Barlow Common: Raven - 2 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Yellowhammer - 1

Cinder Bridge Field; The Tops: Skylark - 65 - c; flocks of c50 (SK4296) & c15 (SK4395), on recently sown cereals ; Reed Bunting - 1 - male, in mixed flock on recently sown cereals ; Meadow Pipit - 10 - c10 in mixed flock on recently sown cereals ; Linnet - 60 - flocks of c40 (SK4296) & c20 (SK4395), in mixed flock on recently sown cereals ; Yellowhammer - 6 - in mixed flock on recently sown cereals ; Jay - 2

Firsby Res: Moorhen - 3 - Main Res. ; Kingfisher - 1 - Constantly calling. ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 2 - Over calling. ; Buzzard - 1 - Over site very high. ; Skylark - 13 - Over surrounding farmland together. ; Meadow Pipit - 2 - Over calling. ; Cetti's Warbler - 1 - Calling in Reed bed. ; Song Thrush - 6+ - Migrants arriving? ; Goldcrest - 1

Foxhill, Shaw Hill: Pink-footed Goose - 50 - c50 south at 18:30 ; Starling - 2 - The commonplace now alarmingly scarce

Greasbrough: Pink-footed Goose - 30 - c30, W @ 0810hrs

Millhouses Park: Carrion Crow - 2 - Dismembering a signal crayfish. ; Dipper - 1 - Singing.

New Stubbin colliery/tip: Chaffinch - 3 - 2 N; 1 S ; Meadow Pipit - 60 - 60+, 0710-0910hrs, all S ; Red-legged Partridge - 1 ; Kestrel - 1 - female ; Green Woodpecker - 1 ; Pheasant - 3 - cocks ; Swallow - 2 - singles, S ; Pied Wagtail - 7 - 'alba' wagtails, all S ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 4 - all N ; Linnet - 12 - 4 NE; 8 S ; Jay - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 12 - flock ; Stock Dove - 1 - N ; Herring Gull - 2 - SE ; Mallard - 7 - all NE ; Goldfinch - 5 ; Yellowhammer - 3 ; Skylark - 5 - all S ; Redwing - 1 - heard over ; Great Black-backed Gull - 4 - 2 singles N; 2 S ; Chiffchaff - 3 - inc one singing

New Stubbin; Back Lane: Yellowhammer - 1 ; Greenfinch - 20 - c20; flock in adjacent set-aside

Rawmarsh: Chiffchaff - 1 - calling from roadside trees, Blyth Avenue @ 0700hrs ; Rook - 12 - max, over Haugh Road calling before dispersing

Rawmarsh Cemetery: Goldcrest - 3 ; Nuthatch - 1 - calling ; Long-tailed Tit - 5 - 5+, flock

Rawmarsh; Stubbin incline: Rook - 20 - c20 in adjacent field ; Carrion Crow - 30 - c30 in adjacent field ; Jackdaw - 10 - c10 in adjacent field ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; Coal Tit - 1

Silverwood Lagoon: Goosander - 1 - redhead on lagoon early morning only ; Great White Egret - 1 - came in after 09.00 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Skylark - 1 - singing over fields below lagoon ; Water Rail - 1 - heard ; Snipe - 1 ; Cetti's Warbler - 1 - singing on and off ; Siskin - 1 - south ; Stonechat - 1 - female in reeds and scrub in south-west corner ; Yellowhammer - 1

Stocksbridge: Pink-footed Goose - 160 - c160 - three skeins passed over Stocksbridge W between 08.15 - 08.30. Presumably the Upper Haugh birds.

Thrybergh Tip: Pink-footed Goose - 30 - Around 30 west over the lake at 08:05 ; Great White Egret - 2 - 1 left in direction of roundwood briefly after I arrived

Upper Haugh: Pink-footed Goose - 157 - 39 @ 0750hrs; 57 @ 0754hrs; 10 @ 0803hrs; 51 @ 0810hrs, all heading W

Catcliffe Flash: Great White Egret - 1 ; Little Egret - 1 ; Grey Heron - 2 ; Shoveler - 24 ; Wigeon - 35 ; Gadwall - 48 ; Tufted Duck - 1 ; Cetti's Warbler - 2 ; Moorhen - 30 ; Teal - 22 ; Cormorant - 5 ; Great Crested Grebe - 2

Graves Park - Serpentine Walk: Other Species - 1 - Female Ivy Bee (Colletes hederae) actively feeding on extensive patch of flowering Ivy. First sighting for the area.

Leash Fen: Stonechat - 5

R Don, Rotherham Centre: Grey Heron - 1 - low over Centenary Way, following Don to E @ 1240hrs

Rawmarsh: Common Buzzard - 2 - soaring high over High Street @1010hrs & drifted E/SE ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - circled over Rockcliffe Road & left S @ 1300hrs

Rawmarsh; Stubbin incline: Pheasant - 1 - hen ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; Chaffinch - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 2 ; Common Buzzard - 1 - N

Silverwood Lagoon: Mute Swan - 5 - flew east at 08.40

Thrybergh Tip: Great White Egret - 4 - 2 on lake and 2 over ; Stonechat - 1 - Female Far north east side ; Redwing - 1 - South scrub area

Wortley: Skylark - 38 - South, largest group of 11 ; Pink-footed Goose - 45 - c SE ; Goosander - 3 - North