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Friday 26th December 2025

  • Canklow Woods: Song Thrush - 4 - 3 singing ; Siskin - 2 ; Lesser Redpoll - 74 - 74 off roost 0745 to 0830
  • Green Moor: Tree Sparrow - 15+ - Again to feeders along with 10+ House Sparrows
  • Greystones: Great White Egret - 1 - flew over observer's garden in the direction of Endcliffe Park at 15:00 ; Blackcap - 1 - Male, in observer's garden
  • Kimberworth Park: Pied Wagtail - 1 - on road at Ashworth Drive
  • Middle Common Scholes: Kestrel - 1 - hunting along W edge of Rockingham Wood ; Buzzard - 1 ; Skylark - 6+ ; Meadow Pipit - 1 ; Woodpigeon - 30+ ; Corvid - 100 - c100
  • Morley Pond: Grey Heron - 1 ; Mute Swan - 1 ; Mallard - 180+ ; Buzzard - 2 - together from trees ; Moorhen - 1
  • Orgreave Lakes: CASPIAN GULL - 4+ - at least 2 first winters (probably 3), and 2 second winters pre-roost ; Red-crested Pochard - 1 - drake ; Stonechat - 2 ; Common Gull - 2 ; Herring Gull - 150 - c150 ; Great Black-backed Gull - 25 - c25 ; Kingfisher - 1 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 6 - c6
  • Scholes Coppice: Tawny Owl - 1 - brief call at 11:05am ; Nuthatch - 1 - calls ; Blue Tit - 1+ - at least 1 singing ; Great Tit - 1+ ; Woodpigeon - 1+ - at least 1 singing
  • Silverwood Lagoon: Mute Swan - 2 - in from west at 08.50 ; Green Woodpecker - 1 ; Rook - 1 - single flew west ; Cetti's Warbler - 1 - singing occasionally
  • Thrybergh CP: Mute Swan - 29 ; Mallard - 56 ; Gadwall - 6 ; Shoveler - 75 ; Teal - 8 ; Tufted Duck - 60 ; Goldeneye - 2 - F ; Pochard - 3 ; Scaup - 1 - F ; Wigeon - 1 ; Goosander - 2 - Pair ; Grey Heron - 2 ; Cormorant - 4 ; Coot - 62 ; Moorhen - 8 ; Lapwing - 150 ; Great Crested Grebe - 8 ; Little Grebe - 1 ; Kingfisher - 2 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - Female with Blackbird prey
  • Wentworth, Dog Kennel: Great Crested Grebe - 2 ; Grey Heron - 1 - stood with geese and swans on N side ; Mute Swan - 3 ; Greylag Goose - 30+ ; Mallard - 6 + ; Tufted Duck - 4 ; Moorhen - 3 ; Coot - 5 ; Black-headed Gull - 40+ ; Herring Gull - 1+

Thursday 25th December 2025

  • Bingham Park: Grey Wagtail - 1
  • Canklow Woods: Song Thrush - 3 - 3 singing ; Siskin - 1 ; Redwing - 26 ; Mistle Thrush - 3 ; Lesser Redpoll - 41 - birds off roost 0745 to 0830
  • Ecclesall Woods: Buzzard - 1
  • Elsecar Res: Great Crested Grebe - 14 ; Whooper Swan - 3 - circled, before leaving West ; Ring-necked Parakeet - 2
  • Endcliffe Park: Black-headed Gull - 100+ ; Kingfisher - 2 - Upper pond
  • Forge Dam: Grey Wagtail - 1
  • Green Moor: Tree Sparrow - 15+ - At least 15 to feeders, biggest count this winter
  • Thrybergh CP: Mute Swan - 24 ; Mallard - 48 ; Gadwall - 8 ; Wigeon - 2 ; Teal - 3 ; Tufted Duck - 52 ; Scaup - 1 - Female ; Pochard - 3 ; Goldeneye - 2 - F ; Goosander - 2 - Pair ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Lapwing - 120 ; Linnet - 100 ; Cormorant - 5
  • Whiteley Woods: Dipper - 2
  • Wire Mill Dam: Long-tailed Tit - 6+ ; Nuthatch - 2 ; Treecreeper - 1 ; Siskin - 1
  • Wolf Wheel Dam: Kingfisher - 1 ; Mandarin - 25 - c25

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