A member of a Bradford birdwatching group who began a ‘lockdown bird list’ last year has recorded 79 species in the three-mile radius around her home. Now Chris Gill, who belongs to Airedale & Bradford branch of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) is encouraging people to find pleasure during lockdown by recording different birds they spot. Chris Gill decided in March to note down every bird she saw and to date has recorded 79 species including the sand martin, little grebe, peregrine falcon and reed bunting. “From the very first day of lockdown I was determined to hang on to as much of my own personal normality as possible. So in pursuit of this goal I decided to walk every day for at least two hours and to list every bird I saw.