadlink linkadd add
Keighley Keighley ·SE0541 SE0541upload uploadlink linkadd add
Kiddal Lane End Kiddal Lane End ·SE4039 SE4039upload uploadlink linkadd add
Kirkheaton Kirkheaton ·SE1818 SE1818upload uploadlink linkadd add
Knotford Nook GPs Knotford Nook GPs ·SE2246 SE2246upload uploadlink linkadd add
Knottingley Knottingley ·SE5023 SE5023upload uploadlink linkadd add
Krumlin Krumlin ·SE0518 SE0518upload uploadlink linkadd add
Laisterdyke Laisterdyke ·SE1833 SE1833upload uploadlink linkadd add
Langfield Common Langfield Common ·SD9522 SD9522upload uploadlink linkadd add
Laycock Laycock ·SE0340 SE0340upload uploadlink linkadd add
Ledsham Ledsham ·SE4529 SE4529upload uploadlink linkadd add
Leeds Leeds ·SE3034 SE3034upload uploadlink linkadd add
Leeming Reservoir Leeming Reservoir ·SE0434 SE0434upload uploadlink linkadd add
Leeshaw Reservoir Leeshaw Reservoir ·SE0135 SE0135upload uploadlink linkadd add
Lemonroyd Sewage Works Lemonroyd Sewage Works ·SE381282 SE381282upload uploadlink linkadd add
Leventhorpe Flash Leventhorpe Flash ··SE3629 SE3629Site picturelink linkupdate update
Leventhorpe Water Meadow Leventhorpe Water Meadow ··SE365299 SE365299Site picturelink linkupdate update
Lidget Green Lidget Green ·SE1432 SE1432upload uploadlink linkadd add
Linthwaite Linthwaite ·SE1014 SE1014upload uploadlink linkadd add
Lower Laithe Reservoir Lower Laithe Reservoir ·SE0136 SE0136upload uploadlink linkadd add
Luddenden Dean Luddenden Dean ·SE0328 SE0328upload uploadlink linkadd add
Manywells Landfill Site Manywells Landfill Site ·SE064354 SE064354upload uploadlink linkadd add
Marley SF Marley SF ·SE087403 SE087403upload uploadlink linkadd add
Marsden Marsden ··SE0411 SE0411Site picturelink linkupdate update
Meltham Meltham ·SE1010 SE1010upload uploadlink linkadd add
Menston Menston ·SE1743 SE1743upload uploadlink linkadd add
Methley Methley ·SE3826 SE3826upload uploadlink linkadd add
Micklefield Micklefield ·SE4433 SE4433upload uploadlink linkadd add
Mickletown Mickletown ·SE3927 SE3927upload uploadlink linkadd add
Mirfield Mirfield ·SE2020 SE2020upload uploadlink linkadd add
Morley Morley ·SE2627 SE2627upload uploadlink linkadd add
Mytholmroyd Mytholmroyd ·SE0126 SE0126upload uploadlink linkadd add
Netherton, Huddersfield Netherton, Huddersfield ·SE1213 SE1213upload uploadlink linkadd add
Newmillerdam CP Newmillerdam CP ··SE3214 SE3214Site picture (2 pictures)link linkupdate update
Normanton Normanton ·SE3822 SE3822upload uploadlink linkadd add
Northowram Northowram ·SE1126 SE1126upload uploadlink linkadd add
Nostell Priory Nostell Priory ·SE4017 SE4017upload uploadlink linkadd add
Notton Notton ·SE3413 SE3413upload uploadlink linkadd add
Oakenshaw Oakenshaw ·SE1728 SE1728upload uploadlink linkadd add
Ogden Water Ogden Water ·SE0630 SE0630upload uploadlink linkadd add
Ossett Ossett ·SE2820 SE2820upload uploadlink linkadd add
Otley Otley ·SE2045 SE2045upload uploadlink linkadd add
Otley GPs Otley GPs ·SE1945 SE1945upload uploadlink linkadd add
Oulton Oulton ·SE3628 SE3628upload uploadlink linkadd add
Outwood Outwood ·SE3224 SE3224upload uploadlink linkadd add
Ouzlewell Green Ouzlewell Green ··SE3326 SE3326upload uploadlink linkupdate update
Oxenhope Oxenhope ·SE0335 SE0335upload uploadlink linkadd add
Paul Clough nr Oxenhope Paul Clough nr Oxenhope ·SE031338 SE031338upload uploadlink linkadd add
Ponden Reservoir Ponden Reservoir ··SD9937 SD9937Site picture (2 pictures)link linkupdate update
Pontefract Pontefract ·SE4521 SE4521upload uploadlink linkadd add
Pool in Wharfedale Pool in Wharfedale ·SE2445 SE2445upload uploadlink linkadd add
private site private site  upload upload add add
Pudsey Pudsey ·SE2233 SE2233upload uploadlink linkadd add
Pugney's CP Pugney's CP ··SE3218 SE3218Site picture (2 pictures)link linkupdate update
Pule Hill Pule Hill ·SE0927 SE0927upload uploadlink linkadd add
Queensbury Queensbury ·SE1030 SE1030upload uploadlink linkadd add
Ravensthorpe Ravensthorpe ·SE2220 SE2220upload uploadlink linkadd add
Raw Nook Raw Nook ·SE1628 SE1628upload uploadlink linkadd add
Redcar Tarn Redcar Tarn ·SE039423 SE039423upload uploadlink linkadd add
Riddlesden Riddlesden ·SE0742 SE0742upload uploadlink linkadd add
Ringstone Edge Reservoir Ringstone Edge Reservoir ··SE0418 SE0418Site picturelink linkupdate update
Ripponden Ripponden ·SE0319 SE0319upload uploadlink linkadd add
Rodley NR Rodley NR ··SE2336 SE2336Site picturelink linkupdate update
