Recent News - Thrybergh

03 September 2010

Thrybergh CP: Wigeon - 2 - males flew round the park before flying SE with 3 teal at 0727 ; Snipe - 1 ; Hobby - 1 - flew SE at 0737.

31 August 2010

Thrybergh CP: Spotted Redshank - 1 - flew S at 0930 calling. ; Green Sandpiper - 1 - calling ; Swift - 7

29 August 2010

Thrybergh CP: Cormorant - 7 ; Whitethroat - 1 ; Yellowhammer - 2 ; Little Grebe - 3 - 1 ad; 2 imm ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 10 - inc 3 singing males ; Hirundine - 200+ - 75-80% SM; rest SL, few HM ; Jackdaw - 7 - 4W; 2NE; 1S ; Gadwall - 2 ; Great Crested Grebe - 4 ; Reed Bunting - 2 ; Lapwing - 72 ; Moorhen - 20 - inc juvs ; Greylag Goose - 23 ; Coot - 152 - inc juvs ; Canada Goose - 198 - + 1x Greylag hybrid, in from N. ; Tufted Duck - 46 ; Pied Wagtail - 17 ; Black-headed Gull - c70 - inc 29SW ; Mute Swan - 34 ; Yellow Wagtail - 1 ; Coal Tit - 1 ; Herring Gull - 1 - ad SW ; Ringed Plover - 9 - party of 8 circled & left S/SW @ 0735hrs; 1W/SW @ 0910hrs ; Teal - 3 ; Goldfinch - c15 ; Red-legged Partridge - 11 ; Grey Wagtail - 2 ; Willow Warbler - 1 - singing male ; Linnet - 23 - inc 10W ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 21 - 2W; 9SW; 10S ; Stock Dove - 4 - W
Thrybergh CP; adjacent fields: Sparrowhawk - 5 - inc 2N & 3 up together to E. ; Kestrel - 1 ; Peregrine - 1 - NE @ 0842hrs

27 August 2010

Thrybergh Cemetery: Little Owl - 1 - in tree @ 15.00 ; Little Owl - 1 - on fallen log @ 1730

24 August 2010

Thrybergh CP: Shelduck - 6 - juveniles departed at 0800. ;

22 August 2010

Thrybergh CP: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Reed Bunting - 3 ; Reed Warbler - 1 ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Canada Goose - 168 - + 1 x Greyag hybrid, in from N. ; Jackdaw - 2 - S ; Sand Martin - 11 - S ; Swift - 2 ; Lesser Whitethroat - 1 ; Swallow - 62 - S between 0535 - 0900hrs ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 10 ; Kestrel - 2 ; Linnet - 8 ; Goldfinch - c20 ; Snipe - 1 - in briefly @ 0735hrs; left NW. ; Greylag Goose - 18 - inc 16 in from N ; Whitethroat - 1 ; Mute Swan - 31 ; Black-headed Gull - 21 - max. ; Gadwall - 1 ; Cormorant - 8 ; Moorhen - 19 ; Willow Warbler - 4 - inc 1 singing male ; Tufted Duck - 60 ; Great Crested Grebe - 5 - 4 ads; 1 imm ; Coot - 132 ; Willow Tit - 4 - inc 1 singing male ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 3 - W ; Chiffchaff - 16+ - inc 4 singing males
Thrybergh CP & adjacent fields: Common Buzzard - 1 ; Lapwing - 54 ; Sparrowhawk - 2
Thrybergh Tip: Stock Dove - 5 ; Willow Tit - 1 ; Sparrowhawk - 1+ - juv calling ; Lesser Whitethroat - 1 ; Willow Warbler - 1 ; Mute Swan - 1pr - + 1 cygnet ; Whitethroat - 3 ; Sand Martin - 6 ; Green Sandpiper - 2 ; Common Buzzard - 1 - calling ; Jay - 4+ ; Green Woodpecker - 2 ; Little Grebe - 4 - + 7 juvs ; Tufted Duck - 6 ; Gadwall - 54 ; Cormorant - 7 ; Bullfinch - 6 ; Blackcap - 2 - 1m; 1f/juv ; Chiffchaff - 9+ - inc 2 singing males ; Great Crested Grebe - 1 - + 1 juv
Thrybergh; Doncaster Rd: Swallow - 4-5

21 August 2010

Thrybergh Cemetery: Little Owl - 1 - Perched in Hedge @ 18.30

20 August 2010

Thrybergh: Bullfinch - 5 - Flock feeding on seed heads in field at side of path leading from Thrybergh Lane to March Flatts Road @ 17.30.

16 August 2010

Thrybergh Cemetery: Little Owl - 1 - high in tree @ 18.45.

15 August 2010

Thrybergh CP: Lesser Black-backed Gull - 4 - inc 1 S, 1 SE, 1 NE ; Willow Tit - 1 ; Canada Goose - 107 - + 1x Greylag hybrid feeding on adjacent stubbles ; Grey Wagtail - 3 ; Goldfinch - c15 ; Pied Wagtail - 15 - inc juvs ; Kestrel - 2 ; Stock Dove - 2 - NW ; Black-headed Gull - 10 ; Herring Gull - 1 - NW ; Great Black-backed Gull - 3 - 1 ad + 2 imms NW ; Whitethroat - 2 ; Coot - 130 - inc juvs ; Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Gadwall - 3 - inc 2 NW ; Moorhen - 21 - inc juvs ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - calling ; Tufted Duck - 55 ; Lapwing - 6 ; Great Crested Grebe - 4 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Cormorant - 21 - inc 12 N. ; Mute Swan - 30 ; Swallow - 17 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - calling ; Greylag Goose - 19 ; Willow Warbler - 4 - inc 3 singing ; Common Tern - 3 - S ; Blackcap - 2 - inc 1 male ; Swift - 1 ; Sparrowhawk - 2 - over adjacent fields ; Teal - 1 - f/imm ; Chiffchaff - 17 - inc 3 singing
Thrybergh Tip: Pheasant - 1 - male ; Coot - 50-60 - inc juvs ; Great Crested Grebe - 1pr - + 1 juv ; Willow Tit - 1 ; Teal - 1 - f/imm (same as at TCP earlier?) ; Cormorant - 4 - inc 1 SW ; Blackcap - 2-3 ; Tufted Duck - 16 ; Sparrowhawk - 1+ - juv calling ; Jay - 4 ; Common Buzzard - 4 - soaring together, calling. All left NW; 2 returned SE then again turned & left NW. ; Gadwall - 30 ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - calling ; Shoveler - 4 ; Willow Warbler - 1 - singing male ; Bullfinch - 3 ; Little Grebe - 4 - + 3 juvs ; Mute Swan - 1pr - + 1 cygnet ; Chiffchaff - 3

14 August 2010

Thrybergh CP: Sand Martin - c30 ; Little Gull - 2 - juveniles flew round the reservoir for a couple of minutes before departing NW at 0915. ; Tufted Duck - 43 ; Pochard - 1 ; Gadwall - 1 ; Canada Goose - 95 ; Greylag Goose - 15 ; Grey Wagtail - 2 ; Swift - 2 ; Swallow - c40 ; Snipe - 2 ; House Martin - c70 ; Yellow Wagtail - 1

13 August 2010

Thrybergh CP: Gadwall - 1 ; Teal - 1 ; , Common Tern - 1 ; Tufted Duck - 42

08 August 2010

Thrybergh CP: Canada Goose - c85 - inc c83 in from S to N/NE @ 0548hrs; presumably 57 of these birds returning to reservoir later. ; Grey Wagtail - 2 ; Coot - 108 - inc juvs ; Willow Warbler - 4 - inc 3 singing males ; Magpie - 8 ; Chiffchaff - 16 - inc 2 singing males ; Kingfisher - 1 ; Moorhen - 14 - inc juvs ; Tufted Duck - 49 ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - calling ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - calling ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 6 - SW ; Greylag Goose - 10 - inc family party ; Mute Swan - 31 - inc colour-ringed birds Y234 + Y236 ; Lapwing - 5 ; Willow Tit - 2 ; Cormorant - 20 - inc 1 W; 1 SW; 10 left res to W @ 0530hrs. ; Pochard - 2 - in. ; Whitethroat - 8 ; Little Grebe - 2 - imms ; House Martin - 14 ; Yellowhammer - 2 - inc 1 singing male ; Woodpigeon - c100 - feeding in field to N. ; Black-headed Gull - 9 - inc 4 juvs ; Yellow Wagtail - 1 - dropped in briefly. ; Pied Wagtail - 5 - ads + 6 juvs ; Reed Warbler - 1 - calling at S-end ; Linnet - c20 ; Kestrel - 2 - inc 1 caught/ate small rodent ; Swallow - 6 ; Gadwall - 1 - f + 5 well-grown juvs ; Swift - 2 ; Goldfinch - 30-40 ; Stock Dove - 2 ; Blackcap - 3 - 1m; 2 f/juv
Thrybergh Tip: Reed Bunting - 1 - singing male ; Willow Tit - 1 ; Whitethroat - 3 ; Bullfinch - 6 ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - calling ; Jay - 3 ; Mute Swan - 1pr - + 1 cygnet ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - calling ; Chiffchaff - 9 - inc 1 singing male ; Little Grebe - 4-5 - ads + 3 juvs (2 broods) ; Great Crested Grebe - 1 pr - + 2 juvs ; Gadwall - c15 - inc juvs ; Cormorant - 3 ; Kingfisher - 1 - male ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Sparrowhawk - 1+ - juv(s) calling ; Shoveler - Breeding confirmed - f + 5 unfledged but well-grown juvs ; Willow Warbler - 2 - inc 1 singing male ; Tufted Duck - 19 - inc juvs

04 August 2010

Thrybergh Cemetery: Little Owl - 2
Thrybergh CP: Little Ringed Plover - 2 - juveniles. ; Dunlin - 1

02 August 2010

Thrybergh Cemetary: Little Owl - 1 - @ 16.00

01 August 2010

Thrybergh CP: Lapwing - 5 ; Lesser Whitethroat - 1 ; Whitethroat - 5 ; Yellowhammer - 3 - singing males ; Canada Goose - 72 - inc 70 in from N ; Chiffchaff - 6 - inc 1 singing male ; Sedge Warbler - 1 ; Reed Warbler - 1 - singing male ; Sand Martin - 3 - N! ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - SW ; Coot - 105 - inc juvs ; Blackcap - 1 - f/juv ; Willow Warbler - 4 - inc 2 singing males ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 48 - 2SE; 1SW; 38E; 7NE ; Pied Wagtail - 4 - + 3 dependent juvs. ; Tufted Duck - 54 ; Great Crested Grebe - 4 - ads ; Moorhen - 8 - + 8 juvs ; Black-headed Gull - 1+ ; Greylag Goose - 6 - inc 4 in from N with CGs ; Mute Swan - 28 ; Cormorant - 6 ; Green Woodpecker - 1 ; Swallow - 1 - feeding 2 juvs at S-end ; Black-headed Gull - c45 - < 9 + 3 juvs on res; 3 SW; c30 E. ; Swift - 7 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - juv ; House Martin - 6 - SW ; Grey Heron - 1 - E ; Common Gull - 1 - juv NE
Thrybergh CP; adjacent fields: Kestrel - 1 - hunting
Thrybergh Tip: Great Crested Grebe - 2 - ads + 3 juvs ; Willow Tit - 1 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Tufted Duck - 1 - f + 9 juvs ; Pheasant - 1 - male ; Gadwall - 27 - inc juvs ; Lapwing - 30 ; Cormorant - 1 ; Mute Swan - 1 pr - + 1 cygnet ; Reed Bunting - 1 - singing male ; Greylag Goose - 5 - + 4 juvs ; Little Grebe - 3 - + 3 juvs ; Sparrowhawk - 1+ - juv(s) calling ; Chiffchaff - 7 ; Bullfinch - 5 ; Willow Warbler - 1 - singing male ; Stock Dove - 3 - inc 1 singing male ; Blackcap - 3 - f/juvs ; Green Woodpecker - 2

