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Jogon
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Bit late onto this one, just searching round S.L.There are flocks and flocks of Red Kite since the Harewood intro, one overhead at Harehills last week.Beautiful sight, though cannot believe RSPB propoganda that they eat "carrion, worms and small mammals".That is a big bird, and there are a lot of them, farming regs dictate that nothing bigger than a rabbit is 'left out'.Adel Dam Nature reserve is worth a look, the earlier in the morning the better - park to rhs of Parkway or whatever they call it this year. If you are lucky there's a family of Roe Deer in that area. Heron, Kingfisher, Red-backed Shrike.

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Adel Dam Nature reserve is worth a look, the earlier in the morning the better - park to rhs of Parkway or whatever they call it this year. If you are lucky there's a family of Roe Deer in that area. Heron, Kingfisher, Red-backed Shrike.Plus plenty of Treecreepers, Woodpeckers and Nuthatches in the wood., and I saw a pair of dippers along the beck near Stairfoot Lane 2 summers ago. There was an information board at the Red kite viewing area on the dam wall at Eccup reservoir but its no longer there. I think there were 40 pairs breeding around Harewood in 2009.

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geoffbDippers are one of my favourites - they happily live in 3 worlds each with ease - under (fast!) water, on land and in the air.http://youtu.be/dapCgYXdpfITheir full song is pretty good too.Good place to spottem is up by Harry's Dam West End [Ed - 'Jogon' back to Leeds], and the outflow walk Scar House Reservoir to Middlesmoor [Ed - final warning]    

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Jogon wrote: geoffbDippers are one of my favourites - they happily live in 3 worlds each with ease - under (fast!) water, on land and in the air.http://youtu.be/dapCgYXdpfITheir full song is pretty good too.Good place to spottem is up by Harry's Dam West End [Ed - 'Jogon' back to Leeds], and the outflow walk Scar House Reservoir to Middlesmoor [Ed - final warning]http://www.walkingenglishman.com/leedsharrogate27.htm and the beck at Gordale Scar Malham, which feeds the river Aire, which runs through Leeds:-)

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geoff good leeds leads there    

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steviefTechnically not twitching but hopefully see att'd. Roe buck. 6 miles from Leeds Town Hall.
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Remarkably large flock of lapwings flies around Lowfields Road near B&Q in Beeston - believe they roosted on the roof at one time        
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There have been Lapwing in that area for years I never get sick of seeing them.Incidentally I followed up the first post of a sighting of a Great Bustard with the a few enquiries one with the BTO and I was told categorically that there are no Bustards in the country and that the sighting was probably a feral Turkey.
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Tyke wrote: There have been Lapwing in that area for years I never get sick of seeing them.Incidentally I followed up the first post of a sighting of a Great Bustard with the a few enquiries one with the BTO and I was told categorically that there are no Bustards in the country and that the sighting was probably a feral Turkey. Seem to recall reading on the weekend that they had been re- introducedhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-16242147and http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-15826625    

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Greta Bustards have been reintroduced in England,there was footage of a female with two chicks on Springwatch last year    
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