Recent News - Treeton

19 August 2010

Treeton Dyke: Lesser Whitethroat - 1 ; Willow Tit - 1 ; Garden Warbler - 1 - singing

08 July 2010

Treeton: Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - reeling between railway footbridge and river

07 July 2010

Treeton: Grasshopper Warbler - 1
Treeton Wood: Buzzard - 1

20 June 2010

Treeton Dyke: Cuckoo - 1 - calling ; Bullfinch - 1 - Dust bathing on path with a colourful group of friends including: Whitethroat-2, Willow Warbler-2, Chaffinch-6, Linnet-4 ; Sedge Warbler - 5 seen - more calling in reed bed ; Great Crested Grebe - 4 - 3 adults, 1 juv ; Reed Bunting - 2

26 May 2010

Treeton Dyke: Sedge Warbler - 2 - singing males ; Buzzard - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 2 - singing males ; Cormorant - 1 - west ; Reed Bunting - 2 - singing males ; Heron - 1 ; Willow Warbler - 1 ; Song Thrush - 2 ; Reed Warbler - 2 - silent skulking adult followed closely by probable juv.
Treeton SF: House Martin - c40 - concentration over sewage works ; Swift - c20 ; Swallow - c50

24 May 2010

Treeton: Cuckoo - 1

12 May 2010

Treeton: Garden Warbler - 1 - singing ; Lesser Whitethroat - 1

11 May 2010

Treeton: Lesser Whitethroat - 1

09 May 2010

Treeton Dyke: Great Crested Grebe - 3 ; Blackbird - 5 - singing males ; Long-tailed Tit - 6 - family party including fledged juvs ; Whitethroat - 4 - singing males ; Gadwall - 4 - males showing territorial behaviour ; Sedge Warbler - 2 - singing males ; Reed Warbler - 3 - singing males ; Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - + reeling ; Garden Warbler - 3 - singing males

30 April 2010

Treeton Dyke: Garden Warbler - 2 - Singing males one near slipway 11.00 other at end of Falconer Lane 11:30
Treeton Tip: Whitethroat - 20 - It seemed that every clump of bushes held a singing male

29 April 2010

Treeton Dyke: Swift - 1 ; Grasshopper Warbler - 2 - Also 1 garden warbler singing in shrubs

27 April 2010

Treeton: Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - Singing and showing well between Washfield Lane and river bridge ; Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - Male singing in scrub off Rother Crescent

26 April 2010

Treeton: Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - Washfield Lane between bridge and river
Treeton Dyke: Reed Warbler - 2 - singing

25 April 2010

Treeton: Grasshopper Warbler - 3 - At least 3 in area between Washfield Lne and Orgreave Lakes Bridges

24 April 2010

Treeton Dyke: Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - singing on Forgemasters Tip

23 April 2010

Treeton: Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - By Washfield Lane Railway Bridge

21 April 2010

Treeton Dyke: Sedge Warbler - 1 - 1 singing at 0815 ; Lesser Whitethroat - 1

20 April 2010

Treeton Dyke: Common Buzzard - 2 - pair over Hail Mary Hill Wood 4.45pm ; Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - singing 0715h ; Sedge Warbler - 1 - singing 0715h

16 April 2010

Treeton: Whitethroat - 2 - 2 males in scrub off Rother Crescent

06 April 2010

Treeton Dyke: Reed Bunting - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 3 ; Willow Warbler - 1

03 April 2010

Treeton Dyke: Green Woodpecker - 1 ; Canada Goose - 15 ; Greylag Goose - 3 ; Tufted Duck - 14 ; Gadwall - 2 ; Great Crested Grebe - 6 ; Little Grebe - 1 - heard trilling ; Chiffchaff - 6 - singing ; Bullfinch - 4 ; Lesser Redpoll - 5 ; Reed Bunting - 2 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Sand Martin - 2 - flew S with Swallows ; Swallow - 3 - flew S

25 March 2010

Treeton Dyke: Chiffchaff - 2 - singing from the Falconer lane end ; Tufted Duck - 26 ; House Sparrow - 16 - in hedges at falconer lane end.

21 March 2010

Treeton Dyke: Sand Martin - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; Water Rail - 1

13 March 2010

Treeton Dyke: Goosander - 4 - 3 Male, 1 Redhead

28 February 2010

Treeton Dyke: Kingfisher - 1 ; Great Crested Grebe - 3 ; Greylag Goose - 2 ; Grey Heron - 2 ; Cormorant - 1 ; Coot - 70 ; Little Grebe - 2 - calling ; Tufted Duck - 32 ; Pochard - 5 ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - heard ; Reed Bunting - 5 - singing ; Goosander - 6

25 February 2010

Treeton/Ulley: Common Buzzard - 1 - Sat on pylon/telegraph pole in Fields between Treeton Lane & Burnt Wood

21 February 2010

Treeton Dyke: Great Crested Grebe - 2 ; Bullfinch - 3 ; Gadwall - 20 ; Greylag Goose - 1 ; Shoveler - 5 - off W ; Canada Goose - 60 ; Coot - 90 - despite 95% frozen