29 July 2010

Thrybergh Cemetery: Little Owl - 1 - on branch @ 16.30

25 July 2010

Thrybergh CP: Chiffchaff - 17 - inc 3 singing males. Party of 7 feeding together on filter beds. ; Common Tern - 1 - ad in with fish to deserted nesting rafts! ; Willow Tit - 1 ; Yellow Wagtail - 1 - S ; Pochard - 1 - drake ; Yellowhammer - 4 - inc 2 singing males ; Lesser Whitethroat - 1 ; Willow Warbler - 2 - inc 1 singing male ; Swallow - 3 - E ; Bullfinch - 1 - juv ; Whitethroat - 1 ; Common Gull - 1 - ad in from S ; Great Crested Grebe - 4 - ads + 2 juvs ; Reed Bunting - 1 ; Gadwall - 1 - f + 5 well-grown juvs ; Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 17 - mostly W/SW/NW ; Black-headed Gull - 15 - total, inc 1 'ginger' juv & 8 W/SW ; Pheasant - 2 - crowing males ; Green Sandpiper - 1 - left NW @ 0543hrs ; Tufted Duck - 47 ; Grey Heron - 2 - 1 left SE ; Coot - 106 - inc juvs ; Moorhen - 7 - + 6 juvs ; Cormorant - 4 ; Curlew - 1 - W @ 0726hrs ; Mute Swan - 30 - 3 left to W/NW ; Canada Goose - 32 - in from N. ; Greylag Goose - 9 - 3 on, joined by 6 (family party inc 4 juvs) in from N. ; Coal Tit - Breeding confirmed - family party ; Lapwing - 4 - family party ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Goldfinch - 9 ; Kestrel - 1 - f with juvs (3?) calling excitedly nearby.
Thrybergh CP; adjacent fields: Common Buzzard - 1 - N carrying Rabbit
Thrybergh Tip: Coot - c50 - inc juvs - a good season. ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Cormorant - 1 - W ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Sparrowhawk - Breeding confirmed - juvs heard calling from vicinity of last year's nest site. ; Lapwing - 25 ; Green Sandpiper - 2 ; Gadwall - 4 - + 3 broods of 7, 4 & 3 ; Siskin - 2 - S/SW ; Willow Warbler - 2 ; Greylag Goose - 1 - juv ; Stock Dove - 1 - singing male ; Willow Tit - 1 ; Whitethroat - 1 ; Tufted Duck - 1 - f + brood of 8. ; Bullfinch - 2 ; Swallow - 3 ; Little Grebe - 3 - + 4 juvs inc 'new' brood of 3 ; Mute Swan - 1pr - Breeding confirmed; 1 cygnet ; Great Crested Grebe - 1pr - + 2 juvs ; Moorhen - 10 - + 7 juvs ; Green Woodpecker - 1 ; Black-headed Gull - 1 - 1st summer ; Chiffchaff - 4

18 July 2010

Thrybergh CP: Common Tern - 3 ; Common Gull - 1 - ad. ; Cormorant - 3 - inc 2 high to NE ; Mute Swan - 16 ; Tufted Duck - 27 ; Greylag Goose - 17 ; Black-headed Gull - 4 - 3 ads; 1 1st S ; Sand Martin - 4 ; House Martin - c10 ; Dunlin - 1 - juv in @ 1020hrs. ; Kestrel - 1 ; Swift - c20 ; Great Crested Grebe - 2 - ads (partial count)

17 July 2010

Thrybergh CP: Little Egret - 1 - flew N at 0920.

16 July 2010

Thrybergh CP: Common Sandpiper - 1 ;

14 July 2010

Thrybergh CP: Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 - adult on front. ; , Common Tern - 7 - still 2 sitting eggs. ; Reed Warbler - 2 - singing at southern end.

11 July 2010

Thrybergh CP: Moorhen - 4 - + 1 juv ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - male carrying prey ; Chiffchaff - 2 - inc 1 singing male ; Lapwing - 2 - + 1 juv ; Black-headed Gull - 7 - inc 1 juv. ; Coot - 90 - inc juvs ; Pochard - 2 - drakes ; Mute Swan - 36 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 8 - all W ; Greylag Goose - 25 - + 6 juvs ; Great Crested Grebe - 4 - + 1 juv ; Tufted Duck - 42 ; Common Tern - < 7 - ads active around remaining nesting raft (one raft washed up against dam with 2 apparently deserted clutches of 1 & 2). Neither of 2 juvs seen - a disastrous breeding season! ; Reed Warbler - 1 - singing male ; Whitethroat - 2 - singing males ; Willow Warbler - 2 ; Goldfinch - 3 - juvs ; Linnet - 2 ; Mistle Thrush - 3 ; Grey Heron - 1 - W ; Sand Martin - 7 - all SW ; Curlew - 1 - W @ 0800hrs ; Cormorant - 1 ; Yellowhammer - 2 - singing males
Thrybergh CP, adjacent fields: Kestrel - 2 - hunting to E. ; Common Buzzard - 1 - 1 to N; 1 to SE.
Thrybergh Tip: Tufted Duck - 32 - + brood of 7. ; Cormorant - 3 - NE ; Chiffchaff - 3 - inc 1 singing male ; Swallow - 4 ; Lapwing - 9 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Little Grebe - 2 - Ads + 3 juvs ; Mute Swan - 2 ; Whitethroat - 2 - inc 1 singing male ; Gadwall - 4 - + brood of 8. ; Blackcap - 3 - singing males ; Coot - 30-35 - + 2 juvs ; Moorhen - 4 - + 3 juvs ; Reed Warbler - 1 - singing male ; Mallard - 39 - well into moult. ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - calling

08 July 2010

Thrybergh Cemetery: Little Owl - 1
Thrybergh CP: Little Ringed Plover - 3 - 1 N then 2 arrived from SE. ; Little Egret - 2 - flew NE at 0726.

04 July 2010

Thrybergh CP: Greenshank - 1 - circled, calling, before departing NW at c0915.

27 June 2010

Thrybergh CP: Tufted Duck - 12 - 10m;2f in moult ; Black-headed Gull - 3 - ads ; Mallard - new broods - 7 & 8. ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1-2 ; Cormorant - 1 ; Goldfinch - 1 - singing male ; Whitethroat - 4 - inc 2 singing males ; Dunnock - Breeding confirmed - family party ; Coot - 77 - + 15+ juvs. Productivity low this year with lots of non-breeding ads. ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - S ; Ringed Plover - 1 - fledged, fully-grown juv in @ 0637hrs ; Blackcap - 1 - female ; Yellowhammer - 4 - inc 3 singig males ; Linnet - 6 - inc 1 singing male. ; Lapwing - 1pr - + 2 juvs ; Reed Bunting - 4 - 3 singing males + 1f ; Moorhen - 5 - + 1 juv. ; Common Tern - 6 - ads + 1 small juv on raft. ; Great Crested Grebe - 4 - ads + 2 juvs ; Little Ringed Plover - 2 - ads, left NW (seen at Thrybergh Tip later) ; Greylag Goose - 8 ; Mute Swan - 36 ; Willow Tit - 1 - singing male ; Grey Heron - 1 - left S. ; Gadwall - 1 - f + 5 juvs ; Stock Dove - 2 ; Chiffchaff - 3 - inc 1 singing male
Thrybergh Tip: Greylag Goose - 4 - + 5 juvs ; Redshank - 1 - ad feeding ; Sedge Warbler - 2 - singing males ; Mute Swan - 1 ; Whitethroat - 5 - inc 4 singing males ; Tufted Duck - 19 - moulting ; Lapwing - 3-4 ; Little Ringed Plover - 2 - ads, presumed same as at Thrybergh CP earlier. ; Reed Bunting - 2 - singing males ; Gadwall - 8 - + brood of 6 ; Grey Heron - 5 ; Blackcap - 1 - singing male + 1 juv ; Bullfinch - 1 - ad + 1 juv ; Coal Tit - 1 - singing male ; Garden Warbler - 1 - singing male ; Willow Warbler - 4 - singing males ; Chiffchaff - 3 - singing males ; Song Thrush - 2 - singing males ; Willow Tit - 1 ; Coot - 19 - + 11 juvs minimum ; Moorhen - 3 ; Little Grebe - 4 - + 1+ juvs ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Reed Warbler - 2 - singing males + lots of activity, carrying food. ; Great Crested Grebe - 1 - + 1 small juv.

21 June 2010

Thrybergh Cemetery: Grey Partridge - 2

20 June 2010

Thrybergh CP: Greylag Goose - 5 ; Tufted Duck - 7 - 6m; 1f ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Great Crested Grebe - 5 - ads + 2 juvs ; Black-headed Gull - 8 - inc 2 ad, 1 1st summer and first juv of summer, all E ; Ringed Plover - 1 ; Blackcap - 1 - singing male ; Pheasant - 1 - male ; Moorhen - 6 - + 1 juv ; Whitethroat - 2 - singing males ; Common Tern - 8 - ads around nesting rafts ; Mute Swan - 10 ; Kestrel - 1 - f hunting + juvs calling from nest in adjacent field. ; Cormorant - 1 ; Lapwing - 7 ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; Red-legged Partridge - 3 ; Pied Wagtail - 1pr - + 3 fledged juvs. ; Stock Dove - 2 ; Curlew - 2 - 1 NE @ 0632hrs; 1 NW @ 0702hrs ; Yellowhammer - 3 - singing males ; Reed Warbler - 1 - singing male
Thrybergh CP; adjacent fields: Common Buzzard - 1

18 June 2010

Thrybergh CP: Ringed Plover - 1 ; , Common Tern - 5 pairs - 5 sitting females - hatching expected in next few days.

