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Sunday 8th April 2018

  • Aldwarke: Grey Heron - 1 ; Gadwall - 1pr ; Raven - 1 - very low overhead to NE calling @ 0915hrs; disturbed from ground a few mins later, left NE mobbed by L & C; lost over Liberty Steel ; Cormorant - 2 - on pylon @ 1000hrs
  • Aldwarke SF: Common Buzzard - 5 - soaring over together, calling @ 1030hrs ; Chiffchaff - 2 - inc one singing ; Meadow Pipit - 2 ; Coot - 1pr ; Reed Bunting - 2 - 1m; 1f ; Gadwall - 9 - 4prs + 1m ; Little Grebe - 1 ; Greenfinch - 3 - over ; Moorhen - 2 ; Blackcap - 1 - singing ; Willow Warbler - 1 - singing
  • Barlow Common: Little Owl - 2 ; Tree Sparrow - 2 - never seen them here before ; Yellowhammer - 2 ; Mistle Thrush - 2 ; Linnet - 3 ; Pheasant - 2 ; Stock Dove - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 1 ; Goldfinch - 4 ; Chiffchaff - 2 ; Long-tailed Tit - 3 ; Jay - 1 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2
  • Blackburn Meadows NR: Canada Goose - 6 ; 320 - 3 ; Gadwall - 2 ; Mallard - 4 ; Snipe - 2 ; Jackdaw - 250+ - Left the roost in the willows at first light ; Redwing - 3 ; Blackcap - 5 - Singing males ; Chiffchaff - 3 - Singing males
  • Brinsworth: 319 - 1 - Over Barrett estate, then harassed by 2 Carrion Crows Canklow 11.20. ; Blue Tit - 2 - Pair, entering and leaving hole in brickwork in railway bridge, Whitehill Lane.
  • Broomhead Moor: Stonechat - 1 - female.
  • Brownhills Lane: Swallow - 1 ; Fieldfare - c40 - in roadside fields
  • Burbage Valley: Ring Ouzel - 2 - m+f ; Stonechat - 2 - m+f
  • Canklow: Blackcap - 1 - singing, river. ; Chiffchaff - 3 - singing ; 319 - 1 - High over AMG works, moved S- E towards Canklow woods 11.35
  • Centenary Riverside: Song Thrush - 4 - inc 2 singing ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Mallard - 5 - 3m; 2f ; 320 - 1pr ; Coot - 1pr ; Moorhen - 2 ; Reed Bunting - 1 - male ; Greylag Goose - 3 - N/NE ; Kestrel - 1 - male ; Cormorant - 1 - NE ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - over ; Gadwall - 1pr ; Sand Martin - 2 ; Mute Swan - 2 - S, then W, circling back & leaving NE @ 0755hrs ; Grey Wagtail - 1pr ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Goosander - 1 - female , river ; Kingfisher - 1 - Male,river ; Mistle Thrush - 2 - pair ; Dunnock - 2 - pair ; Robin - 1 - singing ; Chaffinch - 1 - singing/calling. ; Chiffchaff - 1 - feeding, river ; Kestrel - 1 - male.
  • Cutthorpe: 324 - 1 - Small Tortoiseshell Butterfly near Hall Farm
  • Dore garden: Lesser Redpoll - 6 ; Brambling - 4 ; Siskin - 6 ; Reed Bunting - 2 - pair ; Bullfinch - 1 - male ; Coal Tit - 2
  • Firsby Res: Moorhen - 2 ; Coot - 4 ; Mallard - 2 - Pair. ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Snipe - 1 - Flew from reed bed calling. ; Swallow - 1 - First site record this year. ; 319 - 1 ; Song Thrush - 1 - Singing. ; Willow Tit - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 3 - Singing. ; Willow Warbler - 2 - Singing. ; Goldfinch - 12 ; Bullfinch - 3
  • Forge Dam: Mandarin - m+f
  • Fulwood garden: Brambling - 3 - 2M and F at feeders ; Lesser Redpoll - 1 - Cracking male at feeders
  • Grange Park Golf Course: Mallard - 2 - 1pr ; 319 - 1 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Woodpigeon - 6+ ; Stock Dove - 1 - sing ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 2 - drumming
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