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Friday 17th December 2021

Attercliffe: Peregrine - 1 - ad on Bernard Road incinerator building
Barbrook Filters: Stonechat - 2 - Pair ; Reed Bunting - 4 ; Wren - 1 - Singing briefly
Crowhole: Grey Wagtail - 1
Handsworth garden: Grey Wagtail - 1 - In standing water on flat garage roof.
Hangingwater garden: Long-tailed Tit - c 10 - in late afternoon irruption with other birds ; Blue Tit - c 8 ; Coal Tit - 2 ; Blackcap - 1 - f (saw off Robin) ; Blackbird - 1 ; Chaffinch - 2 - 1m + 1f
Hillsborough: Cormorant - 1 - over S
Meersbrook Park: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 drumming ; Redwing - 9
Middleton Moor: Lapwing - 97 ; Black-headed Gull - 81 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 10 ; Common Gull - 1 ; Wigeon - 3
Orgreave Lakes: Water Rail - 1 - By the Rother
R Don, Effingham St: Chiffchaff - 4+ - together in feeding flock with Blue, Great and Long-tailed Tits, at least 4 birds. ; 320 - 1 - drake ; Cormorant - 1 - fishing in river ; Goosander - 2 - m & f
Ramsley Res: Brambling - 1+ - At least 1 male on feeders
Rawmarsh; Bellows Road: Mistle Thrush - 1 - settled on mobile mast
Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Great Tit - 1 - singing in garden ; Blue Tit - 4 - chasing excitedly through gardens - just like spring!
Silver Wood: Pink-footed Goose - c.30 - in field of winter wheat between N edge of woods and track to Pingle Lane Tip at 09.40. Presumably grounded in fog, and first I've ever seen 'down' in Silverwood area in over 30 years of watching the site
Staveley: Goosander - 3 - on Chesterfield Canal ; Cormorant - 1 - on Chesterfield Canal ; Kingfisher - 1 - on Chesterfield Canal
Thrybergh CP: Goosander - 2 - Males, Thrybergh lane end.
Tinsley Golf Course: Mistle Thrush - 5 - 2 singing ; Redwing - 10+
Walkley garden: Tawny Owl - 1 - Calling from lime tree

Thursday 16th December 2021

Brownhills Lane: Greylag Goose - 40 ; Curlew - 1 - flying over, calling.
Chatsworth Park: Brambling - 20+ - Under beech trees between Edensor and House ; Little Grebe - 1 ; Goosander - 2 - Pair ; Carrion Crow - 1 - Feeding on half submerged Pheasant carcass in river ; Coot - 11 - Much lower number than recent years
Ecclesall: Raven - 1 - flew W at 09:15 hrs - mobbed by local Carrion Crows
Endcliffe Park: Dipper - 2 - close to playground
Fulwood garden: Brambling - 5 - 4m and 1f around feeders ; Collared Dove - 2 - including one singing
Graves Park: Redwing - 14+ - In one of Farm fields ; Tufted Duck - 2 - males, Middle lake ; Mandarin - 5 - 3m, 2f
Green Moor: Redwing - 30+ - Feeding in same field ; Fieldfare - 60+ - In same field
Leash Fen: Stonechat - 1 - A male ; Snipe - 2
Middleton Moor: Lapwing - 166 ; Golden Plover - 3 ; Wigeon - 3 - Male,2 females ; Goosander - 1 - Redhead ; 320 - 2 - Males ; Pink-footed Goose - 3 - Feeding on grassy shoreline
Old Whittington: Stock Dove - 4 - up to 4 ; Fieldfare - 1 ; Redwing - 3 ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Goldfinch - 1
R Don, Effingham St: CASPIAN GULL - 1 - first-winter showing various (but not all) features mid-afternoon ; CASPIAN GULL - 1 - another photo showing underwing ; CASPIAN GULL - 1 - a final photo showing rump and uppertail
R Sheaf, Heeley: Mandarin - 2 - 1m, 1f - Broadfield Rd
Ranmoor: Pink-footed Goose - c100 - Flying west low over house at 15:48
Redmires Bottom Res: Mallard - 29
Redmires conduit: 319 - 1 - over conduit/Hammond's field area.
Redmires Middle Res: Canada Goose - 30 ; Greylag Goose - 1 ; Tufted Duck - 3 - All males ; 320 - 12 ; Mallard - 14 ; Mallard hybrid - 1 ; Kestrel - 1 - Female ; Curlew - 1 ; Lapwing - 50+
Redmires Top Res: Wigeon - 9
Sheffield University: Peregrine - 1 - on St George's late morning
Shillito Wood: Yellowhammer - 3 - two males and a female around the feeders
Stubley Hollow: Lapwing - 11 - First record this year

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Wednesday 15th December 2021

Burngreave: Starling - 300 - murmuration above Spital Hill at 16:00
Handsworth garden: Goldfinch - 30 + - on sunflower heart feeders with 3 greenfinch
Hillsborough: Kestrel - 1 - on streetlight near B&Q.
Holmesfield: Kestrel - 1 - Landed just a few yards away, unconcerned by observer's presence ; 319 - 1
Meersbrook Park: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - Drumming ; Long-tailed Tit - 5+
Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Common Gull - 2 - adults, S together. Becoming increasingly scarce in Rotherham
Redmires Res: Cormorant - 2 - flew west at dusk ; Black-headed Gull - 141 - roosted on Top Res

Tuesday 14th December 2021

Brownhills Lane: Curlew - 1 - headed W calling constantly at 16:00, presumably to roost on middle res ; Greylag Goose - 88
Frith Wood, Dronfield: Jay - 1
Hillsborough: Cormorant - 1 - perched on roof of SWFC South Stand