13 June 2010

Thrybergh CP: Stock Dove - 3 - around feeding station. ; Whitethroat - 3 - singing males ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - in S-arm, left E. ; Reed Warbler - 1 - singing male ; Gadwall - 4 - 1, plus 3 in. ; Little Grebe - 1 - 'trilling' in S-arm ; Blackcap - 1 - singing male ; Great Crested Grebe - 4 - + 2 juvs. ; Reed Bunting - 1 - f at feeding station. ; Yellowhammer - 4 - 1m; 2f around feeding station, + 1m ; Little Ringed Plover - 1 - left SW ; Swift - c30 - feeding over in rain. ; Black-headed Gull - 4 - 3 ads; 1 1st summer ; Cormorant - 1 ; Willow Warbler - 1 - singing male ; Willow Tit - Breeding confirmed - family party ; Greylag Goose - 5 ; Tufted Duck - 6 - 5m; 1f ; Mute Swan - 16 - inc one 'Polish' morph with pinkish legs/feet. ; Oystercatcher - 1 - in from E/NE @ 0842hrs. ; Common Tern - 6
Thrybergh CP, adjacent fields: Common Buzzard - 1
Thrybergh Tip: Song Thrush - 2 - singing males ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Whitethroat - Breeding confirmed - 4 singing males, an anxious pair with food + a family party. ; Sedge Warbler - 1 - singing male ; Great Crested Grebe - 1 - ad ; Willow Tit - 1 ; Gadwall - 11 ; Bullfinch - 1pr ; Greylag Goose - 7 - ads + 2+ juvs skulking in vegetation. ; Shoveler - 5 - 4m; 1f ; Reed Warbler - 3+ - inc 1 singing male ; Reed Bunting - 1 - singing male ; Mute Swan - 25 - 6 left W. ; Lapwing - 5 ; Linnet - 1 - male ; Chiffchaff - 4 - inc 3 singing males ; Willow Warbler - 1 - singing male ; Cormorant - 1 - NE ; Mistle Thrush - 10 ; Blackcap - 2 - singing males ; Tufted Duck - 1pr ; Little Grebe - 4 - + 2 juvs

11 June 2010

Thrybergh: Jay - 1 - In trees opposite Reresby Arms near bus stop.

07 June 2010

Thrybergh CP: Mute Swan - 5 juvs - 5 of the clutch of 6 eggs recently 'rescued' as a result of adult being shot, have been successfully hatched in an incubator at Graves Park - not all bad news!

06 June 2010

Thrybergh CP: Whitethroat - 2 - singing males ; Chiffchaff - 1 - feeding at S-end ; Black-headed Gull - 5 - 3 ads; 2 1st summer ; Greylag Goose - 5 ; Canada Goose - 8 ; Tufted Duck - 5 - drakes ; Willow Warbler - 1 - singing male ; Gadwall - 1 - drake beginning to moult ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - in high from E, left NW. ; Common Tern - 10 - around nesting rafts. Probably 4 prs, at least one with c/4. ; Great Crested Grebe - 8 - + 2 juvs. Still probably 2 further active nests. ; Yellowhammer - 3 - singing males ; Mute Swan - 25 - inc 7 imms ; Ringed Plover - 1 pr ; Reed Warbler - 1 - singing male ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 3 - 2 E; 1 NW, all imms.
Thrybergh CP, fields to E: Buzzard - 1
Thrybergh Tip: Swift - 50-60 - feeding over in heavy rain. ; Little Grebe - 1+ ; Shoveler - 1 - drake ; Gadwall - 9 - drakes loafing around, starting to moult. ; Willow Warbler - 4 - singing males ; Mute Swan - 25 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing male ; Chiffchaff - 2 - singing males ; Greylag Goose - 6 - ads + 11 well-grown juvs.

05 June 2010

Thrybergh Cemetery: Little Owl - 1
Thrybergh CP: Little Owl - 1 - sitting on wires near park entrance 10:25 ;

01 June 2010

Thrybergh CP: Little Ringed Plover - 1 ; Reed Warbler - 1 - at southern entrance ; Ringed Plover - 1

31 May 2010

Thrybergh CP: Chiffchaff - 2 - inc one singing male ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 3 - 2N; 1E ; House Martin - c40 - feeding over ; Black-headed Gull - 7 - 2 ad; 5 1st summer ; Stock Dove - 2 ; Ringed Plover - 1 ; Lapwing - 14 - flushed by hunting BZ, adjacent fields ; Common Buzzard - 2 - One hunting most of morning, adjacent fields. Unsuccessful attempt to take adult Red-legged Partridge. ; Grey Heron - 1 - W ; Great Tit - Breeding confirmed - family party ; Tufted Duck - 1 ; Reed Warbler - 1 - singing male still present at S-end ; Yellowhammer - 2 - males ; Blackcap - 1 - singing male ; Kestrel - 1 ; Whitethroat - 2 - singing males ; Willow Warbler - 1 - singing male ; Great Crested Grebe - 7-8 - + 2 juvs ; Common Tern - 10 - around nesting rafts ; Mute Swan - 12 - Mate of shot bird sitting on empty nest. ; Cormorant - 1 ; Gadwall - 1 - drake ; Greylag Goose - 6 - inc 2 S.
Thrybergh Tip: Sand Martin - 5 - feeding over water ; Stock Dove - 1 ; Jay - Breeding confirmed - adult chasing Carrion Crow which was carrying dismembered juv! ; Green Woodpecker - 1 ; Garden Warbler - 1 - singing male ; Red-legged Partridge - 1 pr ; Cuckoo - 1 - male ; Kestrel - 1 ; Common Tern - 1 ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing male ; Reed Bunting - 2 - singing males ; Blackcap - 3 - singing males ; Whitethroat - 4 - inc 4 singing males ; Little Grebe - Breeding confirmed - 3 ads + 2 juvs ; Cormorant - 4 - 1 NE; 3 SW ; Chiffchaff - 2 - singing males ; Willow Warbler - 4 - singing males ; Tufted Duck - 1 ; Mute Swan - 20 - 14 left to W, one imm hitting overhead powerlines & crashing to ground! ; Gadwall - 9 ; Reed Warbler - 4 - singing males ; Greylag Goose - 3+ - ads, + juvs, skulking in vegetation.

30 May 2010

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 8 - ads + 2 juvs. Possibly 2 pairs still attempting to breed. ; Mute Swan - 8 - inc one in from S. One bird of nesting pair (colour-ringed Y412), shot dead at nest overnight. Clutch due to hatch any time, recovered with a view to incubating them on if possible. ; Greylag Goose - 17 - inc 10 high to NE, followed soon after by 36 CGs. ; Cormorant - 1 ; Willow Warbler - 1 - inc one singing male ; Whitethroat - 3 - singing males ; Common Tern - 8 - on nesting rafts ; Bullfinch - 1 pr ; Reed Bunting - 3 - singing males ; Reed Warbler - 1 - singing male in S-arm ; Yellowhammer - 2 - males ; Grey Heron - 1 - high to W ; Kestrel - 1 - carrying prey back to nest site. ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 11 - W ; Canada Goose - 41 - inc 36 high to NE ; Stock Dove - 2 ; Black-headed Gull - 3 - 1 ad; 2 1st summer
Thrybergh CP; adjacent fields: Common Buzzard - 1 - hunting

23 May 2010

Thrybergh CP: Tufted Duck - 7 - 1 down; 6 flew in & circled several times, all 7 departing. ; Bullfinch - 1 pr ; Swallow - 2 ; Canada Goose - 12 ; Yellowhammer - 4 - 2 singing males + 1 pr ; Long-tailed Tit - breeding confirmed - family parties ; Red-legged Partridge - 1 pr ; Cormorant - 3 - inc 2 W ; Whitethroat - 4 - inc 3 singing males ; Black-headed Gull - 2 - 1 ad + 1 1st summer ; Reed Bunting - 2 - singing males ; Great Crested Grebe - 8 - + 2 juvs. 2nd nest still active; pr (from recently failed nest?) nestbuilding. ; Pheasant - 1 pr ; Blackcap - 2 - singing males ; Little Ringed Plover - 1 - briefly, left E ; Gadwall - 3 - 2m; 1f ; Kestrel - 1 - F carrying prey to nest site, presumably now with young. ; Greylag Goose - 21 ; Common Tern - 9 - around nesting rafts ; Mute Swan - 29 - inc 8 in from N + pr with nest ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - carrying prey ; Tree Sparrow - breeding confirmed - feeding young around visitor centre. ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing male ; Stock Dove - 2 - N
Thrybergh Tip: Gadwall - 12 - 9m; 3f ; Sedge Warbler - 2 - singing males ; Long-tailed Tit - breeding confirmed - family parties ; Common Buzzard - 1 ; Tufted Duck - 8 - 5m; 3f ; Reed Warbler - 5 - singing males ; Reed Bunting - 1 - singing male ; Little Grebe - 4 ; Mute Swan - 22 - 5 left to W ; Stock Dove - 2 - inc 1 singing male ; Blackcap - 2 - singing males ; Song Thrush - 4 - inc 1 singing male ; Garden Warbler - 2 - singing males ; Willow Warbler - 4 - singing males ; Chiffchaff - 3 - singing males ; Coot - breeding confirmed - family parties ; Pheasant - 1 - crowing ; Whitethroat - 7 - inc 6 singing males ; Greylag Goose - 9 - ads + 14 juvs ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - calling

16 May 2010

Thrybergh CP: Coot - 55 - ads + 6 active nests. ; Blackcap - 2 - singing males ; Gadwall - 2prs ; Lapwing - 1pr - + 1 juv; Pond field ; Moorhen - 7 ; Little Ringed Plover - 1 ; Chaffinch - 6 - singing ; Pond field ; Great Crested Grebe - 8 - ads + 2 juvs + 1 further active nest. Third nest failed; reason unknown. ; Cormorant - 1 ; Willow Warbler - 2 - singing males ; Canada Goose - 9 ; Common Tern - 8 - on nesting rafts ; Mute Swan - 18 - + 1 active nest. ; House Martin - 6 - by 0930hrs, moved off N. ; Reed Bunting - 4 - 2 singing males + 1pr ; Greylag Goose - 13 ; Ringed Plover - 1 - female. ; Grey Heron - 2 - 1 N; 1 W ; Yellowhammer - 2 - singing males ; Pink-footed Goose - 1 - feral bird in with 2 CGs ; Swift - c20 - by 0930hrs ; Black-headed Gull - 6 - 4 ads, 2 1st S ; Yellow Wagtail - 1 - female, left N. ; Whitethroat - 4 - singing males ; Sand Martin - 13 - to 0930hrs, inc 6 N. ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing male ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing male ; Kestrel - 1 ; Swallow - 8 - N ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 - ad N
Thrybergh CP; fields to E: Common Buzzard - 1 - distant.

15 May 2010

Thrybergh Cemetery: Little Owl - 1 - Resident bird perched on branch in plain view.
Thrybergh CP: Red Kite - 1 - circled briefly behind Silverwood before dropping below tree level at 0840. ; Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Oystercatcher - 1 ; Ringed Plover - 1

11 May 2010

Thrybergh Cemetery: Little Owl - 1 - In tree near chapel.

