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29 January 2025
Agden: Stock Dove - 2 - foraging on ground near bird-feeders.Barlow: Jay - 1 ; Mistle Thrush - 2
Bradfield Dale: Red Kite - 1 - obs first here for several months. ;
, Raven - 2 ; 
, Buzzard - 6 ; 
, Stock Dove - 15 Cinder Hills: Jackdaw - 150+
Cutthorpe: Buzzard - 1 ; Pheasant - 2 ; Long-tailed Tit - 4
Dale Dike Res: Tufted Duck - 1 - drake
Damflask Res: Cormorant - 1 - adult on buoy.
Dog Kennel Pond: Great Crested Grebe - 2 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Mute Swan - 2 - resident pair from Morley Pond ; Greylag Goose - 12 - in adjacent field, S side ; Mallard - c20 ; Moorhen - 2 ; Coot - 3 ; Lapwing - 40+ - on exposed central island, lake partially drained,fishery staff netting fish at E end ; Black-headed Gull - 20+
Elsecar Res: Gadwall - 2 - Pair
Graves Park: Grey Heron - 4 - Boating Lake
Greystones garden: Blackcap - 2 - M&F in observer's garden ;
, Starling - 5 ; Robin - 2 ; 
Kimberworth Park: Herring Gull - 1 - adult chased from garage roof onto roof of house,by Carrion Crow on Cinderhill Road ; Dunnock - 1 - singing on Cinderhill Road
Low Bradfield: Dipper - 1 - on stream between Kirk Bridge and Agden Reservoir spillway. ; Greylag Goose - c240 - flocks of c200, c30 and 10 on Dale Dike.
Malin Bridge: Blackcap - 2 - male and female in garden, female appeared to chase male away. First male of the winter here. ;
Meersbrook Park: Pied Wagtail - 2
Monsal Trail: Buzzard - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 1
Morley Pond: Grey Heron - 2 ; Greylag Goose - 17 ; Mallard - 100+ ; Pintail - 1 - male, obs first for this site, moved from near centre of lake to between island and boathouse ; Tufted Duck - 3 - males ; Moorhen - 1 ; Coot - 5
Orgreave Lakes: Oystercatcher - 1 ; Goosander - 5 - 2 males and 2 females. ; Goldeneye - 2 - 1 pair displaying and copulating ; Lapwing - 77 - One at the edge of the lake and 76 flew over. ; Kestrel - 1 ;
, Skylark - 1 - singing bird. R Sheaf, Broadfield Rd: Mandarin - 73 ; Greenfinch - 5 ; Grey Heron - 1 - 2cy
R Sheaf, Broadfield Road: Mandarin - 87 ; Grey Heron - 1
Rawmarsh: Common Buzzard - 1 - S over High Street @ 1005hrs
Rockingham Wood (north): Robin - 1 - singing ; Coal Tit - 1 - calls ; Nuthatch - 1 - calling
Rockingham Wood (south): Wren - 1 - calling ; Robin - 1 - singing ; Long-tailed Tit - 1+ ; Great Tit - 1 - singing ; Nuthatch - 1 - calling ; Chaffinch - 10+ - in from cover crop ; Goldfinch - 1+
Scholes Ground: Grey Heron - 1 ; Buzzard - 2 - together, over, calling
Ughill: Stonechat - 2 - pair on roadside wall Wet Shaw Lane ;
, Fieldfare - c120 - single flock in fields Wentworth Park: Sparrowhawk - 1 - hunting over and through woodland at Deer Shed,causing Blue Tit to alarm, then low over track into Temple Hill Plantation, adj cattle grid ; Buzzard - 1 - into Temple Hill Plantation behind Peacock Lodge Farm