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Friday 29th December 2017

High Storrs: Redwing - 1 - Briefly in garden tree. ; Greenfinch - 1 - On feeder. ; Siskin - 6 - On feeder, first visit for several months. ; Nuthatch - 1 - On feeder
Millhouses: Blackcap - 1 - Male again in Stowe Avenue garden ; Redwing - 15 - Feeding on Holly berries ; House Sparrow - 21 - Springfield Rd garden 1 hr watch. Blackbird 6, Song Thrush - 1, Blue Tit 1, Great Tit -1, Dunnock - 2, Robin - 1, Feral Pigeon - 6, Wood Pigeon - 2
Oughtibridge garden: Grey Wagtail - 1 - Foraging on and around garden pond
Rawmarsh:Haugh Rd: Cormorant - 1 - SW @ 15.10 ; Golden Plover - 3 - N @ 14.55 ; Fieldfare - 12 - SW
Whiteley Woods: Dipper - 1
Woodseats: Blackcap - 1 - Male visiting feeders in garden for second day.

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Thursday 28th December 2017

70 Acre Hill: Kestrel - 1 - Male hunting over 11.20
Attercliffe: Peregrine - 2 - adult pair on E side of Bernard Rd incinerator building
Barlborough Hall: Hawfinch - 1 - First for the area
Baslow: Cormorant - 1 - NW over Derwent
Big Moor: Peregrine - 1 ; Snipe - 1 - flushed from beside A621 and then over Ramsley Moor ; Common Gull - 1 - over W/SW
Bingham Park: Kingfisher - 1 - male, flew upstream
Brownhills Lane: Greylag Goose - 48
Crookes: Wren - 1 - nocturnal singing at 06.49.
Crookes Valley Park: Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Siskin - 1 - in alders ; Black-headed Gull - 95
Crookesmoor: Tawny Owl - 3 - including singing female. Crookesmoor Road/Northumberland Road area
Ecclesall: Tawny Owl - 1 - Ecclesall Road South/Knowle Lane
Greystones garden: Song Thrush - 1 ; Bullfinch - 2 - male & female
Howden Res: PARROT CROSSBILL - 12 - feeding in larches by path between King's Tree and Slippery Stones. ; Raven - 2 - flew towards Howard Clough.
Lodge Moor: Herring Gull - 1 - adult 'stomping' to raise worms on Spider Park cricket field
Monsal Head: Marsh Tit - 2 - on feeders by Hobb's Teas and Crafts Cafe ; Raven - 1 ; Sparrowhawk - 1
Moscar: Barn Owl - 1 - flew across A57 at 07:50
R Don, Attercliffe: Herring Gull - c80 - Warren St/Norfolk Bridge ; Great Black-backed Gull - c60
R Don, Effingham St: Kingfisher - 1 ; Cormorant - 3 - flew W ; Goosander - 1 - redhead on weir
Rawmarsh:Haugh Rd: Cormorant - 5 - NW @ 09.35 ; Great Crested Grebe - 1 - low to E @ 09.40 ; 319 - 2 - W
Redmires conduit: Stonechat - one - At far end of conduit near stone hut.
Rivelin Valley: Cormorant - 3 - W up the valley late afternoon
RVCP: Egyptian Goose - 2
RVCP, Main Lake: Herring Gull - 7 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 14 ; Kestrel - 1
RVCP, Meadowgate Lake: Little Egret - 2 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Cormorant - 23 ; Goldeneye - 3
Shepherd Wheel: Kingfisher - 1 - male, probably the one seen earlier at Bingham Park, lower pond
Shirebrook Valley: Willow Tit - 2 - Feeding at feeders by the visitors center.
Tinsley Golf Course: 319 - 1 - Perched in tree, woods 11.30 ; Goldcrest - 1 - Woods ; Jay - 1+ - Calling in woods, not observed. ; Long-tailed Tit - 05-Jun ; Blue Tit - 05-Jun ; Robin - 2
Upperdale: Mute Swan - 1 - 1st w. ; Dipper - 1

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Wednesday 27th December 2017

Attercliffe: Peregrine - 1 - ad on Bernard Rd incinerator building
Cross hill, Ecclesfield: Jay - 3 - Record garden total!
Firsby Res: Mallard - 9 ; 320 - 2 - Main Res now thawed out. ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1
Hangingwater garden: Blue Tit - 14 - simultaneously ; Siskin - 1 - m. first seen here this winter
Ibbotson Wheel Dam: 320 - 2 - m + f
Millhouses: Blackcap - 1 - Male in Stowe Avenue garden
R Don, Attercliffe: Goosander - 3 - m & 2f
Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Peregrine - 1 - low to NW @ 0755hrs
Silverwood Lagoon: Pochard - 8 ; Tufted Duck - 62 - new site record count ; Gadwall - 11 ; Woodcock - 1 ; 319 - 1 - roosting bird mobbed by Jays in SW paddocks ; Jay - 3

Tuesday 26th December 2017

Agden Beck: Green Woodpecker - 1 - yaffling
Agden Res: Tufted Duck - 2 - males ; Cormorant - 1
Hangingwater garden: Collared Dove - 4 - after years of being Hangingwater rarities, now seemingly resident
Orgreave Lakes: Yellow-legged Gull - 1 - Adult ; Great Black-backed Gull - 84 ; Herring Gull - 74 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 27 ; Common Gull - 2 - Both adults one of which was very dark ; Black-headed Gull - C800 - Gulls counted atv16.00. ; Red Kite - 1 - West at 15.00
Porter Valley: Ring-necked Parakeet - 2 - flying across fields near Ivy Cottage Lane
Rawmarsh:Haugh Rd: 319 - 4 - circling together @ 13.30 ; Golden Plover - 56 - N @ 15.00 ; Lapwing - 19 - N @ 15.30 ; Common Gull - 3 - on playing field ; Herring Gull - 38 - S ; Great Black-backed Gull - 17 - S

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