10 May 2010

Thrybergh CP: Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Arctic Tern - 4 - arrived at 0855, departed NE at 0920. ; Dunlin - 1 - flew N at 0850. ; Ringed Plover - 1 ; Common Tern - 4

09 May 2010

Thrybergh CP: Reed Bunting - 4 - singing males ; Kestrel - 1 ; Coal Tit - 1 - singing male ; Greylag Goose - 5 - inc 2 E. ; Swallow - 2 - NE ; Swift - c50 - feeding over water & surrounding fields by 0920hrs ; Grey Heron - 1 - inc 1 N. ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing male ; Yellowhammer - 3 - 1pr + 1m ; Gadwall - 2prs ; Bullfinch - 1pr ; Garden Warbler - 1 - singing nmale ; Blackcap - 1 - singing male ; Whitethroat - 3 - singing males ; Moorhen - 11 ; Cormorant - 1 ; Canada Goose - 7 ; Redshank - 1 - calling away to E ; Willow Warbler - 1 - singing male ; Common Tern - 7 ; Mute Swan - 11 - + 1 imm. Pr with nest in s-end. Second pair in full display/copulation. ; Yellow Wagtail - 1 - over ; Great Crested Grebe - 7-8 - inc 1pr + 2juvs; 1pr at failed nest; 1pr with bird sitting. ; Golden Plover - 1 - N, full breeding plumage ; Little Ringed Plover - 1 - in from S @ 0740hrs. Left & returned a couple more times. ; Tufted Duck - 1 - male
Thrybergh CP; adjacent fields: Sparrowhawk - 1
Thrybergh CP; surrounding fields: Common Buzzard - 1 - to E.
Thrybergh Tip: Sedge Warbler - 2 - singing males ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - feeding on ground ; Goosander - 1 - f flew NE following river. ; Kestrel - 1 - male ; Reed Warbler - 3 - singing males ; Greylag Goose - 3 prs - + 2 broods, of 7 & 3. ; Shoveler - 2 - drakes ; Gadwall - 11 ; Little Grebe - 5+ ; Whitethroat - 9 - singing males ; Tufted Duck - 13 ; Pheasant - 1 - crowing male ; Stock Dove - 1 ; Lesser Whitethroat - 1 ; Reed Bunting - 2 - singing males ; Linnet - 1 - singing male ; Song Thrush - 2 - singing males ; Willow Warbler - 4 - singing males ; Chiffchaff - 2 - singing males ; Blackcap - 1 - singing male ; Mute Swan - 7

06 May 2010

Thrybergh: Tawny Owl - 1 - In hole in tree on Carr Lane next to Thrybergh Golf Course.

03 May 2010

Thrybergh CP: Chiffchaff - 1 - singing male ; Greylag Goose - 12 ; Mute Swan - 32 - + 15 imms. Y412 on nest in S-end. 26 left W (to Parkgate?) in small parties during morning. ; Cormorant - 1 ; Common Tern - 9 - <4 around rafts, joined by 5 more later in morning. ; Great Crested Grebe - 10 - inc 3prs with nests/eggs/young. ; Yellow Wagtail - 1 ; Moorhen - 8 ; Tufted Duck - 2prs ; Kestrel - 3 - 1 hunting to E + pr nesting in LO box. ; Blackcap - 1 - singing male ; Whitethroat - 3 - singing males ; Lesser Whitethroat - 2 - singing males ; Oystercatcher - 1 - feeding on front first thing, moving to Hickfield Bank when flushed. Left N 0700hrs. ; Stock Dove - 4 - all W ; Garden Warbler - 1 - singing male ; Sand Martin - c40 - feeding over water ; Swallow - c30 - feeding over water ; House Martin - c100 - feeding over water ; Willow Warbler - 1 - singing male ; Gadwall - 1pr - copulation ; Bullfinch - 1pr ; Canada Goose - 6 ; Reed Bunting - 1 - male ; Swift - 37 - moving through to N, to 0930hrs. ; Coal Tit - 2 - singing males ; Yellowhammer - 2 - singing males ; Grey Heron - 2 - inc 1 W.

02 May 2010

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 3-4prs ; Tufted Duck - 7 - 6m; 1f ; Greylag Goose - 3 ; Cormorant - 1 ; Kestrel - 1 - male ; Swift - 3 - N ; Mute Swan - 14 - + 2 imms ; Common Tern - 4

25 April 2010

Thrybergh CP: Reed Bunting - 1 - singing male ; Grey Heron - 2 ; Mute Swan - 42 - inc 18imms. Two active nests, one with Y236 looking very broody! ; Gadwall - 1pr ; Shelduck - 1 - S ; House Martin - 1 ; Oystercatcher - 1 - in at 0808hrs but flushed soon after ; Wheatear - 1 - female ; Goldfinch - 6 ; Willow Warbler - 2 - singing males ; Tufted Duck - 4prs ; Canada Goose - 4 ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing male ; Common Tern - 5 - inc noisy much aerial display ; Whitethroat - 1 - singing male ; Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - singing male ; Red-legged Partridge - 1 ; Great Crested Grebe - 4prs - 2 active nests & 2 pairs looking decidedly interested in breeding. ; Swallow - 4 - to 0920hrs ; Chiffchaff - 2 - singing males ; Sand Martin - 21 - inc 3 N/NW, to o920hrs ; Greylag Goose - 13 ; Moorhen - 11 ; Blackcap - 1 - singing male ; Sedge Warbler - 1 - singing male ; Cormorant - 5 - inc 1 W.
Thrybergh Tip: Shelduck - 1 - female ; Kingfisher - 1 ; Canada Goose - 2 ; Greylag Goose - 12 - ads + 2 broods, of 3 & 7. ; Reed Bunting - 2 - males ; Tufted Duck - 1pr ; Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - singing male ; Teal - 1+ - calling ; Reed Warbler - 3 - singing males ; Sand Martin - 2 ; Little Grebe - several pairs - very vocal ; Cormorant - 3 - inc 1 NE. ; Stock Dove - 3 ; Gadwall - 20 ; Mute Swan - 1 ; Pheasant - 1 - crowing male ; Kestrel - 1 - male ; Song Thrush - 2 ; Willow Warbler - 3 - singing males ; Bullfinch - 2prs ; Swift - 1 - W ; Whitethroat - 1 - singing male ; Blackcap - 7 - 5m; 2f ; Goldfinch - 4 ; Shoveler - 3 - 2m; 1f ; Chiffchaff - 6 - inc 4 singing males

23 April 2010

Thrybergh Cemetery: Little Owl - 1 - In tree near chapel.
Thrybergh CP: Blackcap - 1 ; Whitethroat - 1

22 April 2010

Thrybergh CP: Cuckoo - 2 ; Yellow Wagtail - 1 ; Whitethroat - 1 ; Common Tern - 1 ; Common Sandpiper - 1

21 April 2010

Thrybergh CP: Whitethroat - 1

19 April 2010

Thrybergh CP: Sand Martin - 250+ ; Swallow - c40 ; House Martin - 3+ ; Arctic Tern - 6 - flew N at 0830. ; Little Ringed Plover - 1 ; Yellow Wagtail - 4 - (3M, 1F).

18 April 2010

Thrybergh CP: Gadwall - 3 - 2m; 1f ; Bullfinch - 1pr ; Coot - Breeding - at least 6 active nests. ; House Martin - 2 ; Black-headed Gull - 18 - inc 13 high to W. ; Swallow - 1 - N ; Ringed Plover - 1 - N, calling ; Shelduck - 1 - drake S ; Fieldfare - 7 - N ; Coal Tit - 1 - singing male ; Red-legged Partridge - 2 ; Great Crested Grebe - 9 - Inc 2 prs with active nests & a further pr prospecting. ; Sand Martin - 4 ; Grey Heron - 1 - ad in full breeding plumage. ; Blackcap - 1 - singing male ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing male. ; Moorhen - 9 ; Willow Warbler - 1 - singing male ; Teal - 3 - 1m; 2f ; Greylag Goose - 3 ; Song Thrush - 2 ; Tufted Duck - 19 - 11m; 8f ; Canada Goose - 20 ; Mute Swan - 25 - + 14 imm ; Yellowhammer - 2 - males ; Oystercatcher - 1 - Arrived from E @ 0540hrs. Spent 10 mins flying around before settling on tern raft, where it remained all morning.
Thrybergh Tip: Willow Warbler - 6 - singing males ; Gadwall - 11 - 7m; 4f ; Canada Goose - 2 ; Blackcap - 4 - 3 singing males + 1f. ; Stock Dove - 4 - inc 1 singing male. ; Song Thrush - 5 - inc 2 singing males ; Linnet - 1 - singing male. ; Grey Heron - 2 - inc 1 N. ; Cormorant - 1 ; Tufted Duck - 14 - 9m; 5f ; Little Grebe - 4+ ; Great Crested Grebe - 1pr ; Chiffchaff - 5 - inc 4 singing males. ; Lesser Whitethroat - 2 - singing males ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Reed Bunting - 1 - male ; Greylag Goose - 14 - nest failed, cause unknown. ; Jay - 3

16 April 2010

Thrybergh CP: Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - reeling from bank above Silverwood Brook (N). Showed briefly. ; Red Kite - 1 - drifted N over Hooton Roberts at 0930. Long distance record shot. ; , Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - flew from willows to gorse bank. Sang briefly.

12 April 2010

Thrybergh CP: Whooper Swan - 2

11 April 2010

Thrybergh CP: Gadwall - 1 - drake ; Sand Martin - 3 - up to 0900hrs ; Yellow Wagtail - 1 - superb male in, and feeding on front. ; Blackcap - 1 - singing male ; Golden Plover - 43 - SE ; Black-headed Gull - 13 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Reed Bunting - 2 ; Great Crested Grebe - 6-7 - + 2 occupied nests. ; Mute Swan - 21 - + 14 imm ; Grey Heron - 1 - N ; Tufted Duck - 29 ; Willow Warbler - 1 - singing male ; Cormorant - 12 - 10 SW; 1 NW + 1 on water ; Kestrel - 1 - female ; Shelduck - 1 pr - N @ 0604hrs, returning to circle over water before leaving N again. ; Canada Goose - 11 ; Greylag Goose - 11 ; Swallow - 1 - up to 0900hrs. ; Chiffchaff - 3 - inc 2 singing males. ; Bullfinch - 1 - male ; Coal Tit - 1 - singing male ; Moorhen - 17 ; Yellow Wagtail - 1 ;
Thrybergh CP; adjacent fields: Song Thrush - 1 - singing male
Thrybergh Park: Green Woodpecker - 1 - calling.
Thrybergh Tip: Gadwall - 13 - 8m; 5f - display ; Cormorant - 4 - 3 NE + 1 on water. ; Stock Dove - 3 ; Pheasant - 2 - crowing males. ; Jay - 1 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Little Grebe - 4+ - lots of trilling. ; Greylag Goose - 8 - inc bird still sitting. ; Tufted Duck - 17 ; Canada Goose - 4 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Bullfinch - 5 ; Willow Warbler - 2 - singing males. ; Chiffchaff - 9 - inc 6 singing males. ; Blackcap - 6 - 4 singing males + 2 females ; Mute Swan - 5

10 April 2010

Thrybergh CP: Pied Wagtail - 1 - white wagtail feeding on the front for 10 minutes before flying N at 10.05. ; , Willow Warbler - 1 - singing. ; Blackcap - 2 - singing males. ; Yellow Wagtail - 1 - on dam wall.

09 April 2010

Thrybergh CP: Oystercatcher - 1 - flew S. ; Yellow Wagtail - 1 - male landed momentarily on front at 0940.

