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24 March 2023
Midhope area: Curlew - 42 ; Oystercatcher - 5 ; Fieldfare - 3 ; Redwing - 623 March 2023
Aldwarke: Sparrowhawk - 1 - Over Liberty melting shop @15.30 -15.45Brinsworth: Great Tit - 1 - Singing Whitehill Lane @ 05.00
Brownhills Lane: Curlew - 16
Burbage Valley: Ring Ouzel - 1 - Singing ; Woodcock - 2 ; Raven - 3 ; Treecreeper - 1 ; Kestrel - 1+ ; Buzzard - 1
Canklow Woods: Common Buzzard - 3 - over together @ 1235hrs; 2 drifted away SW, 1 to SE
Clifton, Rotherham: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - Drumming, Clifton Park @ 05.20
Firsby Res: Moorhen - 1 ; Coot - 4 - 2 pairs. ; Mute Swan - 2 ; Canada Goose - 1 - Over early morning. ; Mallard - 2 ; Little Grebe - 1 - Trilling. ; Herring Gull - 9 - Various ages over together early morning. ; Jay - 2 - Calling in willows. ; Skylark - 2 - Singing. ; Meadow Pipit - 1 - On farmland. ; Linnet - 4 ; Goldfinch - 5 ; Bullfinch - 4 ; Chiffchaff - 4+ - Singing. ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Kestrel - 1 - Hunting. ; Mistle Thrush - 2 - Pair.
Fulwood garden: Brambling - 1 - male at feeders ; Lesser Redpoll - 1 - male at feeders ; Siskin - 1 - male at feeders ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - took adult Woodpigeon and fed for 20 minutes ;
Graves Park: Goosander - 2 - Redheads on Boating Lake ;
, Greylag Goose - 5 - On Boating Lake (all wing feathers intact) ; 
, Canada Goose - 7 - On Boating Lake Meadow Bank: Common Buzzard - 1 - drifted SE @ 1035hrs
Norton Lees: Other Species - 1 - Comma butterfly in observer’s garden
Pit-house West: Little Grebe - 1 - trilling ; Water Rail - 1 - calling ; Willow Tit - 1 - singing male
Rivelin Valley: Jay - 1 ; Dipper - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 3 - Singing in 3 separate locations along the river
Rockingham Wood: Dunnock - 1 - singing ; Robin - 1+ ; Nuthatch - 1 - singing ; Goldfinch - 1+
Rother Valley CP: Whooper Swan - 2 - regulars on jet ski lake ; Goldeneye - 4 - Meadowgate Lake ; Little Egret - 7 - Meadowgate Lake island ; Sand Martin - 4 - Main Lake
Rud Hill: Golden Plover - 2 - 2 over calling ; Fieldfare - c80 - mobile flock moving east
Shepherd's Plantation: Robin - 2+ - singing ; Goldcrest - 2 - singing, 1 S end, 1 NE edge
Stanage Edge: Ring Ouzel - 1 - Singing
Thrybergh CP: Tufted Duck - 33 ; Scaup - 1 - male ; Gadwall - 4 ; Great Crested Grebe - 3 ; Pied Wagtail - 10+ ; Grey Wagtail - 2 ; Black-headed Gull - c350 ; Common Gull - 4 ; Herring Gull - 16 ; Oystercatcher - 4 ; Sand Martin - 20+ ; Chiffchaff - 4 ; Kestrel - 1M ; Buzzard - 2