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Saturday 1st October 2022

Thrybergh CP: Blackbird - 10 ; Song Thrush - 2 ; Mistle Thrush - 3 ; Chaffinch - 10 ; Greenfinch - 40+ - Mixed flock most Greenfinch ; Skylark - 6 ; Meadow Pipit - 10 ; Redwing - 1 - Feeding at the Thrybergh Lane end of the reservoir at 11:45
Wortley: Pink-footed Goose - c35 - East at 08:40 ; Redwing - c10 ; House Martin - 7 ; Lesser Redpoll - 1 ; Siskin - 1 ; Meadow Pipit - 12 - south

Friday 30th September 2022

Agden Res: House Martin - 70+ - Feeding over Res ; Swallow - 4 - with House Martins ; Grey Wagtail - 2
Aldwarke: Song Thrush - 1 ; Stock Dove - 1 - over ; Kestrel - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 4 - inc 1 singing ; Common Buzzard - 1 - harassed by crows; left W ; Little Grebe - 3 - adult attending 2 fully-grown but still 'begging' juvs
Aldwarke; Liberty Steels: Peregrine - 1 - on safety rail first thing; sat on chimney later ; Carrion Crow - 13 - flock on rooftops; left W/SW
Don Canal; Eastwood Lock: Cormorant - 10 - 5 feeding in marina, joined by 5 more before all leaving
Don Canal; Rotherham Cut: Grey Heron - 2 - adult & imm ; Mute Swan - 3 - Y317 grazing on bank; 3Y38 forced off towards basin by aggressive male ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; Meadow Pipit - 1 - S
Lees Hall Golf Course: Redwing - 1 ; Meadow Pipit - 11 - south
Parkgate; *Banana* plantation: Chiffchaff - 1 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - over from golf course in full 'switchback' display flight before dropping in ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Goldfinch - 13 - flock, feeding in Ash ; Chaffinch - 1
Parkgate; Aldwarke Lane: Redwing - 9 - flock, S/SW @ 0940hrs
Parkgate; Victoria Road: Sparrowhawk - 1 - f/juv caught Collared Dove in garden (identified from video)
R Don, Eastwood: Mallard - 21 - already displaying ; Chiffchaff - 2 - calling from riverside willows
Rawmarsh Cemetery: Tawny Owl - 1 - male, calling sometime between 0030-0230hrs
Rawmarsh; Barber*s Avenue: Starling - 21 - flock ; Chiffchaff - 1 - calling
Rivelin Valley: Mallard - 25 ; Mandarin - 12 - On Wolf Wheel ; Grey Wagtail - 3 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Goldfinch - 25 - On Hagg Lane ; Jackdaw - 20 ; Rook - 3
Roundwood Ponds: Cormorant - 5 - on pylon overlooking ponds
Sothall: Barn Owl - 1 - nocmig sound recorded 0050hr ; Redwing - 12+ - nocmig sound recorded overnight 30/09-01/10th ; Gadwall - 2+ - small flock nocmig sound recorded 0630hr

Thursday 29th September 2022

Bassingthorpe Farm: House Sparrow - 20+ - from hawthorn hedge on Bassingthorpe Lane, south of farm
Clough Stream: 319 - 1 - over east @ 11:30 ; Goose sp - c90 - 1 skein, east @11:35 ; Pied Wagtail - 3+ - adj fields ; Blackbird - 4+ ; Chiffchaff - 1+ ; Robin - 1+ ; Jay - 1+ ; Magpie - 2+
Foxhill: Raven - 1 - Low west, Shaw Hill at 12:15
Grange Park Golf Course: Grey Heron - 2 - flying over NW at 9.15 ; Nuthatch - 2
Onesmoor: Skylark - c90 - feeding at northern end of recently seeded field. ; Linnet - c80 - feeding in surrounding fields.
Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Goldfinch - 6 - flock, visiting gardens
RVCP, Meadowgate Lake: Ruff - 1 - briefly for 5 mins
Silver Wood: Pink-footed Goose - c60 - east at 10.25
Sothall: Redwing - 2 - nocmig sound recorded 0106hr 0411 hr ; Redwing - 4 - nocmig sound recorded overnight 29/30th
Tinsley: GREAT WHITE EGRET - 1 - Flew low south over Shepcote Lane at 08:40.
Worrall: Pink-footed Goose - 49 - heading N/W @ 10.20.

Wednesday 28th September 2022

Birley Edge: Pink-footed Goose - c100 - One skein flying SE at 09:00
Brincliffe Edge: 319 - 2 - Soaring, one calling
Cinder Hills: 319 - 1 - high over calling ; Chiffchaff - 1 - calls ; Long-tailed Tit - 1+ ; Great Tit - 1+ ; Nuthatch - 1 - calls ; Treecreeper - 1 - calls ; Greenfinch - 1 - male ; Jay - 1+ ; Magpie - 1+
Ecclesfield: 319 - 1 - Very low hunting over Dearden Court, High Street at 07:25.
Greasbrough: Pink-footed Goose - c60 - Calling, flying east at 09:55 ; 319 - 3 - Calling circling high over Town Lane 11:30 ; Kestrel - 1 - Among Buzzards then moved north
Green Moor: Pink-footed Goose - c100 - All east in three skeins; 50 at 09:14, 20 at 09:17 and 30 at 10:20
R Loxley, Hillsborough: Dipper - 3 - Feeding close together near Langsett Road bridge
Rawmarsh Cemetery: Tawny Owl - 02-Mar - male calling on two occasions early morning with 1-2 others more distant
Rawmarsh; High Street: Common Buzzard - 1 - soaring over @ 1610hrs; left high to NW
Sheffield Centre: Pied Wagtail - 8+ - 8-10 flying and calling by The Hub where there has previously been a winter roost - perhaps more birds inside trees
Silverwood Lagoon: Pink-footed Goose - 80 - east at 09:15
Sothall: Redwing - 1 - nocmig sound recorded 2202hr
Walkley: Pink-footed Goose - 20+ - Calling headed west in dark at 19:40, unseen

Tuesday 27th September 2022

Ecclesfield Dam: 319 - 2