07 April 2010

Thrybergh CP: Common Sandpiper - 1 - on front ; Redshank - 1 - calling

06 April 2010

Thrybergh CP: Oystercatcher - 1 ; Willow Warbler - 1 ; Sand Martin - c120 ; Swallow - 2

05 April 2010

Thrybergh CP: Moorhen - 14 ; Tufted Duck - 13 ; Canada Goose - 13 - + 1x Greylag hybrid. ; Great Crested Grebe - 8 - + 2 occupied nests with birds sitting. ; Mute Swan - 18 - + 8 1st years. ; Sand Martin - c15 - by 0900hrs. ; Gadwall - 2-3prs ; Cormorant - 6 - inc 1 SW & 1 NE. ; Swallow - c10 - by 0900hrs. ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing male. ; Greylag Goose - 7 ; Yellowhammer - 1pr ; Coot - 95 - + 4 occupied nests. ; Golden Plover - 22 - SE ; Kestrel - 1 - hunting ; Bullfinch - 2prs ; Reed Bunting - 1 - singing male. ; Linnet - 6 ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing male. ; Grey Heron - 3 - inc 1 high to N. ; House Martin - 1
Thrybergh Park: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - drumming.

04 April 2010

Thrybergh CP: Mute Swan - 23 - + 9 1st years. 1 pr half-heartedly nestbuilding. ; Cormorant - 4 - inc 1N. ; Little Grebe - 1pr - in S-end, harassed by nesting Coots. ; Song Thrush - 2 - singing males ; Grey Heron - 3 - inc 1 NW ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing male. ; Moorhen - 15 ; Greylag Goose - 10 ; Canada Goose - 17 - + 1x Greylag hybrid ; Great Crested Grebe - 8 - + 2 occupied nests, one with c/3 ; Tufted Duck - 10 - 5m; 5f ; Common Buzzard - 6 - adjacent fields ; Yellowhammer - 5 ; Shelduck - 1pr - N ; Reed Bunting - 3 - 2m;1f ; Fieldfare - c60 - moved off to S. ; Curlew - 1 - NW @ 0952hrs ; House Martin - 1 ; Willow Warbler - 1 - singing male ; Sand Martin - c15 ; Swallow - c20 ; Red-legged Partridge - 2 ; Gadwall - 3 - 2m; 1f displaying ; Redshank - 2 - in at 0740hrs, left SW.
Thrybergh CP, gorse bank: Linnet - 1 - singing male
Thrybergh Park: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - drumming

02 April 2010

Thrybergh CP: Swallow - 12 ; Willow Warbler - 1 - singing behind the caravan park. ; Little Ringed Plover - 1 ; Sand Martin - 6+ ; Shelduck - 2 - a pair flew S. ; House Martin - 1

01 April 2010

Thrybergh CP: Ringed Plover - 2 - In front of visitor centre, near water's edge, before flying off into the field across the water. ; House Martin - 2 ; Sand Martin - c10 ; Swallow - c30

31 March 2010

Thrybergh CP: Chiffchaff - 5 ; Swallow - c.20 ; Oystercatcher - 1 ; Swallow - 8 ; Bullfinch - 1 - Male in bushes near reservoir hide. ; Sand Martin - 7 ; House Martin - 1 ; Meadow Pipit - 1 ; Gadwall - 2 ; Sand Martin - 4+

29 March 2010

Thrybergh CP: Swallow - 3 ; Shelduck - 2 - a pair flew S, dropping into Silverwood lagoon at 0920.

28 March 2010

Thrybergh CP: Moorhen - 17 ; Gadwall - 1pr ; Little Grebe - 1pr ; Kestrel - 3 - Displaying, adjacent fields ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - adjacent fields ; Sand Martin - 11 ; Common Gull - 3 - 2 ads, 1 1st yr. ; Cormorant - 3 ; Shelduck - 1 - drake W ; Red-legged Partridge - 2 ; Coal Tit - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 2prs + ; Greylag Goose - 10 ; Fieldfare - 4 - N ; Chiffchaff - 2 ; Great Crested Grebe - 11 - + 2 nests ; Canada Goose - 17 ; Mute Swan - 23 - + 12 imms ; Song Thrush - 2 ; Reed Bunting - 1pr ; Tufted Duck - 13
Thrybergh CP, adjacent fields: Grey Heron - 2 - W, one then moving off N
Thrybergh CP, cottage garden: Woodpigeon - 1pr - at nest, cottage garden
Thrybergh Tip: Cormorant - 1 - W ; Tufted Duck - 28 - 21m; 7f ; Lesser Redpoll - 3 ; Kestrel - 1pr ; Gadwall - 17 ; Shoveler - 1 - drake ; Greylag Goose - 5 - inc pair with nest. ; Chiffchaff - 3 ; Stock Dove - 2 ; Mute Swan - 2 - + 2 imms. ; Great Crested Grebe - 1 ; Little Grebe - 4 - very vocal. ; Jay - 1 ; Yellowhammer - 1 ; Canada Goose - 1 pr

25 March 2010

Thrybergh CP: Chiffchaff - 1 ; Sand Martin - 2 ; Swallow - 1 ; Pink-footed Goose - 1

23 March 2010

Thrybergh CP: Cormorant - 4 ; Chiffchaff - 1 - Calling from hedgerow. ; Tufted Duck - 11 ; Greylag Goose - 12 ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Grey Heron - 2 ; Great Crested Grebe - 7 ; Canada Goose - 34 - + 1 x Greylag hybrid ; Moorhen - 18 - + 2 nests ; Little Grebe - 1 ; Black-headed Gull - 16 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2 - Ads SW ; Yellowhammer - 2 - 1m;1f ; Sand Martin - 14 - N from 0720hrs ; Mute Swan - 16 - + 4 1st yrs ; Redshank - 1 - in at 0803hrs. Left E. ; Common Gull - 2 - 1 ad; 1 1st yr ; Water Rail - 1 - showing well at S-end
Thrybergh CP, adjacent fields: Common Buzzard - 1 ; Kestrel - 1 pr - copulating ; Fieldfare - 13 - left S

22 March 2010

Thrybergh CP: Curlew - 4 - flew S at 0840. ; Golden Plover - c500 - circling over Ravenfield. ; Whooper Swan - 2 - dep. NW at 0930.

21 March 2010

Thrybergh CP: Grey Heron - 1 ; Mute Swan - 17 - + 6 imms. ; Tufted Duck - 12 ; Canada Goose - 34 ; Great Crested Grebe - 6 - inc 2 prs with partially completed nests stolen by Coots. ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing male. ; Greylag Goose - 13 ; Gadwall - 1pr ; Red-legged Partridge - 2 ; Cormorant - 3 - inc 1 N. ; Reed Bunting - 6 - 3m; 3f ; Moorhen - 15 ; Herring Gull - 3 - SW ; Black-headed Gull - 50-60 ; Common Gull - 4 - inc 2 W. ; Chiffchaff - 1-2 - singing male(s) ; Goldfinch - 6 ; Yellowhammer - 5 - 3m; 2f ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - W
Thrybergh CP, adjacent fields: Pheasant - 3 - males ; Red-legged Partridge - 2 prs ; Lapwing - 3

20 March 2010

Thrybergh Cemetery: Little Owl - 1

19 March 2010

Thrybergh CP: Sand Martin - 1 - arrived at 0930 ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing at S end at 0700.

18 March 2010

Thrybergh CP: Little Ringed Plover - 1 - on front at 1620 ; Ringed Plover - 1 - flew S. ; Shoveler - 4 - 2 pairs. ; Redshank - 1

16 March 2010

Thrybergh CP: Peregrine - 1 - Flew over around 1.50pm heading SE, mobbed by a Black Headed Gull

14 March 2010

Thrybergh CP: Canada Goose - 29 ; Wigeon - 3 - 1m; 2f ; Common Gull - 9 - inc 4 W. ; Common Gull - 8 - party dropped into field together. ; Common Buzzard - 1 - carrying prey ; Kestrel - 2 - m & f, inc display. ; Moorhen - 23 ; Cormorant - 9 ; Yellowhammer - 3 - singing males ; Great Crested Grebe - 6 ; Greylag Goose - 14 ; Tufted Duck - 32 - much calling & display. ; Mute Swan - 16 - + 4 1st winters, inc 1 in from S & 4 in from N. ; Song Thrush - 2 - singing males. ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Reed Bunting - 2 - singing males ; Bullfinch - 1 pr - in S-arm, male singing. ; Gadwall - 2 prs
Thrybergh Park: Bullfinch - 1 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 2 - territorial behaviour & drumming. ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - calling
Thrybergh Tip: Stock Dove - 4 ; Mute Swan - 7 - + 7 1st W. ; Canada Goose - 2 ; Gadwall - 12 ; Little Grebe - 3-4 - trilling. ; Pochard - 3 - 2m; 1f ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Great Crested Grebe - 1 ; Reed Bunting - 1 - singing male ; Yellowhammer - 1 - singing male. ; Song Thrush - 2 - inc 1 singing male.

10 March 2010

Thrybergh CP: Pintail - 4 - 2 pairs circled for 5 minutes before heading E at 0730.

07 March 2010

Thrybergh CP: Kestrel - 2 ; Pheasant - 1 - male ; Cormorant - 3 ; Gadwall - 1pr ; Greylag Goose - 12 ; Pochard - 6 ; Canada Goose - 41 ; Great Crested Grebe - 12 - inc display. Pair with nest platform at S-end. ; Wigeon - 4 - 3m; 1f ; Mute Swan - 11 - (inc Y412 & Y236) + 2 1st W. ; Common Gull - 3 ; Yellowhammer - 3 - inc 1 singing male. ; Tufted Duck - 21 ; Ringed Plover - 1 ; Black-headed Gull - c160 - stood on ice (c40% frozen). ; Moorhen - 10 ; Coot - 104 ; Water Rail - 1 - still present at S-end. ; Reed Bunting - 1 - singing male. ; Bullfinch - 4 - 3m; 1f
Thrybergh CP & surrounding fields: Song Thrush - 3 - singing males
Thrybergh CP; adjacent fields: Grey Heron - 1 - S over adjacent fields
Thrybergh Park: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - drumming ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - calling
Thrybergh, Doncaster Road: Grey Heron - 1 - low over to SW @ 0617hrs

05 March 2010

Thrybergh Cemetery: Little Owl - 1 - Perched in tree near chapel.

