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Wednesday 4th January 2023

Rivelin Valley: Siskin - 4
Roe Wood: Ring-necked Parakeet - 1
Sheffield University: Peregrine - 1 - male on St George's church
Thrybergh CP: Scaup - 1M ; Water Rail - 1
Thrybergh Tip: Tufted Duck - 76 ; Shoveler - 4 ; Gadwall - 23 ; Goosander - 4 ; Grey Heron - 2 ; Bullfinch - 8 ; Lesser Redpoll - 2 ; Cetti's Warbler - 2 ; 319 - 3 ; Kestrel - 2 ; Sparrowhawk - 1

Tuesday 3rd January 2023

Abbeydale Road: Redwing - c10 - in tree in Tesco/Barnardo’s car park
Bingham Park: Dipper - 1 - on river near lower lake
Brinsworth: Redwing - 20+ - Feeding in trees ; Tawny Owl - 1 - Calling in trees
Crookes Valley Park: Cormorant - 4 - 3 adults and 1 juvenile perched in large ash tree on south-east side of dam ; Goosander - 1 - lone red-head on dam. ; Mistle Thrush - 6 - 6 birds flew out of western corner of park, making alarm calls.
Endcliffe Park: Kingfisher - 1 - on lower lake
Frecheville: Goosander - 3 - 3m Frecheville pond
Green Moor: Tree Sparrow - 8
Peat Pits: Fieldfare - c500 ; Starling - c700 ; Golden Plover - c40
Rawmarsh: Starling - c40 - flock, on mobile mast; Bellows Road ; Common Buzzard - 1 - drifted N @ 1510hrs; Rockcliffe Road
Thrybergh CP: Scaup - 1M ; Water Rail - 2+ ; Lapwing - 140 ; Golden Plover - 16 ; Grey Wagtail - 1
Weston Park: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1

Monday 2nd January 2023

Barnside Moor: Black-headed Gull - 300+ - heading towards Langsett .
Burncross: Tawny Owl - 1 - Calling 21.30
Ecclesall Woods: Stock Dove - 4 - Three singing ; Jay - 5 - in 2km circuit. ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 3 - Two drumming. ; Nuthatch - 7+ - in 2km circuit., ; Song Thrush - 1 - Singing
Firsby Res: Mallard hybrid - 6 ; Goosander - 2 - Pair on main Res. Uncommon at this site. ; Mute Swan - 2 ; Moorhen - 1 ; Jay - 2 - Calling in willows.
Green Moor: Tawny Owl - 1 - Roosting again in same spot
Holling Dale: Common Gull - 1 - low W over moors ; Kestrel - 3
Holling Dale Plantation: Crossbill - 3+ - inc m&f ; Raven - 2 ; Siskin - 60+ - feeding on heavily laden cones on Spruce with Coal Tits and a few Lesser Redpoll. ; Coal Tit - c10 - feeding with Siskins. ; Lesser Redpoll - 2+ ; Brambling - 3 - flew over
Middleton Moor: Lapwing - 75 ; Starling - 20000+ - 15.45-16.15 ; Pink-footed Goose - 50 - c. flew E at 09:45 hrs ; Common Gull - 9
Millhouses: Blackbird - 1 - singing in the dead of night
Millhouses Park: Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Treecreeper - 1 ; Redwing - 2 ; Goldcrest - 5+
Monsal Dale: Cormorant - 4 - circled briefly over viaduct ; Dipper - 1 - along river ; Grey Heron - 1 - ad in trees by river ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - By viaduct ; Marsh Tit - 1 - male singing by foot bridge
Mount Darnall: Carrion Crow - 228 ; Jackdaw - 81 ; Rook - 17
Old Ravenfield.: Linnet - 25+ - Flock over farmland between St James church and Arbour Lane. ; Skylark - 2 - Singing over farmland. ; Greenfinch - 1 - With Goldfinches on old railway embankment. ; Pied Wagtail - 1 - On house roof on Garden Lane.
Orgreave Lakes: Great Black-backed Gull - 187 - All gulls left at 16.30 to roost on factory roofs. ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 12 ; Herring Gull - 677 ; Common Gull - 1 - Adult ; Black-headed Gull - c500
Owlthorpe: Redwing - 2 - 2 seen on Site C ; 319 - 1 - 1 seen flying above site C ; Bullfinch - 2 - Male and female on garden feeder
Ravenfield Park: Tawny Owl - I - Roosting high in tree tops. ; 319 - 1 - Soaring over woodland Hooten Roberts end. ; Jackdaw - 10+ - Down on farmland.
Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Grey Wagtail - 1 - N calling, a.m.
Redmires Res: Pink-footed Goose - 80 - c. flew E at 15:53
RVCP: Little Egret - 10
Silver Wood: Fieldfare - c.50 - in winter wheat by NW corner of woods ; Nuthatch - 2 - Calling. ; Treecreeper - 1 - In corner of wood near path to Old Ravenfield. ; Goldcrest - 2 - With Tit flock. ; Long-tailed Tit - 6+
Silverwood Lagoon: Mute Swan - 1 - female ; Tufted Duck - 4