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Thursday 25th February 2021

  • Loxley Chase: Common Gull - c20 - in fields with BHG flock ; Black-headed Gull - c300 - flock scattered over fields
  • Malin Bridge: Redwing - 1 - nocmig 05:19 ; Moorhen - 1 - nocmig 23:02
  • Manor: Carrion Crow - 2 - pair nest building.
  • Manor Fields Park: Stonechat - 1 - at 17:30 ; Redwing - 4 ; Blackbird - c14 - around park ; Linnet - c4 ; Mallard - 5 ; Moorhen - 3
  • Mayfield Valley: Little Owl - 1 ; 319 - 2 ; Skylark - 4 - 2 over W and 2 in fields ; Common Gull - 1 - adult in fields by David Lane ; Raven - 1 - W over David Lane
  • Midhope Res: Stock Dove - 20 - Single group in farmland ; Fieldfare - 10 ; Starling - c120 - 2 groups flew SE towards Stocksbridge 4.15pm ; Oystercatcher - 4 - Together below dam wall ; Tufted Duck - 4 - 2 pairs ; Goldeneye - 2 - a pair ; Little Grebe - 1 ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing ; Black-headed Gull - 1000+ - Groups constantly low NW towards Langsett Res roost 4 to 4.45 ; Common Gull - 20+ - Moving with BHG’s
  • Millhouses garden: Jay - 3 - group of 3 was unusual.
  • Norfolk Heritage Park: Stock Dove - 2 - A pair feeding on the ground in front of a nest box which a pair (presumably these two) used last year.
  • Onesmoor bottom: Little Owl - 2 - calling from stone walls. ; Fieldfare - c80 - feeding in fields.
  • Orgreave Lakes: Shelduck - 2 - On the big lake ; Shelduck - 2 ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - Calling by river ; Curlew - 1
  • Oughtibridge: Rook - 3 - nest building at cemetery..
  • Pit-house West: Water Rail - 1 ; Coot - 2 ; Reed Bunting - 1 ; 324 - 1 - Peacock butterfly
  • Redmires conduit: Curlew - 2 - Feeding on pasture on downhill side of conduit, near pond.
  • Redmires Res: Curlew - 83 - roosted on Middle Res ; Oystercatcher - 2 - ads roosted on Middle Res ; Lapwing - 80 - c. on Middle Res ; Barn Owl - 1 - hunting along conduit at dusk ; Blackbird - 1 - singing ; Song Thrush - 2 - inc one singing ; 320 - 10 - c. on Middle Res ; Tufted Duck - 3 - 2 m + 1 f on Top Res
  • Redscope Plantation: Woodpigeon - 20+ ; Wren - 1 - singing ; Dunnock - 1 ; Robin - 3 - singing ; Blackbird - 1+ ; Redwing - 1+ ; Goldcrest - 1 - singing ; Great Tit - 1+ ; Chaffinch - 1 ; Goldfinch - 1+ ; Magpie - 2 ; Bullfinch - 1 - calls
  • Ringinglow: Curlew - 1
  • Rother Valley CP: Goldeneye - 5 ; Redwing - 1 ; Canada Goose - 94 ; Greylag Goose - 44 ; Oystercatcher - 2 ; Black-headed Gull - 150+ ; Herring Gull - 25+ ; Grey Heron - 8 ; Great Crested Grebe - 1 ; Wigeon - 36 ; Pochard - 3 ; Tufted Duck - 30+ ; Mistle Thrush - 3 ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Goldfinch - 4 ; Long-tailed Tit - 4 ; Cormorant - 18
  • Scholes Coppice: Robin - 4+ - singing ; Goldcrest - 1 - singing ; Nuthatch - 1+ - 1 singing ; Treecreeper - 1+ - singing, pos more, peace shattered by kid on trials bike tearing through wood and adj field @ Upper Common.
  • Thorpe Hesley: Yellowhammer - 4
  • Thorpe Hesley garden: Blackbird - 1 - f unusually feeding on fat ball holder. Collected droppings from floor.
  • Wadsley Common garden: Jackdaw - 40 - Noisily over garden north towards the common. ; Feral Pigeon - 1 - Very rare here.
  • Walkley garden: Tawny Owl - 1 ; Wren - 2 - Pair foraging in shrubs
  • Wharncliffe Chase: Song Thrush - 2 - singing ; Mistle Thrush - 5 - 4 singing ; Yellowhammer - 2 - singing ; Skylark - 40+ - Widespread and abundant in parts of southern end with several in song ; Reed Bunting - 2 ; Lapwing - 11 ; Goldfinch - 5 - 2 singing ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - yaffling ; Snipe - 2 ; Stock Dove - 1 ; Redwing - 50+ - In Roundabout Plantation, large group calling Starling like ; Fieldfare - 50+ - With Redwings
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