04 March 2010

Thrybergh: Bullfinch - 2 - Pair eating seed on ground in garden on Reresby Road.
Thrybergh CP: Pink-footed Goose - c170 - flew NW at 0920h

28 February 2010

Thrybergh CP: Tufted Duck - 31 ; Lapwing - 6 ; Greylag Goose - 6 ; Little Grebe - 2+ ; Coot - 119 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing male. ; Goldeneye - 1 - 1st W male briefly. ; Gadwall - 3 - 2m; 1f ; Cormorant - 12 ; Great Crested Grebe - 8 ; Wigeon - 12 - 8m; 4f ; Canada Goose - 44 ; Mute Swan - 24 - + 4 1st W. (Inc Y221). ; Moorhen - 24 ; Escaped/Feral Species - 1 - Cape Shelduck ; Kestrel - 3 ; Common Buzzard - 1 ; Herring Gull - 17 - 5 N/NW; 12 E ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - N ; Common Gull - 11
Thrybergh Park/Bluebell Wood: Common Buzzard - 2 - soaring over together.
Thrybergh Tip: Wigeon - 1 ; Herring Gull - 12 - 4 E; 8 NE ; Teal - 12 ; Greylag Goose - 7 ; Gadwall - 20 - frequent aerial display ; Pochard - 9 - 7m; 2f ; Mute Swan - 13 - + 10 1st W ; Tufted Duck - 10 ; Cormorant - 7 - inc 4 NE ; Little Grebe - 1 - trilling ; Jay - 2

27 February 2010

Thrybergh Cemetery: Little Owl - 1
Thrybergh Tip: GREAT WHITE EGRET - 1 - pager report 08:00-08:07 then flew S

25 February 2010

Thrybergh Cemetery: Little Owl - 1 ; Little Owl - 1

24 February 2010

Thrybergh CP: Whooper Swan - 8 - photo ;

21 February 2010

Thrybergh CP: Ringed Plover - 1 ; Mute Swan - 48 - + 9 1st W. Reservoir c50% frozen - heavy snow stopped play! ; Canada Goose - 76 ; Escaped/Feral Species - 1 - Cape Shelduck ; Greylag Goose - 34 ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing male ; Great Crested Grebe - 15 - minimum, inc birds in full display. ; Pochard - 9 - 6M; 3F ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Gadwall - 1pr - minimum. Visibility very poor in heavy snow. ; Common Gull - 9 ; Kittiwake - 1 - 2nd W or adult winter (poor visibility) found on water 0740hrs. Probably arrived with small party of Common Gulls. Still present, stood on ice with gulls @ 0800hrs. ; Cormorant - 1 ; Tufted Duck - 18 ; Wigeon - 11 - 6m; 5f

18 February 2010

Thrybergh CP: Barnacle Goose - 8 - arrived at about1230. Still grazing by the main hide at 1400. Wary but approachable. ; , Barnacle Goose - 8 - another photo. ;

17 February 2010

Thrybergh CP: Ringed Plover - 3 - displaying on slipway.

14 February 2010

Thrybergh CP: Escaped/Feral Species - 1 - Cape Shelduck ; Kestrel - 2 ; Moorhen - 26 ; Common Gull - 6 - 4 ads + 2 1stW. ; Greylag Goose - 14 ; Great Crested Grebe - 8-9 - with birds in full display. ; Coot - 161 ; Tufted Duck - 51 ; Wigeon - 8 - 3m; 5f ; Pochard - 5 - all males ; Gadwall - 2 - males ; Lapwing - 5 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Red-legged Partridge - 5 - in adjacent fields ; Mute Swan - 43 - + 11 1stW. Lots of incomings & outgoings during morning. This is max count. ; Cormorant - 8 - In from N at dawn, none remaining more than a few minutes. ; Canada Goose - 46 ; Little Grebe - 1
Thrybergh CP; adjacent fields: Grey Heron - 1 - S ; Common Buzzard - 1

13 February 2010

Thrybergh CP: Pink-footed Goose - c65 - NW at 0945.

07 February 2010

Thrybergh CP: Escaped/Feral Species - 1 - Cape Shelduck ; Coot - 177 ; Water Rail - 1 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Wigeon - 5 - 2m; 3f ; Goldeneye - 1 - f/imm ; Bullfinch - 3 - 2m; 1f ; Common Gull - 4 ; Lapwing - 5 ; Tufted Duck - 74 ; Little Grebe - 3 ; Greylag Goose - 1 ; Canada Goose - 25 ; Great Crested Grebe - 7 ; Cormorant - 19 - in from N at dawn, most dispersing W/SW. ; Mute Swan - 47 - + 4 1st W. Inc 2 red darvic ringed birds - Y234 & Y236. ; Moorhen - 17+ ; Pochard - 4 - females ; Redwing - c50 ; Pink-footed Goose - 140+ - flying nw at 12.45 ; Coal Tit - 1 - singing male.
Thrybergh CP; fields to E: Common Buzzard - 1
Thrybergh Tip: Cormorant - 1 - NE ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Jay - 2 ; Lesser Redpoll - 1 ; Mute Swan - 5 - + 2 1st W. ; Canada Goose - 2 ; Gadwall - 25 - mostly paired. ; Stock Dove - 3 ; Teal - 4 ; Shoveler - 2 - males ; Pochard - 6 - 2m; 4f ; Tufted Duck - 30 ; Wigeon - 2prs
Thrybergh; Doncaster Road: Sparrowhawk - 1 - imm male unsuccessfully hunting passerines in gardens.

02 February 2010

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 12 ; Water Rail - 1 ; Goldeneye - 1 - female ; Wigeon - 9 ; Pochard - 9 ; Tufted Duck - 190 ; Little Grebe - 1 ; Ringed Plover - 1 - on slipway ;

31 January 2010

Thrybergh CP: Pochard - 25 ; Wigeon - 9 - 5m; 4f. ; Escaped/Feral Species - 1 - Cape Shelduck ; Canada Goose - 81 ; Great Crested Grebe - 6-7 ; Tufted Duck - 193 ; Shoveler - 1 - female ; Cormorant - 10 - in from N at dawn. ; Gadwall - 13 - inc aerial courtship flighting. ; Mute Swan - 47 - + 4 1st W. Small parties leaving W towards canal basin at Parkgate during morning. ; Shelduck - 1 pr ; Little Grebe - 2 ; Lapwing - 33 ; Willow Tit - 1 ; Water Rail - 1 - rummaging amongst wet leaf litter under willows at S-end. ; Reed Bunting - 3 ; Common Gull - 10 - inc 6 SW ; Greylag Goose - 12 ; Bullfinch - 2 ; Tree Sparrow - c10 - Around feeding area. ; Grey Heron - 1
Thrybergh CP, adjacent fields: Common Buzzard - 2

24 January 2010

Thrybergh CP: Water Rail - 1 ; Greylag Goose - 14 - all in from E. ; Moorhen - 25 ; Mute Swan - 46 - + 4 1stW ; Canada Goose - 47 - + 1 x Greylag hybrid ; Escaped/Feral Species - 1 - Cape Shelduck ; Tufted Duck - 133 ; Pochard - 3 ; Great Crested Grebe - 7 ; Cormorant - 16 - in from N at dawn, most dispersing. ; Wigeon - 5 ; Grey Heron - 3 ; Little Grebe - 2 ; Common Gull - 3 ; Fieldfare - 55 - 25 NW; 30 W ; Gadwall - 11
Thrybergh CP, adjacent fields: Common Buzzard - 2 - sat in tree where they probably roosted.
Thrybergh Park: Green Woodpecker - 1 - calling

17 January 2010

Thrybergh CP: Gadwall - 13 ; Shelduck - 1 ; Mute Swan - 48 ; Grey Heron - 2 ; Great Crested Grebe - 4 ; Pochard - 45 ; Moorhen - 21 ; Coot - 218 ; Tufted Duck - 273

16 January 2010

Thrybergh CP: Little Owl - 1

15 January 2010

Thrybergh: Red-legged Partridge - 1

12 January 2010

Thrybergh CP: Water Rail - 1 - under willows at S end @14.35

11 January 2010

Thrybergh: Peregrine - 1

10 January 2010

Thrybergh: Red-legged Partridge - 2 - About 0.5 miles north of res. ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - male
Thrybergh CP: Lesser Redpoll - 4 - N ; Common Buzzard - 1 - over adjacent fields ; Bullfinch - 2 - males. ; Moorhen - 15 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - male hunting. ; Little Grebe - 1 ; Water Rail - 1 - Seen to kill/eat small fish (c75mm long). ; Wigeon - 1 - drake ; Tufted Duck - 97 ; Great Crested Grebe - 1 ; Cormorant - 8 - S ; Canada Goose - 67 - + 1x Greylag hybrid. ; Escaped/Feral Species - 1 - Cape Shelduck ; Mute Swan - 20 - + 2 1st W ; Greylag Goose - 3 - Res 95% frozen. ; Pochard - 1 - drake ; Grey Heron - 2
Thrybergh Res: Water Rail - 1
Thrybergh Tip: Sparrowhawk - 1 - male ; Pheasant - 11 - 7m; 4f ; Willow Tit - 1 ; Kestrel - 1 - male ; Stock Dove - 2 ; Great Black-backed Gull - 1 - ad NE. ; Cormorant - 2 - NE ; Herring Gull - 17 - NE ; Lesser Redpoll - 40+ - in alders. ; Fieldfare - 50+ - feeding on Sea Buckthorn berries. ; Bullfinch - 2

09 January 2010

Thrybergh CP: Whooper Swan - 9 ; Escaped/Feral Species - 1 - Cape Shelduck - unringed and wary ; Woodcock - 1 ; Tufted Duck - 88 ; Wigeon - 15 ; Jack Snipe - 1 - feeding under willows alongside Water Rail and 2 Moorhen, 1450h-1600h ; Skylark - 1 - Over calling ; Greenfinch - 1 ; Whooper Swan - 9 - arrived from NW at 1025. Alighted momentarily on free water before departing E at 1035. ; Red-legged Partridge - 6 ; Tree Sparrow - 6+ - On feeders
Thrybergh Res: Great Crested Grebe - 2 ; Little Grebe - 2 ; Buzzard - 1 ; Wigeon - 6 ; Reed Bunting - 1 ; Yellowhammer - 1 - Near feeders ; Tree Sparrow - 3 - Near feeders ; Water Rail - 1

08 January 2010

Thrybergh CP: Little Owl - 1 - photo enclosed ; , Tree Sparrow - 5

07 January 2010

Thrybergh CP: Tufted Duck - 355 ; Mute Swan - 19 ; Pochard - 62 ; Gadwall - 10 ; Little Grebe - 2 ; Great Crested Grebe - 2 ; Water Rail - 1 ; Wigeon - 15

04 January 2010

Thrybergh CP: Little Owl - 1 ; Wigeon - 13 ; Gadwall - 16 ; Tufted Duck - 289 ; Pochard - 38 ; Little Grebe - 2 ; Little Grebe - 1 ; Common Gull - 7 ; Gadwall - 32 ; Wigeon - 8 ; Teal - 14 ; Shoveler - 1 - male ; Buzzard - 1 ; Great Crested Grebe - 12

03 January 2010

Thrybergh CP: Little Grebe - 1 ; Escaped/Feral Species - 1 - Cape Shelduck ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Goldfinch - 8 - feeding in Alders ; Skylark - 4 ; Fieldfare - 32 - SW ; Common Gull - 9 - 6 ads; 3 1stW ; Mute Swan - 32 ; Grey Heron - 2 - inc 1 NW ; Little Grebe - P ; Gadwall - 44 ; Tufted Duck - c310 ; Pochard - 16 - 11m; 5f ; Wigeon - 6 prs ; Great Crested Grebe - 24+ - Res 90% frozen. ; Pipit sp (Rock/Water) - 1 - Flew low, W to E, calling frequently. Doubled back as if to settle but continued E at 0813hrs. Probable Water? ; Cormorant - 12 - inc 6 S ; Goldeneye - 1 - f/imm ; Mallard - P ; Tree Sparrow - P ; Feral Pigeon - 1+ - everyone seems to count this so I may as well have it on the list as well ; Goldeneye - 1f - one I missed off my list ; Canada Goose - 62 ; Herring Gull - P ; Common Gull - P ; Coot - P ; Moorhen - P ; Great Crested Grebe - P ; Pochard - P ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - P ; Gadwall - P ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Wigeon - P ; Greylag Goose - P ; Canada Goose - P ; Mute Swan - P ; Tufted Duck - P
Thrybergh CP, field to E: Common Buzzard - 1 - sat on ground in field. ; Greylag Goose - 13 - feeding
Thrybergh Tip: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Fieldfare - 8 - feeding on Sea Buckthorn berries. ; Stock Dove - 4 - inc 1 singing. ; Bullfinch - 5

