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30 January 2025

Attercliffe, Warren St: CASPIAN GULL - 1 - 1st winter unringed bird on the recycling center roof.
Ecclesfield Dam: Mallard - 14 ; Moorhen - 1 ; Greylag Goose - 1 ; Canada Goose - 4 ; Ring-necked Parakeet - 1 ; Grey Heron - 1 - Usual abberent white individual.
Greystones: Blackcap - 2 - Males in observer's garden ; View Picture, Blackcap - 2 - 2nd Photo ; View Picture
Guilthwaite Common Lane: Stonechat - 1 - female ; Yellowhammer - 1 - female ; Kestrel - 1 ; Buzzard - 2 ; Skylark - 3 - singing birds
Longshaw Lodge: Greenfinch - 4 ; View Picture, Chaffinch - 1+ ; View Picture, Siskin - 3 ; View Picture, Nuthatch - 1
Morley Pond: Greylag Goose - 31 - in field at Peacock Lodge ; Mandarin - 1 - male ; Gadwall - 4 ; Mallard - 70+ ; Moorhen - 1 ; Coot - 10 - 7 feeding on grass ; Black-headed Gull - 70+ - following tractor ploughing field adj to Trowles Wood ; Herring Gull - 1+ ; Redwing - 1+ ; Nuthatch - 1 ; Goldfinch - 1+
Orgreave Lakes: VARIOUS ESCAPED SPECIES - 1 - Chiloe' Wigeon. Flying between both lakes ; View Picture, Goldeneye - 2 - pair ; Goosander - 4 - 3 males and a female flew north at 12.05 ; View Picture, Kestrel - 2 ; Buzzard - 1 ; View Picture, Great Black-backed Gull - 5 - At 12.00 ; Herring Gull - 158 - At 12.00
Scholes Ground: Cormorant - 1 - between Cascades and Morley Pond ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Mandarin - 3 - 2 males with female up from waters edge
Treeton Meadows: Teal - 6 ; Mallard - 4 ; Grey Heron - 4

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. ; View Picture, Raven - 2 ; View Picture, Buzzard - 6 ; View Picture, Stock Dove - 15
Chatsworth Park: Green Woodpecker - 1 - Yaffling ; Goosander - 5 - 4 drakes 1 female ; Redwing - 20 ; Mandarin - 13 ; Little Grebe - 1 ; Barnacle Goose - 1 - With Canadas in front of House
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 ; View Picture, Starling - 5 ; Robin - 2 ; View Picture
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. ; View Picture
Meersbrook Park: Pied Wagtail - 2
Middleton Moor: Lapwing - 184 ; Tufted Duck - 22 ; Common Gull - 58
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 ; View Picture, Skylark - 1 - singing bird.
R Sheaf, Broadfield Rd: Mandarin - 73