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24 March 2023

Aldwarke Lane: Kestrel - 1 - male sat on security light
Aldwarke; Liberty Steels: Peregrine - 1 - over melting shop & briefly chasing pigeons @ 0740 & 0755hrs
Bolehill Flash: Yellowhammer - 3
Coumes Wood, Oughtibridge: Brambling - c20 - with Chaffinches, feeding under beech trees
Curbar Gap: Ring Ouzel - 1
Fulwood garden: Brambling - 3 ; Lesser Redpoll - 4 ; Chaffinch - 7 ; Herring Gull - 1 - over ; Pheasant - 2 - pair
Midhope area: Curlew - 42 ; Oystercatcher - 5 ; Fieldfare - 3 ; Redwing - 6
Parkgate; 'Banana' plantation: Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Siskin - c15 - flock ; Redwing - 2 ; Chaffinch - 1 - singing ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - male ; Long-tailed Tit - 4 - together
Parkgate; Broad Street: Sparrowhawk - 1 - circling over @ 0905hrs
R Don, Effingham St: Goosander - 10 - 3 male,7 female ; Mallard - 39 ; Goldfinch - 4 - Singing. ; Cormorant - 1 ; Moorhen - 2 ; Grey Wagtail - 2 ; Chiffchaff - 3 - Singing
R Rother, Bolehill.: Sand Martin - 3 ; Kingfisher - 1 ; Cormorant - 1 ; View Picture, Grey Heron - 1 ; View Picture, Goosander - 4
Rawmarsh Cemetery: Chaffinch - 2 - 1 singing ; Stock Dove - 2
Rawmarsh Hill: Goldcrest - 1 - singing from garden conifers, Ryan Place
Rawmarsh; Barber's Avenue: Chiffchaff - 1 - singing briefly from garden ; Magpie - 9 - together in roadside trees ; Fieldfare - 2 - NW ; Black-headed Gull - 3 - on playing field ; Linnet - 1 - over playing field
Rawmarsh; High Street: Greenfinch - 2 - singing
Rawmarsh; Stubbin incline: Chiffchaff - 1 - singing
Roundwood Golf course: Stock Dove - 1 - W ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing ; Siskin - 1-2 - over
Thrybergh CP: Mute Swan - 24 ; Tufted Duck - 30 ; Scaup - 1 - male ; Oystercatcher - 2 ; Water Rail - 1 ; Sand Martin - c50 ; Chiffchaff - 6 ; Song Thrush - 2 ; Fieldfare - 20+ ; Redwing - 40+ ; Reed Bunting - 4 ; Yellowhammer - 1 ; Jackdaw - 19 ; Buzzard - 3
Wharncliffe Side: Barn Owl - 1
Woodhouse Washlands: Sparrowhawk - 1 - Male ; Robin - 5 ; Canada Goose - 2 ; Heron - 1