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10 October 2024
Barlow: Buzzard - 1 ; Jay - 1Clifton, Rotherham: Chiffchaff - 1
Dog Kennel Pond: Great Crested Grebe - 2 ; Mallard - 10+ ; Tufted Duck - 2 ; Kestrel - 1 - male ; Black-headed Gull - c50
Greystones garden: Pheasant - 1 - A 1st for observers garden
Middle Common, Scholes: Sparrowhawk - 1 - from telegraph pole, then briefly harassed by Carrion Crow over Rockingham Wood ; Skylark - 3+
Middleton Moor: Whooper Swan - 1 - Adult paid a brief visit this morning before departing West ;
Morley Pond: Great Crested Grebe - 2 ; Cormorant - 1 - over N edge of Low Common ; Mute Swan - 2 - resident pair ; Mallard - 40+ ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Long-tailed Tit - 3+ ; Nuthatch - 1 - calling ; Jay - 1+ ; Magpie - 1+ ; Jackdaw - 10+ ; Carrion Crow - 10+
Scholes Coppice: Buzzard - 1 - low over Wood
Silverwood Lagoon: Pink-footed Goose - 1+ - heard, heading east at 09.50 ; Jackdaw - 30 - in stubble field to west
Tankersley Park Golf Course: Pink-footed Goose - 150 - NE at 10:20 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Jay - 2 ; Long-tailed Tit - 3
Thorpe Hesley: Whooper Swan - 15 - Low south at 19.40
Thrybergh CP: Raven - 2
Upper Common, Scholes: Meadow Pipit - 2 ; Skylark - 1+
Wortley: Willow Tit - 1 - Within a mixed tit group PM
Wortley - vismig: Woodpigeon - c4400 - South 07:30-08:30 ; Redwing - 20 - Mixed movement west and south ; Chaffinch - 6 - South ; Starling - 1 - South ; Stock Dove - 29 - 5 south, 4 west plus 20 resident ; Lapwing - c50 ; Meadow Pipit - 16 - South ; Raven - 1 - Local movement west
09 October 2024
Lodge Moor: Pink-footed Goose - 400 - Approx 400 birds in 2 large skeins & several smaller groups heading ESE at 16:40Sheffield Centre: Ring-necked Parakeet - 1 - flying up Charter Row towards city centre ; Ring-necked Parakeet - 1 - 1 flying up Charter Row twds city centre
Silverwood Lagoon: Jack Snipe - 1 ; Cetti's Warbler - 1 - brief burst of song ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing
Thrybergh CP: Mute Swan - 40 ; Tufted Duck - 51 ; Pochard - 20 ; Gadwall - 9 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 20+ - odd juv may have oiled plumage ;
, Black-headed Gull - 100+ ; Kingfisher - 2 ; Grey Wagtail - 2 ; Pied Wagtail - 10+ ; Nuthatch - 1 ; Buzzard - 4 ; Kestrel - 1M