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Brownhills Lane:
Herring Gull - 13 - Heading E - 3 adults and 10 first-winters ;
Canada Goose - 24 ;
Greylag Goose - 30
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Canklow:
Goosander - 3 - Feeding on river. 1 male, 2 female ;
Pheasant - 1 - Flushed from riverside ;
Moorhen - 1
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Canklow Woods:
Lesser Redpoll - 50+ - flock ;
Kestrel - 1 ;
Coal Tit - 2 - Pair, one calling. ;
Jay - 1
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Centenary Riverside:
Goosander - 4 - 2 male, 2 female on river ;
Mute Swan - 1 - Juvenile on river preening . ;
320 - 10+ - Calling noisily , some well concealed, pond ;
321 - 1 - Pond ;
Redwing - 20+
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Dale Dike Res:
Common Gull - 24 - in fields with BHG
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Endcliffe Park:
Dipper - 1 ;
Grey Wagtail - 1 ;
Pied Wagtail - 3 ;
Nuthatch - 2 ;
Kingfisher - 1 - male on lower pond
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Firsby Res:
Grey Wagtail - 1 ;
Rook - 36
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Fulwood:
319 - 1 - Low SW over observer's garden mid-afternoon
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Green Moor:
Tree Sparrow - 8 ;
Little Owl - 1 ;
Stock Dove - 18 - Good count for here ;
Yellowhammer - 6 ;
Little Owl - 1 ;
Little Owl - 1 - photo
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Kimberworth Park:
Pied Wagtail - 1 - on Grey Hill. ;
Dunnock - 3 - singing
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Limb Valley:
Great Spotted Woodpecker - 2 - 2 drumming ;
Stock Dove - 2 - 1 singing
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Mayfield Valley:
319 - 1 - circling and calling ;
Corvid - 65-70 - mobile mixed flock, mostly Rook & Jackdaw with some Carrion ;
Pheasant - 8 - 1m + 7f ;
Little Owl - 1
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Millhouses:
Goldfinch - 1+ - singing and wheezing in trees at Sainsbury's car park.
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Moss Valley, upper:
319 - 3 ;
Great Spotted Woodpecker - 4 - one drumming ;
Great Spotted Woodpecker - 4 - one drumming ;
Nuthatch - 6 ;
Treecreeper - 2
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Orgreave Lakes:
TWITE - 8 - reported in small trees on west bank of small lake.
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Ramsley Res:
Lesser Redpoll - 1 ;
Siskin - 1 ;
Coal Tit - 2
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Ravenfield Park:
Grey Heron - 1 ;
Goldcrest - 2 ;
Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1m ;
Siskin - 8
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Ringinglow:
319 - 1
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Rivelin Filters:
320 - 3 - the first of several sightings up to early April at least
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Rivelin Valley:
Woodpigeon - 166 - mostly in one flock behind Coppice Wood - my highest count in the area Jan-Mar
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Rod Moor:
Golden Plover - 200
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Silver Wood:
Tawny Owl - 1
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Summerley:
Kestrel - 1 - Male
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Thorpe Hesley:
Redwing - 80 - feeding in fields ;
Magpie - 8 ;
Lapwing - 26 - in fields
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Thrybergh CP:
Tufted Duck - 62 ;
Pochard - 5 ;
Great Crested Grebe - 8 ;
Little Grebe - 11 ;
Mute Swan - 44 ;
319 - 2 ;
Carrion Crow - 21 ;
Lesser Redpoll - 5 ;
Skylark - 2 ;
Fieldfare - C50
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Tyzack*s Dam:
Coot - 2 - nearly all covered in ice ;
Moorhen - 1 - nearly all covered in ice ;
Mallard - several m&f - nearly all covered in ice
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Ughill:
Stonechat - 2 - Male and Female on drystone wall
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Ughill Moor:
Lapwing - 10 ;
Black-headed Gull - 50
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Ughill Moors:
Golden Plover - c150 - in flight over, landed briefly Hoar Stones Rd.
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Unstone:
Goldcrest - 2 - Pair in trees on Unstone Line path ;
319 - 2 - Soaring above fields between Unstone & Summerley ;
Treecreeper - 1 ;
Nuthatch - 1 ;
Redwing - 10+ - On edge of wood above Unstone Line path
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Wharncliffe Chase (north):
Stonechat - 1 ;
Green Woodpecker - 1 - Calling, first time this year for me. ;
Snipe - 2 - From boggy area, flew to far north of WC ;
319 - 4 ;
Sparrowhawk - 1 - Female, scattered thrushes ;
Fieldfare - c50 ;
Redwing - c30 ;
Mistle Thrush - 3 - 2 singing ;
Lesser Redpoll - 1 ;
Black-headed Gull - c500 - On nearby fields ;
Lesser Black-backed Gull - 3 ;
Goldfinch - 5
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White Lee Moor:
Barn Owl - 1 - caught a small rodent , then was robbed of it by a Kestrel. ;
Kestrel - 1 - male sat on wires watching Barn Owl hunt. Then robbed owl when it made a kill . I got the impression that this was not the first time it had used this tactic.
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Woodseats:
319 - 1 - Soaring above housing estate/Barber's field area.