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Saturday 1st November 2025

  • Catcliffe Flash: Shoveler - 18 ; Pintail - 1
  • Cortworth Lane: Red Kite - 1 - drifted low to W @ 1335hrs, between Nether Haugh & Hoober
  • Green Moor: Little Owl - 1 - One seen in two different territories regularly ; Woodpigeon - 750 - Flew SW ; Redwing - 250 - c250 flew south 07:00-08:00, also numbers feeding in area ; Starling - 150+
  • Handsworth: Pink-footed Goose - 60 - c60 flew NW at 09:00 ; Redwing - 26 - West by 09.00
  • Longstone Edge: Red Kite - 2 - including one carrying prey - possibly a rabbit
  • Middleton Moor: Black-headed Gull - 290 ; Yellow-legged Gull - 1 ; Herring Gull - 1 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 250 ; Lapwing - 67 ; Shoveler - 29 ; Teal - 30
  • Orgreave Lakes: Black-headed Gull - 146 ; Herring Gull - 209 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 51 ; Great Black-backed Gull - 31 ; CASPIAN GULL - 2 - Both 1st winters.
  • Redmires Res: Greylag Goose - 124 - in fields ; Jay - 2 - flew E ; Stock Dove - 1 - flew W ; Crossbill - 1 - flew W ; Goldcrest - 5 ; Starling - 300 - c. flew W ; Redwing - 200 - c. flew SW ; Fieldfare - 100 - c. flew SW ; Woodpigeon - 600 - flew S ; Black-headed Gull - 30 - c. ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 3 - with HGs ; Herring Gull - 10 - c. ; Golden Plover - 138 - on Middle Res - steady build-up during the morning with several parties arriving from the N ; Lapwing - 77 - on Middle Res ; Teal - 25 - on Middle Res ; Barnacle Goose - 2 - in fields with Greylags on Soughley Lane ; Pink-footed Goose - 1 - with Greylags in fields on Soughley Lane
  • Stocksbridge: Peregrine - 1 - Male perched on pylon. ; Raven - 2 - In the valley.
  • Thorpe Hesley: Ring-necked Parakeet - 2
  • Treeton Dyke: Jay - 3 - Collection acorns.
  • Underbank Res: Goosander - 1 - Redhead ; Common Gull - 1 ; Black-headed Gull - 50+ ; Mallard - 20+ ; Grey Heron - 2 ; Cormorant - 3
  • Wortley: Peregrine - 1 ; Lesser Redpoll - 80 - Approx ; Redwing - 10 ; Buzzard - 3 ; Crossbill - 1

Friday 31st October 2025

  • Brown Hills Lane, Redmires: Barnacle Goose - 2 - In fields with Greylag Geese
  • Canklow: House Sparrow - 12 - to garden feeders
  • Green Moor: Pink-footed Goose - 50 - c50 flew SW at 08:11 ; Little Owl - 1 ; Brambling - 1 ; Tree Sparrow - 1 ; Common Buzzard - 3
  • Kimberworth Park: Grey Heron - 1 - low, S over Roughwood Road and Roughwood School
  • Rawmarsh; Stubbin incline: Skylark - 18 - flock, over adjacent field ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - N
  • Redmires Res: Cormorant - 1 - flew W ; Rock Pipit - 1 - flew W calling at 08:25 hrs ; Crossbill - 10 - flew W ; Teal - 28 - good count here these days ; Goldcrest - 7 - around reservoir perimeter ; Chaffinch - 25 - c. feeding on shoreline on Top Res ; Greylag Goose - 60 - c. in fields ; Canada Goose - 22 ; Lapwing - 55 - c. on Middle Res ; Golden Plover - 1 - amongst Lapwings ; Starling - 220 - c. flew W ; Redwing - 70 - flew SW ; Crossbill - 10 - party flew W
  • Richmond Park, Sheffield: Red Kite - 1 - Floating high, heading east at 10:54
  • Silverwood Lagoon: Great White Egret - 1 - still present ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - seen or heard around site every day in October
  • Thrybergh CP: Lapwing - 80 ; Mute Swan - 26 ; Pink-footed Goose - 39 - west ; Mallard - 70 ; Shoveler - 11 ; Tufted Duck - 70 ; Pochard - 2 ; Teal - 2 ; Gadwall - 3 ; Snipe - 2 ; Great Crested Grebe - 6 ; Little Grebe - 2 ; Grey Heron - 2 ; Great Black-backed Gull - 2 ; Common Gull - 2 ; Kingfisher - 1 ; Raven - 2

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