29 December 2009

Thrybergh CP: Teal - 3 - 2m; 1f ; Mute Swan - 40 - + 5 1stW ; Great Crested Grebe - 20 - Res 70-75% frozen. ; Tufted Duck - 310 ; Canada Goose - 50 ; Wigeon - 7 - 3prs + 1m ; Escaped/Feral Species - 1 - Cape Shelduck ; Little Grebe - 2 ; Cormorant - 15 - inc 4 S. ; Gadwall - 36 ; Pochard - 6 - 5m; 1f ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 - ad sat on ice. ; Coot - c230 ; Bewick's Swan - 1 - Ad in from W @ 0928hrs. Swam around calling before leaving NE @ 0942hrs. ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Greenfinch - 13 - one flock. ; Lapwing - 16 ; Moorhen - 26 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Water Rail - 1 ; Common Gull - 7 - 3ad; 3 1stW; 1 2ndW ; Bewick's Swan - 1 ;

27 December 2009

Thrybergh CP: Tufted Duck - 228 ; Greylag Goose - 4 ; Pochard - 10 - 4m; 6f ; Cormorant - 12 ; Shoveler - 2 - drakes ; Wigeon - 3prs ; Escaped/Feral Species - 1 - Cape Shelduck ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Great Crested Grebe - 15 ; Fieldfare - 65-70 - S in three parties ; Canada Goose - 47 ; Common Gull - 5 - 3ads; 2 1stW ; Mute Swan - 23 - + 3 1stW ; Bullfinch - 1 - male ; Gadwall - 29+ ; Water Rail - 1 - still present, feeding under willows at S-end. ; Goosander - 3 - 2m; 1f/imm S ; Herring Gull - 28 - 20S; 8W ; Great Black-backed Gull - 4 - 2W; 2S ; Little Grebe - 2
Thrybergh CP, adjacent fields: Kestrel - 1 - to NW. ; Common Buzzard - 1 - to SE.
Thrybergh CP, pond field: Coal Tit - 1 - at feeding station.
Thrybergh, Whinney Hill: Kestrel - 1 - hunting

26 December 2009

Thrybergh CP: COMMON (Mealy) REDPOLL - 1 - with small party of Lessers.

24 December 2009

Thrybergh CP: Peregrine - 1 - immature male flew NE at 0915.

23 December 2009

Thrybergh CP: Gadwall - 42 ; Great Crested Grebe - 17 ; Little Grebe - 3 ; Tufted Duck - 194 ; Pochard - 10 ; Water Rail - 1 - at southern end. ; Wigeon - 3

20 December 2009

Thrybergh CP: Grey Heron - 2 ; Great Crested Grebe - 12 ; Cormorant - 16 ; Mute Swan - 9 ; Canada Goose - 50 ; Wigeon - 9 ; Gadwall - 22 ; Pochard - 8 ; Tufted Duck - 203 ; Goldeneye - 2 ; Little Grebe - 4

13 December 2009

Thrybergh CP: Escaped/Feral Species - 1 - Cape Shelduck ; Little Grebe - 6 ; Great Crested Grebe - 8 ; Gadwall - 1 - drake ; Tufted Duck - 24 ; Cormorant - 28 - inc 1 in full breeding plumage. ; Goldeneye - 3 - 1 ad m; 2 imm f. ; Pochard - 5 - 2m; 3f. ; Wigeon - 3 - 2m; 1f ; Kingfisher - 1 ; Lapwing - 17 - flying around constantly. ; Common Gull - 2 - 1 ad; 1 1st W. ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - N ; Canada Goose - 37 ; Mute Swan - 10 - + 3 1st W ; Grey Heron - 2 ; Greylag Goose - 53 - 45 left N at dawn, 8 remained to feed in adjacent field. ; Moorhen - 30
Thrybergh Tip: Gadwall - 21 ; Lesser Redpoll - 4 ; Mute Swan - 10 - + 5 1st W. ; Stock Dove - 1 - singing male. ; Kestrel - 1 - female

06 December 2009

Thrybergh CP: Escaped/Feral Species - 1 - Cape Shelduck ; Tufted Duck - 26 ; Great Crested Grebe - 6 ; Mute Swan - 3 - + 3 1st W ; Canada Goose - 14 ; Cormorant - 19 ; Pochard - 8 ; Common Gull - 9 - S ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Little Grebe - 5 ; Goldeneye - 2 - imm f.
Thrybergh CP, adjacent fields: Lapwing - 35
Thrybergh Park: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - calling
Thrybergh Tip: Shoveler - 1pr ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Herring Gull - 12 - W ; Teal - 23 ; Lesser Redpoll - 12 - feeding in Alders ; Goldeneye - 3 - 1 Ad f; 2 imm f ; Cormorant - 4 - inc 2 NE ; Gadwall - 16 - 9m; 7f ; Mute Swan - 13 - + 3 1st W ; Black-headed Gull - c50 ; Magpie - 12 - feeding together in loose party ; Bullfinch - 5 ; Great Black-backed Gull - 2 - Ad W ; Tufted Duck - 83 ; Snipe - 1

02 December 2009

Thrybergh CP: Goosander - 1 - A lone male, departed around 1.15pm going SW.

29 November 2009

Thrybergh CP: Tufted Duck - 21 ; Grey Heron - 2 ; Common Gull - 12 - inc party of 8 W. ; Cormorant - 23 - In from N at dawn, most dispersing SW. One bird showing white thigh patch and neck plumes of partial breeding plumage. ; Canada Goose - 37 - + 1x Greylag hybrid. ; Escaped/Feral Species - 1 - Cape Shelduck ; Egyptian Goose - 1 ; Great Crested Grebe - 4 ; Little Grebe - 9 ; Mute Swan - 23 - + 4 1stW ; Moorhen - 19 ; Black-headed Gull - 1+ - including a ringed bird from Sweden returning here for the second consecutive winter ; Goldeneye - 1 - imm f. ; Gadwall - 3 - 2m; 1f ; Greylag Goose - 7 ; Golden Plover - 1 - E ; Stock Dove - 23 - 14 E; 9 NE ; Herring Gull - 13 - W ; Pink-footed Goose - 2 - N
Thrybergh CP, fields to E: Common Buzzard - 2

23 November 2009

Thrybergh CP: Chiffchaff - 1 - still present.

22 November 2009

Thrybergh CP: Gadwall - 8 - 3m; 5f ; Shoveler - 1pr ; Escaped/Feral Species - 1 - Cape Shelduck ; Mute Swan - 8 - + 4 1stW. ; Tufted Duck - 39 ; Cormorant - 13 ; Goldeneye - 3 - 1 ad f; 2 1stW f. ; Grey Heron - 3 ; Egyptian Goose - 1 ; Great Crested Grebe - 9 ; Common Gull - 7 - inc 3 S. ; Canada Goose - 50 - + 1 x Greylag hybrid ; Chiffchaff - 1 - 'collybita' feeding + calling frequently in S-arm. ; Little Grebe - 9 - feeding in S-arm. ; Pink-footed Goose - c120 - SE at 0923hrs. ; Pochard - 3 - 2m; 1f ; Greylag Goose - 19 ; Black-headed Gull - c80 ; Reed Bunting - 3 ; Redwing - 6 - S ; Fieldfare - 3 - SW ; Coot - 254 ; Moorhen - 26 ; Herring Gull - 5 - SW ; Golden Plover - c180 - SE

17 November 2009

Thrybergh CP: Chiffchaff - 1 - singing in the caravan park.

15 November 2009

Thrybergh Cemetery: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Little Owl - 1 ; Mistle Thrush - 4
Thrybergh CP: Moorhen - 28 - partial count ; Golden Plover - c80 - SW in two parties. ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Little Grebe - 8 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Wigeon - 4 - 1m; 3f feeding in S-end. ; Tufted Duck - 39 ; Black-headed Gull - c900 - in from NE at dawn in parties < 200. Most passing straight through, some stopping briefly to bathe before continuing. ; Cormorant - 35 - in from N at dawn, most dispersing W/SW. ; Escaped/Feral Species - 1 - Cape Shelduck ; Canada Goose - 54 - + 1 x Greylag hybrid ; Mute Swan - 12 - + 3 1stW ; Lapwing - 23 ; Common Gull - 7 - inc 6 S. ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - calling ; Great Crested Grebe - 3 ; Fieldfare - c40 - S/SW
Thrybergh Tip: Siskin - 2 ; Fieldfare - c35 - W/SW ; Egyptian Goose - 1 - circled & left, direction of flight not seen. ; Teal - 24 ; Gadwall - 9 ; Bullfinch - 9 - influx. ; Grey Heron - 3 ; Cormorant - 2 ; Lesser Redpoll - 2 ; Mute Swan - 2 - ads (one carrying red Darvic Y020) + 3 1stW. ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - calling ; Redwing - 3

08 November 2009

Thrybergh CP: Siskin - 10 - W ; Dunlin - 1 - still present. ; Wigeon - 6 ; Gadwall - 20 ; Bullfinch - 1 - M ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Common Gull - 3 ; Pochard - 5 - 4m; 1f ; Little Grebe - 6 ; Moorhen - 22 - part count as E footpath now closed for winter. ; Pied Wagtail - 10 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Cormorant - 19 - inc 10W ; Escaped/Feral Species - 1 - Cape Shelduck ; Tufted Duck - 39 ; Redwing - 8 ; Canada Goose - 129 - + 1x Greylag hybrid. ; Mute Swan - 21 - + 7 1stW ; Great Crested Grebe - 9 ; Common Buzzard - 1 - to E, mobbed by corvids ; Fieldfare - 4 ; Goldeneye - 1 - redhead
Thrybergh Park: Tawny Owl - 1 - calling 0640hrs
Thrybergh Tip: Stock Dove - 2 ; Fieldfare - 6 ; Lesser Redpoll - 7+ - feeding in Alders. ; Green Woodpecker - 1 ; Water Rail - 2 - calling ; Teal - 1 - duck ; Bullfinch - 1 pr ; Gadwall - 2 - drakes ; Tufted Duck - 10 ; Cormorant - 2 - inc 1 NE ; Mute Swan - 2 - + 3 1stW ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - F ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Goldfinch - c40 - feeding in Alders. ; Jay - 1 ; Grey Heron - 1

03 November 2009

Thrybergh CP: Dunlin - 1 - still present at 0930. ;

02 November 2009

Thrybergh CP: Whooper Swan - 2 - adults, on at 0750, still present at 0925.