Rombalds Moor Rombalds Moor ·SE0845 SE0845upload uploadlink linkadd add
Rothwell CP Rothwell CP ··SE3529 SE3529upload uploadlink linkupdate update
Roundhay Roundhay ·SE3137 SE3137upload uploadlink linkadd add
Ryburn Reservoir Ryburn Reservoir ·SE0218 SE0218upload uploadlink linkadd add
Saltaire Saltaire ·SE1337 SE1337upload uploadlink linkadd add
Scammonden Dam Scammonden Dam ··SE0515 SE0515Site picture (2 pictures)link linkupdate update
Shelley Shelley ·SE2011 SE2011upload uploadlink linkadd add
Shepley Shepley ·SE1909 SE1909upload uploadlink linkadd add
Shibden Park Shibden Park ·SE1025 SE1025upload uploadlink linkadd add
Shipley Shipley ·SE1437 SE1437upload uploadlink linkadd add
Shooters Nab Shooters Nab ·SE0610 SE0610upload uploadlink linkadd add
Silsden Silsden ·SE0446 SE0446upload uploadlink linkadd add
Silsden Reservoir Silsden Reservoir ·SE0447 SE0447upload uploadlink linkadd add
Skellington Ash Ponds Skellington Ash Ponds ·SE344306 SE344306upload uploadlink linkadd add
Skelmanthorpe Skelmanthorpe ·SE2310 SE2310upload uploadlink linkadd add
Skelton Lake Skelton Lake ··SE3630 SE3630Site picturelink linkupdate update
Smawthorne Marsh, Castleford Smawthorne Marsh, Castleford ·SE432251 SE432251upload uploadlink linkadd add
Soil Hill Soil Hill ·SE0731 SE0731upload uploadlink linkadd add
South Elmsall South Elmsall ·SE4711 SE4711upload uploadlink linkadd add
South Kirkby South Kirkby ·SE4410 SE4410upload uploadlink linkadd add
Southern Washlands NR Southern Washlands NR ·SE3521 SE3521upload uploadlink linkadd add
St. Ives St. Ives ·SE095385 SE095385upload uploadlink linkadd add
Stainland Stainland ·SE0719 SE0719upload uploadlink linkadd add
Stockbridge NR (BOG Members Only) Stockbridge NR (BOG Members Only) ··SE0742 SE0742upload uploadlink linkupdate update
Stocksmoor Stocksmoor ·SE1810 SE1810upload uploadlink linkadd add
Swillington Ings Swillington Ings ··SE3828 SE3828Site picture (7 pictures)link linkupdate update
Thackley Thackley ·SE1738 SE1738upload uploadlink linkadd add
Thornton Thornton ·SE1032 SE1032upload uploadlink linkadd add
Thorpe Audlin Thorpe Audlin ·SE4716 SE4716upload uploadlink linkadd add
Thunder Bridge Thunder Bridge ·SE1811 SE1811upload uploadlink linkadd add
Tingley Tingley ·SE2826 SE2826upload uploadlink linkadd add
Todmorden Todmorden ·SD9424 SD9424upload uploadlink linkadd add
Undercliffe Undercliffe ·SE1734 SE1734upload uploadlink linkadd add
undisclosed site undisclosed site  upload upload add add
Upper Cumberworth Upper Cumberworth ··SE2108 SE2108upload uploadlink linkupdate update
Upper Denby Upper Denby ·SE230071 SE230071upload uploadlink linkadd add
Upton Upton ·SE4713 SE4713upload uploadlink linkadd add
Wainstalls Wainstalls ·SE0428 SE0428upload uploadlink linkadd add
Wakefield Wakefield ·SE3220 SE3220upload uploadlink linkadd add
Walsden Walsden ·SD9322 SD9322upload uploadlink linkadd add
Walshaw Dean Reservoirs Walshaw Dean Reservoirs ··SD9633 SD9633Site picture (2 pictures)link linkupdate update
Walton Colliery Nature Park Walton Colliery Nature Park ··SE3617 SE3617upload uploadlink linkupdate update
Warley Moor Reservoir Warley Moor Reservoir ·SE0331 SE0331upload uploadlink linkadd add
Wentbridge Wentbridge ·SE4817 SE4817upload uploadlink linkadd add
Wessenden Valley Wessenden Valley ··SE0508 SE0508Site picture (5 pictures)link linkupdate update
West Park West Park ·SE2637 SE2637upload uploadlink linkadd add
Wetherby Wetherby ·SE4048 SE4048upload uploadlink linkadd add
Whetstone Gate Whetstone Gate ·SE1046 SE1046upload uploadlink linkadd add
White Crag Plantation White Crag Plantation ·SE0646 SE0646upload uploadlink linkadd add
White Holme Reservoir White Holme Reservoir ·SD9719 SD9719upload uploadlink linkadd add
Wholestone Moor Wholestone Moor ·SE0716 SE0716upload uploadlink linkadd add
Widdop Reservoir Widdop Reservoir ·SD9332 SD9332upload uploadlink linkadd add
Wintersett Reservoir Wintersett Reservoir ··SE3714 SE3714Site picture (3 pictures)link linkupdate update
Withens Clough/Cragg Vale Withens Clough/Cragg Vale ·SD980225 SD980225upload uploadlink linkadd add
Woolley Woolley ·SE3113 SE3113upload uploadlink linkadd add
Wothersome Wothersome ·SE3942 SE3942upload uploadlink linkadd add
Wrenthorpe Wrenthorpe ·SE3122 SE3122upload uploadlink linkadd add
Yeadon Yeadon ·SE2040 SE2040upload uploadlink linkadd add

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