18 February 2010

Treeton: Peregrine - 1

14 February 2010

Treeton Dyke: Kingfisher - 1 ; Gadwall - 56 ; Coot - 50 ; Goosander - 3 ; Blackbird - 10 ; Bullfinch - 4 ; Long-tailed Tit - 19 ; Goldfinch - 24 - flew out of roost in hawthorns ; Tufted Duck - 12
Treeton SF: Rook - 45
Treeton Wood: Herring Gull - 10 - party N at 0900 - sign of return movt N

31 January 2010

Treeton Dyke: Bullfinch - 8 ; Coot - 130 ; BITTERN - 1 - bird flew into reedbeds at the side of the concrete walkway at 09.25am. ; Gadwall - 109 ; Common Buzzard - 1 ; Cormorant - 4 ; Pochard - 13 ; Tufted Duck - 6 ; Little Grebe - 1 ; Peregrine - 1 - male ; Shoveler - 7

23 January 2010

Treeton SF: Grey Wagtail - 6 - also 30 Pied Wagtail

19 January 2010

Treeton: Cormorant - 3 - Flying over Orgreave Lagoons ; Teal - 4 male 2 female - On River Rother ; Goosander - 5 male 6 female - On the River Rother by the weir

17 January 2010

Treeton SF: Grey Wagtail - 1

12 January 2010

Treeton Dyke: Gadwall - 89 ; Common Buzzard - 1 ; Golden Plover - 7 - north
Treeton SF: Grey Wagtail - 3 ; Pied Wagtail - 40+

11 January 2010

Treeton Dyke: Gadwall - c80

10 January 2010

Treeton SF: Pied Wagtail - 40 - on filter beds ; Meadow Pipit - 45 - on filter beds ; Meadow Pipit - 25 - several Grey and Pied Wagtail also ; Starling - 80 - on filter beds ; Grey Wagtail - 3 - on filter beds ; Rook - 50 - on filter beds

02 January 2010

Treeton : Tree Sparrow - 20+ - in set-aside below Spa Farm
Treeton Dyke: House Sparrow - c10 ; Common Buzzard - 1 ; Siskin - 2 ; Willow Tit - 2 - on forgemasters tip ; Jay - 2 ; Woodcock - 1 - flushed from forgemasters tip
Treeton SF: Meadow Pipit - 6 ; Grey Wagtail - 1

01 January 2010

Treeton SF: Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Rook - nc ; Rook - 40
Treeton Wood: Long-tailed Tit - 5 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1

28 December 2009

Treeton: Golden Plover - 148 - feeding in fields between Treeton and Ulley Res
Treeton Dyke: Coot - 176 - at least on small ice free patch ; Gadwall - 89 - at 9.45 on small ice free patch ; Shoveler - 6 - on small ice free patch

27 December 2009

Treeton Dyke: Gadwall - 92 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Green Woodpecker - 1 ; Reed Bunting - 9 ; Lesser Redpoll - 25 - in alders ; Bullfinch - 6 ; Lapwing - 25 - on ice ; Herring Gull - 8 - flew S

26 December 2009

Treeton Dyke: Green Sandpiper - 1 - flew over calling, appeared to go down on R Rother ; Chiffchaff - 1 - on Forgemasters tip (not tristis). ; Gadwall - 121

22 December 2009

Treeton Dyke: Gadwall - 92

20 December 2009

Treeton Dyke: Blackbird - 31 ; Mute Swan - 2 ; Canada Goose - 6 ; Great Crested Grebe - 3 ; Coot - 110 - in small patch of ice-free water ; Shoveler - 18 - on ice-free patch of water ; Wigeon - 14 - on ice-free patch of water ; Gadwall - 72 - Excellent count on small patch of ice-free water ; , Tufted Duck - 3 ; Goosander - 3 - flew N ; Snipe - 3 - singles flew NW ; Redwing - 10 ; Long-tailed Tit - 12 ; Reed Bunting - 2 - feeding on edge of Dyke ; Meadow Pipit - 4 - overhead ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - calling ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - yaffling ; Bullfinch - 2 ; Willow Tit - 1 - calling ; Cormorant - 25 - flew S in 3 parties

14 December 2009

Treeton Dyke: Goosander - 5 ; Gadwall - 35 ; Bullfinch - 6

12 December 2009

Treeton Dyke: Chiffchaff - 1 - on Forgemasters Tip

09 December 2009

Treeton Dyke: Kingfisher - 1 ; Red-breasted Merganser - 2 ; Goosander - 3 ; Wigeon - 1 ; Mallard - 30 ; Gadwall - 45

21 November 2009

Treeton Dyke: Redwing - 10 ; Blackbird - 20 ; Reed Bunting - 4 ; Great Crested Grebe - 4 ; Lesser Redpoll - 20 - feeding on birch trees ; Goosander - 3 - 3 males over south

20 November 2009

Treeton Dyke: Gadwall - 66

12 November 2009

Treeton Dyke: Pochard - 15 ; Wigeon - 8 - all males ; Goosander - 1 - male ; Goldeneye - 2 - redheads ; Gadwall - 52

06 November 2009

Treeton Dyke: Chiffchaff - 2 - 2 in tit flock on Forgemasters tip

26 September 2009

Treeton Dyke: Wigeon - 16 ; Buzzard - 2 - ; Greylag Goose - 6 ; Canada Goose - 87