Waxwing sighting
There has been a report on the Bradford birding website of 14 waxwings in Ilkley Town Centre car park on Tuesday 15th November. Please let us know if you spotted them too. The first...
Category: Sightings
Large white caterpillars
Whilst not in Wharfedale, John Gavaghan came across a strange site on Saturday: lots of Large White caterpillars scaling the white walls around Golden Acre Park’s café plus two that had already pupated! My...
August sightings
August was a month of few sightings reported through the website, but it is typically when people take holidays. Thank you to Denis O’Connor and Hazel Goulden for their reports of a Great egret...
Latest sightings
Thank you to all those who have been sending in their sightings. We have had quite a lot of Cuckoo reports and, further to John Waite’s Redstart sighting at Scargill Reservoir, another was spotted...
Green hairstreaks
Conditions were great today for butterflies and there were a few sightings of green hairstreaks on the moors. They have appeared slightly later this year in some of their usual spots. The featured image...
The cuckoos are back
We had a request through recently asking about possible sites, in Wharfedale, where one could maximise their chances of seeing or hearing a cuckoo. The last time I had a cuckoo encounter was several...
Bumblebees
A bit of sun has brought out the insects in our garden including this bumblebee. I was surprised to find out there are 24 different species of bumblebee in this country and 275 worldwide....
Wildlife in unlikely places
This frog was spotted on the pavement outside the Wheatley pub in Ben Rhydding looking slightly out of place. Maybe it had popped in on the way home?
The first of the Spring butterflies?
It has felt a bit more Spring like the last few days and the weather looks promising for the coming week. The featured image is a picture of a fresh looking Tortoiseshell spotted today...