01 November 2009

Thrybergh CP: Pochard - 4 ; Cormorant - 7 ; Moorhen - 37 ; Tufted Duck - 33 ; Egyptian Goose - 1 ; Canada Goose - 125 ; Mute Swan - 16 - + 4 1st W. ; Escaped/Feral Species - 1 - Cape Shelduck ; Kingfisher - 1 ; Little Grebe - 7 ; Wigeon - 6 ; Gadwall - 26 ; Great Crested Grebe - 4 - + 1 juv still dependent! ; Goldeneye - 1 - redhead ; Common Gull - 7 - inc 2 S. ; Dunlin - 1 - dropped in 0818hrs. Still present 0845hrs.

30 October 2009

Thrybergh Lane, W of Thrybergh CP: Sparrowhawk - 1 - imm male sat on roadside hedge.

29 October 2009

Thrybergh CP: Pink-footed Goose - c200 - NW at 0847 + c60 NW at 0925. ; Whooper Swan - 2 - N at 0857

25 October 2009

Thrybergh CP: Goldeneye - 1 - redhead ; Great Crested Grebe - 4 - ads + 1 juv. ; Canada Goose - 104 - + 1 x Greylag hybrid ; Tufted Duck - 39 ; Mute Swan - 13 - + 3 imms. ; Escaped/Feral Species - 1 - Cape Shelduck ; Moorhen - 30 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Song Thrush - 6 ; Black-headed Gull - c300 - in from NE, moved through S just after dawn. ; Common Gull - 2 ; Tawny Owl - 1 - calling at 0620hrs ; Pochard - 1 - drake ; Wigeon - 9 ; Gadwall - 28 - 14m; 14f ; Little Grebe - 5+ ; Kingfisher - 1 ; Cormorant - 15 ; Grey Wagtail - 2 ; Siskin - 2 - SE ; Peregrine - 1 - ad male in from N @ 0635hrs. Spooked Lapwing flock in adjacent field + harassed them over water for a short while before leaving N.
Thrybergh CP, adjacent fields: Red-legged Partridge - c15 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Grey Partridge - 3 ; Golden Plover - 13 - North ; Common Buzzard - 3 - to E, inc one feeding on Rabbit carcass in field, harassed by Magpies.

23 October 2009

Thrybergh CP: Whooper Swan - 2 - (1 ad./1 juv.)arr. from E at 0930, dep. S at 0935. ;

18 October 2009

Thrybergh: Pink-footed Goose - 150-200 - SE at 0935hrs, presumed same as those over Silverwood 5 mins later.
Thrybergh CP: Escaped/Feral Species - 1 - Cape Shelduck ; Gadwall - 17 ; Goldeneye - 1 - redhead ; Reed Bunting - 1 ; Fieldfare - 9 - inc 5 S. ; Little Grebe - 8 ; Song Thrush - 13 - inc 2 in high from NE. ; Siskin - 2 - SE ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Wigeon - 6 ; Redwing - 11 - W or SW. ; Grey Wagtail - 2 ; Herring Gull - 1 - ad on res at dawn, presumably roosted. ; Moorhen - 36 ; Great Crested Grebe - 4 - ads + 1 juv. ; Tufted Duck - 48 ; Canada Goose - 91 ; Mute Swan - 41 - + 4 cygnets. ; Kingfisher - 1 ; Black-headed Gull - 60-70 ; Pochard - 1pr ; Greylag Goose - 2 ; Starling - moderate passage - to W during morning, probably 400+ inc one flock of 100-200. ; Coot - 259 ; Cormorant - 8
Thrybergh CP, adjacent fields: Red-legged Partridge - 33
Thrybergh Tip: Shoveler - 1 ; Common Buzzard - 2 - 1 N; 1 E. ; Stock Dove - 1 ; Jay - 8 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - f ; Kestrel - 1 - m ; Kingfisher - 1 ; Water Rail - 1 - calling ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Teal - 9 ; Gadwall - 3 ; Mute Swan - 2 - ads ; Siskin - 1 - SE ; Willow Tit - 1 ; Lesser Redpoll - 5 - SW ; Herring Gull - 43 - 31 & 12, all W. ; Song Thrush - 6 - inc 1 in high from NE.

15 October 2009

Thrybergh CP: Mute Swan - 68 - inc. 6 cygnets ; Gadwall - 25 ; Pintail - 3 - flew N at 0930. ; Wigeon - 6 ; Pochard - 16

13 October 2009

Thrybergh CP: Red Kite - 1 - flew N at 1010.

11 October 2009

Thrybergh CP: Little Grebe - 5 ; Song Thrush - 11 - inc 5 W. ; Common Gull - 14 - S/SW ; Kestrel - 1 ; Gadwall - 21 ; Willow Tit - 1 ; Great Crested Grebe - 4 - ads + 1 dependent juv. ; Moorhen - 37 ; Egyptian Goose - 1 ; Tufted Duck - 49 ; Greylag Goose - 6 ; Pochard - 3 - males. ; Lesser Redpoll - 2 - SW ; Long-tailed Tit - 9 ; Wigeon - 1 ; Dunlin - 2 - NW @ 0827hrs ; Siskin - 1 - SW ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Cormorant - 18 - in from N a dawn. Most left W. ; Mute Swan - 57 - + 6 imms. Most left to W/NW (to Parkgate?) ; Escaped/Feral Species - 1 - Cape Shelduck ; Shelduck - 6 - flew N at 0935. ; Canada Goose - 107 - + 1 x Greylag hybrid ; Grey Wagtail - 2
Thrybergh CP, adjacent fields: Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Stock Dove - 2 ; Little Owl - 1 - calling at dawn ; Red-legged Partridge - 9
Thrybergh Tip: Shoveler - 5 - 3m; 2f ; Pochard - 2 - males ; Gadwall - 16 ; Teal - 28 ; Wigeon - 1 ; Cormorant - 3 ; Tufted Duck - 31 ; Black-headed Gull - 16 ; Lesser Redpoll - 3 - W ; Redwing - 2 - SW ; Jay - 3 ; Song Thrush - 4 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Green Woodpecker - 1 ; Mute Swan - 1 pr
Thrybergh Tip, Bluebell Wood: Sparrowhawk - 1

04 October 2009

Thrybergh Cemetery: Little Owl - 1
Thrybergh CP: Greenshank - 1 - calling ; Pied Wagtail - 10+ - inc 1 White Wagtail
Thrybergh to Hooton Roberts: Common Buzzard - 2 - low over Doncaster Road at 1145hrs.

01 October 2009

Thrybergh CP: Pink-footed Goose - 27 - flew W at 0815 followed by 21 W at 0910. ; Swallow - 7

27 September 2009

Thrybergh CP: Chiffchaff - 3 - inc 2 singing. ; Mute Swan - 37 - + 6 cygnets. ; Common Buzzard - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 2 - inc 1 S. ; Little Grebe - 5 ; Song Thrush - 10 - inc a party of 5 - influx of migrants? ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Pochard - 2 ; Coot - 269 ; Greylag Goose - 3 ; Moorhen - 30 ; Cormorant - 10 ; Canada Goose - 91 ; Gadwall - 4 prs ; Tufted Duck - 45 ; Wigeon - 4 - inc 2m, circled over. ; Escaped/Feral Species - 1 - Cape Shelduck ; Jay - 2 ; Great Crested Grebe - 5 - + 1 juv. ; Red Kite - 1 - drifted rapidly NW to SE, accompanied by 2 crows, 0801hrs. ; Snipe - 2 - circled over & appeared to drop in S-end ; Swallow - 12 - S or SW
Thrybergh Tip: Swallow - 14 - SW ; Grey Goose sp - 31 - NW, probably Greylag. ; House Martin - 7 - high over. ; Blackcap - 1 - male ; Bullfinch - 6+ ; Jay - 2 ; Stock Dove - 4 ; Teal - 15 ; Tufted Duck - 22 ; Snipe - 4 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Cormorant - 8 - inc 1 NE. ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; Song Thrush - 7-8 - presumed influx of migrants. ; Shoveler - 6 ; Willow Tit - 2

21 September 2009

Thrybergh CP: Escaped/Feral Species - 1 - Lesser White-fronted Goose ; Redshank - 1 ;

20 September 2009

Thrybergh CP: Little Grebe - 7 ; Cormorant - 7 ; Mute Swan - 16 - plus 6 cygnets ; Tufted Duck - 33 ; Great Crested Grebe - 4 - plus 1 juv. ; Pochard - 3 ; Greylag Goose - 68 ; Moorhen - 18 ; Coot - 207 ; Wigeon - 3 ; Peregrine - 1 - imm. flew E at 0832 ; Gadwall - 8 ; Canada Goose - 88

19 September 2009

Thrybergh CP: Wigeon - 6 ; Teal - 2 ; Greylag Goose - 70 ; Escaped/Feral Species - 1 - Thought to be Lesser White-fronted Goose and probably the same bird which has been at Old Moor. Arrived (from feeding in fields) with the greylags which doubled their numbers overnight (RATHER TAME). ; , Escaped/Feral Species - 1 ; , Pintail - 1

18 September 2009

Thrybergh CP: Wigeon - 1 ; Willow Tit - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 3 ; Willow Warbler - 1

16 September 2009

Thrybergh CP: Pintail - 1 - eclipse male arrived from W 0843, scared off by dogs 0910. ; , Teal - 1 ; Wigeon - 2

12 September 2009

Thrybergh CP: Peregrine - 1 - flew NE at 0915.

10 September 2009

Thrybergh CP: Teal - 10 - departed NW. ; Wigeon - 8 - departed NW. ; Shoveler - 1 ; Wheatear - 1 - 1st winter/female on front at 0920. ;

06 September 2009

Thrybergh CP: Greylag Goose - 10 ; Escaped/Feral Species - 1 - Cape Shelduck ; Hirundine - c300 - feeding over dam. Mostly Swallows at first, with lesser numbers House & Sand Martins. ; Black-headed Gull - 13 - inc 11 S. ; Meadow Pipit - 10 - S ; Whitethroat - 1 ; Lesser Whitethroat - 1 ; Little Grebe - 5 - 1 ad; 4 imm ; Chiffchaff - 6 - inc 2 singing males. ; Pochard - 1 - f/imm ; Egyptian Goose - 1 ; Mute Swan - 33 - + 6 well-grown cygnets. ; Moorhen - 36 - inc juvs. ; Common Tern - 5 - left W soon after dawn. ; Gadwall - 5 ; Canada Goose - 65 ; Tufted Duck - 39 ; Great Crested Grebe - 5 - ads + 1 juv ; Cormorant - 7 ; Pied Wagtail - 9 ; Grey Heron - 1
Thrybergh Tip: Teal - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 5 - inc 1 singing male. ; Lesser Whitethroat - 1 ; Herring Gull - 1 - ad W ; Jay - 2 ; Bullfinch - 4 ; Whitethroat - 2 ; Willow Warbler - 2 ; Peregrine - 1 - ad, probably male, circled & left W. ; Green Woodpecker - 1 ; Meadow Pipit - 33 - S/SW ; Lapwing - 7 ; Black-headed Gull - 9 ; Cormorant - 3 ; Mute Swan - 2 - ads ; Gadwall - 7 ; Tufted Duck - 2 ; Stock Dove - 8 ; Shoveler - 6