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28 March 2024

Dog Kennel Pond: Great Crested Grebe - 5
Elsecar Res: Grey Wagtail - 2 - Singing/displaying by weir ; Grey Heron - 2 ; Cormorant - 1 ; Tufted Duck - 4 - 2 pairs together ; Great Crested Grebe - 10 - Much display and territorial behaviour ; Chiffchaff - 2 ; Goldcrest - 1 - Singing ; Mallard - c120
Grenoside: Kestrel - 2 ; Buzzard - 4 - Circling together
Hammond's Field: Ring Ouzel - 1 - ad female on wall at 07:40 hrs
Langsett Res: Oystercatcher - 6 - Pair on dam wall and two pairs on filter beds. All flew over res calling at one point. ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 - Adult ; Great Crested Grebe - 1 ; Kestrel - 1 - Display flight, probably the same bird seen nearby over Low Moor
Longshaw: Treecreeper - 1 ; View Picture, Siskin - 2 - Feeders ; Greenfinch - 2 - Feeders
Low Moor, Upper Midhope: Kestrel - 1 - Display flight ; Curlew - 4 ; Oystercatcher - 2 - Pair ; Lapwing - c15 - At least 3 sitting
Midhope Hall Lane: Fieldfare - c40 ; Chiffchaff - 2 ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Curlew - c80 ; Grey Wagtail - 2 - Pair, one singing by res overflow. ; Buzzard - 2 ; Kestrel - 1
Midhope Res: Little Grebe - 1 - Trilling ; Moorhen - 1 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 1
Midhopestones: Jackdaw - c150 - Single group in fields.
Morley Pond: Great Crested Grebe - 3 ; Greylag Goose - 12 ; Canada Goose - 8 ; Mandarin - 1 - male ; Mallard - 10+ ; Tufted Duck - 28 - 18 male ; Coot - 4
Orgreave Lakes: Marsh Harrier - 1 - Cream-crown flew south between 09:35 and 09:40.
Peat Pits: Golden Plover - c320 ; Curlew - 2 ; Skylark - 1 ; Lapwing - c20 - At least 3 sitting
Redmires Middle Res: Tufted Duck - 5 - 2 pairs + a single male ; Moorhen - 2
Redmires Res: Canada Goose - 35 - c. ; Greylag Goose - 30 - c. ; Pied Wagtail - 4 ; Chiffchaff - 1 - in willows - first back here for me
Redmires Top Res: Common Scoter - 4 - 2 pairs present at 07:00 hrs ; Siskin - 1 - male displaying
Smallfield, Broomhead Moor: Stonechat - 1 ; View Picture, Curlew - 2
Soughley Lane, Redmires: Oystercatcher - 2 - in fields
Tankersley - Black Lane: Buzzard - 2 - Circling together ; Gadwall - 36 - 18 pairs ; Teal - 4 - 2 pairs ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; Skylark - 1 ; Lapwing - 1 - ‘Resident’ for a short while.
Tankersley - opp. Evri: Lapwing - 4 - One sitting
Thrybergh CP: Mute Swan - 18 ; Tufted Duck - 24 ; Gadwall - 4 ; Great Crested Grebe - 6 ; View Picture, Grey Heron - 1 ; Cormorant - 1 ; Skylark - 6 ; Sand Martin - 100+ ; Nuthatch - 2 ; Chiffchaff - 7 ; Willow Warbler - 1 ; Blackcap - 2 ; Buzzard - 2 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - male ; Kestrel - 1 - female ; Pied Wagtail - 4 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Blue Tit - 8+ ; View Picture, Bullfinch - 2+ ; View Picture
Upper Common, Scholes: Linnet - 60+
Upper Midhope: Linnet - 1 - Singing, first song of year for me. ; Pied Wagtail - 2 - Pair prospecting nest site in stone wall. ; Siskin - c5
Wharncliffe Side: Jackdaw - c50
White Lee Moor: Snipe - 1 - Chipping

27 March 2024

Barlow Common: Yellowhammer - 1 ; Skylark - 2 ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; Buzzard - 1 ; Pheasant - 1 ; Goldfinch - 3 ; Pied Wagtail - 1
Catcliffe Flash: Teal - 16 ; Shoveler - 7 - 5m, 2f ; Tufted Duck - 21