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19 March 2024

Victoria Quay: Waxwing - 30

18 March 2024

Barlow Common: Barn Owl - 1 - hunting ; Chiffchaff - 2 - one heard only ; Mistle Thrush - 3 ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Greenfinch - 7+ ; Goldfinch - 3+ ; Pheasant - 1 ; Skylark - 2
Barnside Moor: Meadow Pipit - 3+ - Odd display flight
Burbage Valley: Ring Ouzel - 1 ; View Picture
Canklow: Chiffchaff - 5 - 5 singing in SK4291
Catcliffe Flash: Little Egret - 1 ; Shoveler - 4
Crookes Valley Park: Chiffchaff - 1+ - At least one, heard only
Five Weirs Walk Meadowhall toTown: Chiffchaff - 4 - singing males ; Goosander - 14 - at Effingham street.
Fulwood garden: Brambling - 1 - female at feeders ; Siskin - 4 ; Bullfinch - 1 - male ; Chaffinch - 6 ; Great Tit - 2 - pair inspecting nestbox
Graves Park: Chiffchaff - 1 - singing near Chantreyland Meadows ; Buzzard - 1 - on ground in frequent spot in grass south of path to St James Church ; Goldcrest - 1 - singing in Arboretum ; Mandarin - 4+ - including 1 pair ; View Picture, Little Grebe - 2 - pair on boating lake ; View Picture, Ring-necked Parakeet - 4+ - showing well around lakes ; View Picture
Greasbrough Dam,Wentworth: Great Crested Grebe - 4 ; Mute Swan - 2 - pair resting in grass at E end ; Mallard - 20+ ; Moorhen - 5+ ; Coot - 11+ ; Wren - 1 - singing ; Long-tailed Tit - 1+ ; Goldfinch - 1+ - active around Cedar tree
Greystones: Bullfinch - 1 - Observer's garden ; Blackcap - 1 - Observer's garden, singing
High Green: Greenfinch - 1 - Singing ; Buzzard - 2 - Pair circling
Howbrook Dam: Cormorant - 21 - On pylon at 6.50am
Kimberworth Park: Greenfinch - 1 - singing at Beevers Road
Langsett Res: Oystercatcher - 2 ; Goosander - 1 - West ; Meadow Pipit - 1+ - West - seemingly some movement of birds returning to uplands today
Low Common,Scholes: Black-headed Gull - 12 - feeding in stubble field
Low Moor, Upper Midhope: Curlew - 3 ; Lapwing - c20 ; Mistle Thrush - 1
Loxley Valley: Buzzard - 2
Middle Common,Scholes: Lapwing - 1 - displaying along W edge of Rockingham Wood ; Skylark - 1+ - singing ; Reed Bunting - 1 - female
Midhope Res: Grey Heron - 2 ; Oystercatcher - 2 ; Little Grebe - 1 - Trilling ; Jay - 2
Midhopestones: Collared Dove - 2 - Pair ; Curlew - 14 ; Meadow Pipit - 1+ ; Redwing - 1
Millstone Edge: Chiffchaff - 1 - singing
Monsal Trail: Kestrel - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 1 - Singing
Morley Plantation, (E): Blackbird - 1 - collecting nest material from bale, grounds of lodge ; Wren - 1 - singing ; Robin - 1 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Goldcrest - 1 - singing ; Great Tit - 1 - singing ; Nuthatch - 1 - singing ; Moorhen - 1
Morley Plantation, (W): Mandarin - 1 - drake by stream ; Mallard - 1 - drake ; Woodpigeon - 2+ - singing ; Robin - 1 - singing ; Wren - 2 - singing ; Nuthatch - 1 - singing
Morley Pond: Great Crested Grebe - 3 ; Mallard - 10+ ; Tufted Duck - 18 - 15 male ; Coot - 3 ; Chaffinch - 1 - singing
Orgreave Lakes: Little Ringed Plover - 2 - Pair on earthworks at northern end of main lake. ; Rock Pipit - 1 - N end of main lake ; Goldeneye - 5 - 2m, 3f ; Goosander - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing between bridges ; Buzzard - 4 - circling ; Shoveler - 2 ; Redshank - 2 ; Oystercatcher - 2 ; Reed Bunting - 3 ; Skylark - 6 ; Meadow Pipit - 5
Redmires: Fieldfare - 16 - In field opposite water works entrance
Redmires conduit: Curlew - 3 ; Lapwing - 5
Rockingham Wood: Wren - 1 - singing ; Robin - 1+ - singing