Birds of many feathers flock together in the hills and dales around Hebden Bridge
Whether you’re a serious birdwatcher or simply enjoy observing garden birds, there’s a wealth of birdlife in the hills and dales around Hebden Bridge. Because of its hilltop location, Elmet Farmhouse is the perfect place for birdwatching. Surrounded by meadows, with woods and rivers in the valley below and open moorland on the uplands above, there’s an unusually diverse array of species in close proximity.
From golden plovers, lapwings and curlews up on ‘the tops’, to kestrels, swallows and pheasants in the fields, to woodpeckers, tawny owls and treecreepers in the woods and herons, dippers and grey wagtails by the river, there’s great scope for bird-watching in the Upper Calder Valley. These photos record some of the birds we’ve encountered locally in the last few years.
Blue Tit
Barn Owl
Black-headed Gull
Blackbird
Buzzard
Canada Goose
Chaffinch
Chiffchaff
Coal Tit
Curlew
Dipper
Dunnock
Fieldfare
Gadwall Duck
Goldcrest
Golden Plover
Goldfinch
Goosander
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Great Tit
Green Woodpecker
Greenfinch
Grey Heron
Grey Wagtail
Greylag Goose
Guinea Fowl
Herring Gull
House Sparrow
Jackdaw
Jay
Kestrel
Lapwing
Linnet
Little Owl
Long-Tailed Tit
Mallard Ducks
Meadow Pipit
Mistle Thrush
Northern Wheatear
Oystercatcher
Parakeet
Peacock
Pheasant
Pied Wagtail
Raven
Red Grouse
Redpoll
Redshank
Redwing
Reed Bunting
Robin
Rook
Sandpiper
Short-Eared Owl
Siskin
Skylark
Snipe
Song Thrush
Starling
Swallow
Tawny Owl
Treecreeper
Tufted Duck
Willow Warbler
Wren
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