This section includes a growing collection of stories and articles about the birds of the valley, and how the Friends of Gledhow Valley Woods has helped to encourage, protect and observe them over the years.

Many of the stories were written by Martin Calvert and originally printed in the RSPB Leeds Local Group Newsletter. They have been reproduced with his permission.

• Summer 2005: Sad Tales from the Nestboxes
• Summer 1999: Return of the Killer Woodpeckers
• Summer 1998: Attack of the Killer Woodpeckers
• Summer 1997: Tales from a Nestbox
• Summer 1996: A Year for Record Sightings?
• Winter 1994: Gledhow Valley Bird List Research
• Winter 1991: The Gledhow Valley Nestbox Scheme
• Summer 1991: Dredging the Gledhow Lake
• Winter 1990: The Little Grebes' Story
• Summer 1990: Local Patch Birding