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Wednesday 21st January 2026

  • Canklow Woods: Jackdaw - 300 - c 300 east at 0735 ; Siskin - 2 ; Redwing - 26 ; Lesser Redpoll - 40
  • Orgreave Lakes: Scaup - 1 ; Red-crested Pochard - 1
  • Silverwood Lagoon: Cormorant - 1 ; Green Woodpecker - 1 ; Rook - 3 - flew west ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing ; Redwing - 40 ; Siskin - 20 - in alders below south-west corner of lagoon ; Lesser Redpoll - 4 - with Siskins ; Yellowhammer - 1 - In brambles at Hollings Lane end of pit top
  • Thrybergh CP: Mute Swan - 27 ; Pink-footed Goose - 46 ; Barnacle Goose - 1 - Bird spent early morning on front but was being harassed by Canada geese ; Mallard - 60 ; Wigeon - 1 ; Shoveler - 8 ; Tufted Duck - 50 ; Pochard - 1 ; Goosander - 4 ; Grey Heron - 3 ; Cormorant - 5 ; Great Crested Grebe - 8 ; Lapwing - 90 ; Kingfisher - 3 ; Fieldfare - 60 ; Redwing - 100+ ; Coal Tit - 1 ; Linnet - 120 - 120+ southern fields ; Chaffinch - 20 ; Greenfinch - 15 ; Goldfinch - 10 ; Barnacle Goose - 1 ; Woodcock - 1 ; Goldeneye - 1 - F
  • Upper Whiteley Woods: Dipper - 1 ; Jay - 1+ - 1-2

Tuesday 20th January 2026

  • Blackburn Meadows NR: Jackdaw - 400+ - Circling over at pre roost.
  • Canklow Woods: Lesser Redpoll - 32 ; Song Thrush - 2 - 2 singing ; Redwing - 7 ; Bullfinch - 4
  • Elsecar Res: Mute Swan - 2 - Sub adults ; Tufted Duck - 5 - 4 males ; Great Crested Grebe - 7 ; Grey Heron - 9 ; Ring-necked Parakeet - 1+ - Heard only
  • Graves Park: Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Little Grebe - 1 ; Ring-necked Parakeet - 5 - c. ; Treecreeper - 1+ - 1-2 ; Nuthatch - 2 - one seen, one heard
  • Green Moor: Tree Sparrow - 13+
  • Kelham Island: Water Rail - 1 - Calling at Mill Run off Cotton Mill Walk ; Chiffchaff - 1 - Feeding in reedmace and willows late afternoon. Looks and sounds like a tristris. Roosted in brambles near the Bessemer converter. ; Kingfisher - 1
  • R Don, Effingham St: Canada Goose - 4 - 2 pairs. ; Grey Heron - 2 - 1 adult in shallows at edge of river (15.45 hours) ; flew upstream; 2 birds flew downstream with 1 landing in shallows (15.54). ; Pied Wagtail - 2 ; Kingfisher - 1 - Landed in waterside tree below T.W. Ward's. ; Goosander - 22 - 22 (10 adult males): of which 13 (6 adult males) at main Effingham Street location + 9 (4 adult males) downstream of the Bailey bridge. ; Chiffchaff - 1 - Calling, river bank adjacent Bailey bridge. ; Goldcrest - 1 - 1 calling, Pergola.
  • Rockingham Wood: Buzzard - 1 ; Robin - 4+ - singing ; Redwing - 1 ; Blue Tit - 1+ ; Treecreeper - 1 - singing ; Goldfinch - 1+
  • Tankersley - Black Lane: Buzzard - 4 - Circling together calling ; Linnet - 25 - c ; Gadwall - 11 - 10 in flooded field (5m,5f) plus separate male on main lagoon. ; Shoveler - 1 ; Common Gull - 2 - over ; Mallard - 4 - separate pairs ; VARIOUS ESCAPED SPECIES - 2 - Ringed Teal, both males ; Black-headed Gull - 30 - c. over ; Teal - 56 - 32 females, 24 males ; Long-tailed Tit - 4 ; Goldfinch - 4 ; Redwing - 1 ; Pink-footed Goose - 1000+ - Impossible to count, multiple skeins, heard before seen. Flew NW over the site at 11:40. Never seen such an impressive movement at an inland location. ; Moorhen - 1 ; Snipe - 5+ ; Meadow Pipit - 5+ ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - Heard only ; Herring Gull - 3 - Over ; Kestrel - 2
  • Upper Common, Scholes: Buzzard - 1 - low across fields toward Rockingham Wood ; Skylark - 10+ ; Linnet - 50+ ; Woodpigeon - 20+ ; Jackdaw - 100 - c100 moving over fields and Rockingham Wood ; Buzzard - 1 - low across fields toward Rockingham Wood ; Skylark - 10+ ; Linnet - 50+ ; Woodpigeon - 20+

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