Calder Wetlands provided us with some good early spring records.
- Sand Martin (3rd March – Earliest ever record)
- Chiffchaff
- Longtailed Tits (Seen nest building)
- Grass Snake
Also, seen at Ackworth School
- Longtailed Tits
- Pied Wagtails
- Pipistrelle Bat
- Buzzard
Horbury Golfcourse had sightings of a Ring Necked Parakeet and there have also been early butterfly sightings with Red Admiral on the 1st of March.
Also reported at the meeting was a sighting of a Great Horned Owl near Nostell! Unfortunately it was an escapee.
We are always happy to recieve your records and sightings and look forward to hearing them at the next meeting.