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Saturday 22nd January 2022

Agden Res: Great Black-backed Gull - 1
Agden Rocher: Raven - 1 ; Black-headed Gull - 130 - active in field below Rocher
Big Moor: Kestrel - 1
Bramall Lane: Common Buzzard - 1 - over football round in second half, with carrion crow escort ; Herring Gull - c10 - around football ground roofs while game in progress
Brinsworth: Mistle Thrush - 1 - over football match on Phoenix pitches. ; Kestrel - 1
Fulwood garden: Blackcap - 1 - female still, successfully defending sunflower heart feeder for third day from all finches and tits ; Brambling - 4 - 2m and 2f, being chased from feeder by Blackcap
Greystones garden: Redwing - 1 ; Song Thrush - 1
Handsworth garden: Blackcap - 1 - Female on fat ball cage and seed hopper
Heeley City Farm: Song Thrush - 1
Langsett Res: Little Grebe - 1 - West shoreline
Lodge Moor: Grey Heron - 1 - sat in field on Lodge Moor Rd - first time seen here ; Kestrel - 1
Meersbrook Park: Long-tailed Tit - 4 ; Bullfinch - 1 - male ; Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Song Thrush - 2 - 2 singles - one singing ; Nuthatch - 1
Orgreave Lakes: Great Black-backed Gull - 41 - Pre roost ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 9 ; Herring Gull - 262 - Photo of 1st winter pale end of argentatus. ; Black-headed Gull - C200
R Sheaf, Heeley: 321 - 1 - Flying upriver near the Sheaf View
Rotherham DGH: Goldcrest - 1 - singing from pine in car park
Sharrow Cemetery: Redwing - c20 - feeding in understory
Silverwood Lagoon: Herring Gull - 13 - Majority juvs. ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 - Resident Bird. ; Water Rail - 1 - Very brief sighting in reed bed. Also calling. ; Jay - 1 ; Siskin - 2+ ; Bullfinch - 1 - Male over calling.
Spring Moor: 319 - 4 - Overhead Gilroyd Lane
Thrybergh CP: Little Grebe - 1 ; Great Crested Grebe - 14 - many in breeding plumage
Totley Moor: SNOW BUNTING - 1 - Feeding on top of mound @ 15.00 ; Kestrel - 1 - male with prey
White Lee Moor: Mistle Thrush - 3 ; 319 - 1 - circling

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Friday 21st January 2022

Chatsworth: Brambling - 7 - In beech trees opposite Edensor ; Redwing - 5 ; Treecreeper - 1 ; Mistle Thrush - 1
Dunge Wood: 319 - 1
Green Moor: House Sparrow - 50+ - Feeding on lawn ; Tree Sparrow - 10+ - On feeders
Hangingwater garden: Blackbird - 1 - sustained sub-song (two days)
Holdworth: Fieldfare - c120 - feeding in sheep field.
Langsett Res: Canada Goose - 25 - c. ; Mallard - 18 ; Black-headed Gull - 2500 - c. roosted ; Common Gull - 40 - c. roosted ; Herring Gull - 4 - roosted
Midhope Res: Greylag Goose - 50 - c. ; 320 - 25 - c. ; Woodcock - 1 - roding at 17.05 hrs
Norfolk Heritage Park: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 2+ - chasing in tree tops; vocal and drumming heard (first of year here) ; Stock Dove - 1+ - coo-ing
Norton Lees garden: Long-tailed Tit - 2 ; Magpie - 2 - At old nest on & off since December
Poolsbrook CP: 322 - 1 - Chiloe Wigeon, been around for at least a week
R Derwent, Hathersage: Canada Goose - 25+ - flew in at dusk & landed near Hathersage stepping stones
R Derwent, Leadmill: Goosander - 2 - 1M, 1F ; 321 - 1 - heard at dusk near Leadmill
Sheffield Centre: Chiffchaff - 1 - SIBERIAN CHIFFCHAFF feeding on bare trees at top of Howard Street in close company with Common Chiffchaff
Totley Moor: SNOW BUNTING - 1 - feeding near Totley Tunnel vent at 11:30, always in the shady areas below the mound. Not going into the sunny areas. Present until 12:15
Walkley: Goldcrest - 1 - singing in roadside conifer on Walkley Road
Walkley Bank: Blackcap - 1 - male foraging in garden

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Thursday 20th January 2022

Aughton: Sparrowhawk - 1 - Female on garden hedge
Castle Dyke: 320 - 3 - On small lake near to service road to sports pavilion. Species not noted here before.
Fulwood: Grey Heron - 1 - On roof of Fulwood house!
Graves Park: Ring-necked Parakeet - 7+ ; Nuthatch - 1 ; Stock Dove - 1 ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Goldcrest - 1
Kimberworth Park: Kestrel - 1 - male hunting around perimeter of Grey Hill
Morehall Res: Goosander - 1
Oughtibridge: Mistle Thrush - 2 - Feeding out on the cricket ground ; Nuthatch - 4 - Calling and foraging in tall trees bordering R Don
R Don, Oughtibridge: Dipper - 1 - sitting on a boulder midstream and singing
Ravenfield Ponds: Tawny Owl - 1 - Roosting ; Grey Heron - 7 - Roosting ; Blackbird - c30 - Feeding together in leaf litter among woodland. ; 319 - 3
Sheffield Centre: Chiffchaff - 1 - SIBERIAN CHIFFCHAFF in the pines just outside the Owen Building flew to the bare trees at the top of Howard Street at midday. Was with a Chiffchaff and called a few times
Stocksbridge: Peregrine - 1 - Male over steelworks area 08:00
Stubley Hollow: Redwing - 21 ; Mistle Thrush - 3 ; Lapwing - 14
Whiteley Woods: Kestrel - 1 - Male

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Wednesday 19th January 2022

Canklow: Stonechat - 1 - Male, field below Boston Castle 13.55
Canklow Woods: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 2 - Pair ; Great Tit - 10+ - On feeder overlooking woods ; Blue Tit - 10+ - Feeders ; Redwing - 1