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Fulwood garden:
Siskin - 2 ;
Chaffinch - 7 ;
Goldfinch - 6 ;
Greenfinch - 5 ;
Song Thrush - 1 - singing early morning ;
Dunnock - 4 - courtship chasing ;
Wren - 1 - singing ;
Starling - 45 ;
Jackdaw - 35 ;
Rook - 1 ;
Pheasant - 1 - male ;
319 - 1
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Gillfield Wood:
Raven - 2 - over western end. Assumed same as Totley Bents
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Graves Park:
Goosander - 1 - On Boating Lake ;
Little Grebe - 2 ;
Herring Gull - 1 ;
Canada Goose - 9 - On middle pond ;
Mandarin - 2 - Pair ;
Ring-necked Parakeet - 1+ ;
Tufted Duck - 10+
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Green Moor:
319 - 2 - pair copulating in tree on edge of Green Moor Delf
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Highfield:
Swan sp - c115 - large swan flock (presumably Whoopers) seen at distance heading approximately NW at 08:03.
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Langsett Res:
Oystercatcher - 8 ;
Curlew - 3
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Low Common:
Pied Wagtail - 1 - in stubble field
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Low Harley:
Swallow - 1 - singing on telegraph lines
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Low Moor, Upper Midhope:
Oystercatcher - 3 - incl pair copulating ;
Snipe - 1+ - Only one seen displaying but others heard chipping ;
Stock Dove - 1 - Display flight ;
Curlew - 5 - incl pair copulating ;
Siskin - 3+ ;
Redwing - 1+ ;
Fieldfare - 4 ;
Skylark - 1 - singing ;
Whooper Swan - c233 - c122 NW at 8.20 + c111 NW at 9am ;
Whooper Swan - c233 - Another pic
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Meersbrook Park:
Mistle Thrush - 4
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Middle Common:
Reed Bunting - 9 - feeding in cover crop between defunct hedge and Cinder Hills
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Middleton Moor:
Wigeon - 1 - Male ;
Oystercatcher - 2 ;
Shelduck - 3 ;
Greylag Goose - 7 ;
320 - 26 ;
Curlew - 104 - roosted. inc two colour ringed birds, one of which was seen previously there in June 2020, ringed in Jan 2016 at Rumney Wharf, Newport. South Wales. ;
Golden Plover - 9 - roosted ;
Red Kite - 1 - flew over hide in evening. ;
Common Gull - 191 - most left initially E, but some did roost. ;
Goosander - 3 - roosted ;
Snipe - 5+ - dusk ;
Lesser Black-backed Gull - c60 - roosted
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Midhope Hall Lane:
Barn Owl - 2
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Nether Edge:
Tawny Owl - 2 - inc 1 visible on Bank Close at 14:00
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Orgreave Lakes:
Willow Warbler - 1 - Singing at the top of the big hill ;
Wheatear - 6 - Northern plains, 4m 2f
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Overstones Farm:
Lapwing - 2 - Observer has been coming here 20yrs. A herd of 24+Cows & calves of Belted Galloway cattle are now in the field. NO curlews calling or lapwings displaying ! The nesting habitat has been destroyed.
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Rawmarsh:
Greylag Goose - 3 - NE together @ 0930hrs ;
Blackbird - 1 - female; carrying food, presumably to nest in an adjacent garden, Rockcliffe Road
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Redmires Middle Res:
Oystercatcher - 4
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Redmires Top Res:
Little Grebe - 1 ;
Tufted Duck - 2 - 1m, 1f
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Rivelin Dams:
Whooper Swan - c150 - Heading NW. at 08:55
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RVCP:
Shelduck - 1 - Flew N @ 07-45 ;
Whooper Swan - 9 + 42 ;
Fieldfare - 41 ;
Oystercatcher - 5 ;
Sand Martin - 50+ ;
House Martin - 2 ;
Swallow - 4
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Strines Res:
Oystercatcher - 4 ;
Whooper Swan - c20 - in flight to NW, heading NW, towards Upper Derwent c13:30, possibly the Derwent Res birds leaving.
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Thrybergh CP:
Mute Swan - 26 ;
Whooper Swan - 74 - 24 north 08:25; c50 north 10:38 ;
Tufted Duck - 28 ;
Sand Martin - 250+ ;
Swallow - 1 ;
Chiffchaff - 5 ;
Oystercatcher - 4 ;
Lapwing - 2 ;
Pied Wagtail - 8 ;
Grey Wagtail - 2
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Totley Bents:
Raven - 2 - over Bole Hill and Totley Rifle Range ;
Kestrel - 1 - calling by the Cricket Inn
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Totley Open Space:
Dunnock - 1 - nest-building in brambles
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Tyzack*s Dam:
Kingfisher - 1 - My first here since January 2021.
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Ulley Brook Bog:
Sparrowhawk - 1 - From treeline circling to a great height 13.50 ;
319 - 1 - Circling then in tree. ;
Chiffchaff - 3 - 2 singing ;
Long-tailed Tit - 2
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Ulley Res:
Kestrel - 1
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Ulley Res, NE arm:
Lesser Redpoll - 4 ;
Chaffinch - 2 - 1 singing both males. ;
Great Crested Grebe - 2 - Pair 1 with nesting material and calling.
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Upper Whiston:
Red Kite - 2 - From field to trees off Guithwaite Common Lane 13.20 ;
Lapwing - 2 ;
Kestrel - 1 ;
Skylark - 2 - Singing
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Wentworth Lakes:
Stock Dove - 2 - pair? feeding in field N of Dog Kennel