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Sunday 1st January 2023

Thrybergh Tip: Great Black-backed Gull - 3 - SW ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Jay - 2 - singles in SK4695 & SK4696 ; Greenfinch - 1 - over ; Lesser Redpoll - 2 - over ; Bullfinch - 5+ - 4+(SK4695); 1+ (SK4696) ; Cetti's Warbler - 1 - sang once from SE corner of flash
Totley Rifle Range: Lesser Redpoll - 32 - Calling and feeding in birch ; Siskin - 22 - Feeding circling rifle range. ; Woodcock - 1+ ; Brambling - 1 ; Chaffinch - 3 - 2M,1F ; Greenfinch - 13
Walkley: Tawny Owl - 1 - Distant call at 23:00
Woodseats: Blackcap - 1 - Male - first garden record this winter

Saturday 31st December 2022

Broomhead Hall: Fieldfare - 70 - c.
Broomhead Res: Black-headed Gull - 1000 - c. roosted ; Common Gull - 10 - c. roosted ; Tawny Owl - 1 - calling at dusk ; Tufted Duck - 6 - 5m + 1f
Dore: Stock Dove - 1 - feeding below bird feeders in observer’s garden
Firsby Res: Mallard - 4 - Main Res. ; Mute Swan - 2 - Resident pair. ; Greylag Goose - 40+ - Over towards TCP. ; Black-headed Gull - 1 - Over. ; Redwing - 20+ ; Chaffinch - 1
Green Moor: Tawny Owl - 2 - Roosting together ; Tree Sparrow - 7+
Greystones garden: Blackcap - 3 - 2M,1F in observer's garden ; Redwing - 3 ; Song Thrush - 1
Hangingwater garden: Blackcap - 2 - m & f ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Dunnock - 2
Killamarsh: Mandarin - 1 ; Little Egret - 4 ; Pied Wagtail - 30
Langsett Res: Black-headed Gull - 700 - c. roosted ; Common Gull - 5 - c. roosted
Limb Valley: Goldcrest - 1
Loxley: Stonechat - 2 - male and female on Myers Lane.
Nether Edge: Goldcrest - 1 - flying a metre above the pavement along a vegetationless stretch of Abbeydale Road before turning to land in the nearest tree on Southcroft Gardens
Old Ravenfield: Herring Gull - 17 ; Skylark - 5 ; Linnet - 2
Peat Pits: Golden Plover - 50
R Don, Ickles: Goosander - 1 - drake ; Mute Swan - 1pr
Ravenfield Park: Mallard - 10+ ; Black-headed Gull - 25+ ; Stock Dove - 15+ - Down on farmland. ; Jackdaw - 4+ ; Jay - 1 - Calling from woodland. ; Goldcrest - 8 ; 319 - 1
Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Blue Tit - 1pr - investigating nestbox
Redmires Middle Res: Lapwing - c80 ; 320 - c30
Redmires Res: Lapwing - 80 - c. ; Mallard - 10 - c. ; Kestrel - 2 - juvs ; Meadow Pipit - 1 - over Soughley Lane ; Reed Bunting - 1 - by Middle Res ; Bullfinch - 3 - 2 males & a female in Fairthorn Clough ; Greylag Goose - 87 - in fields on Soughley Lane
Redmires Top Res: Green Woodpecker - 1 - heard not seen
Shillito Wood: Siskin - 6 ; Reed Bunting - 2 ; Yellowhammer - 1 - Male
Totley: Ring-necked Parakeet - 1
Walkley garden: Blackcap - 1 - Single male at feeders

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Friday 30th December 2022

Attercliffe: Great Black-backed Gull - c50 - Warren St, inc 3A2B ringed Notts in 2012 ; Herring Gull - c150
Ecclesall: Blackcap - 1 - male in garden on Ansell Road
Firsby Res: Mute Swan - 2 ; Moorhen - 3 - Main Res. ; 319 - 1 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Jay - 1 ; Bullfinch - 2 - Male near cottage, other calling in willows. ; Chaffinch - 6 ; Redwing - 4 - On cottage hedge. ; Pheasant - 1 - Male in set aside field.
Froggatt: 319 - 2
Froggatt Edge: Tawny Owl - 1 - calling in woods under the Edge
Greystones garden: Sparrowhawk - 1 - Female in observer's garden ; Blackcap - 2 - Males ; Song Thrush - 1
Harthill Res: Grey Plover - 5 ; Lapwing - 22 ; Cormorant - 3 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Tufted Duck - 2 ; Great Crested Grebe - 1
Longshaw: Mallard - c36 - on pond ; Mandarin - 40+
Malin Bridge: Blackcap - 1 - male again at fatball feeder
Orgreave Lakes: CASPIAN GULL - 1 - 1w in pre-roost. Different bird to Warrren St yesterday, no pale bill base. ; Great Black-backed Gull - c50