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Wednesday 4th March 2020

Firsby Res: Jackdaw - 10+ - Over to roost. ; Magpie - 6 - 3 pairs into roost in willows.
Fulwood: Pink-footed Goose - 420 - NNW in two skeins (240 and 180) at 09:15 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - Female patrolling garden on Crimicar Drive
Hangingwater garden: Blackcap - 1 - singing
Longshaw: Fieldfare - 30 - flew over ; Redwing - 10 - flew over ; Woodcock - 1 - flushed in area of tree clearance work ; Siskin - 2 - on feeders at Discovery Centre ; Willow Tit - 1 - on feeders at Discovery Centre ; Brambling - 4 - to side of road between cafe and fox house
Middleton Moor: Shelduck - 1 ; 320 - 21 ; Lapwing - 34 ; Curlew - 33 ; Meadow Pipit - 1 - Black Harry Lane ; Reed Bunting - 8+ - M&F ; Stonechat - 2 - M&F ; Curlew - 60 - At 16.45 ; Lapwing - 49 - At 16.45
Padley gorge: Kestrel - 1
President Park: Pink-footed Goose - c35 - high N at 13:50 ; Common Buzzard - 4 - inc 3 birds circling and interacting
R Don, Effingham St: Kingfisher - 1 ; Canada Goose - 5 - first sighting this year here, including male of previous years breeding pair with white flecks on crown.
R Don, Rotherham Centre; adjacent interchange: Goosander - 1pr ; Mute Swan - 1 - 2cy ; Grey Wagtail - 1
R Don, Rotherham Centre; Keppel Wharf: Kingfisher - 1 - flew downriver @ 0755hrs
R Don, Stevenson Rd: Pied Wagtail - 12 ; Grey Wagtail - 1
Redmires Res: Curlew - 178 - roosted on Middle Res - record count for the area ; Oystercatcher - 4 - Two pairs on Middle Res ; Lapwing - 130 - c. roosted on Middle Res ; Moorhen - 1 - on Bottom Res ; Song Thrush - 2 - singing
Rotherham Centre: Mute Swan - 4 - 2 NE @ 0832hrs; 2 NE @ 1239hrs ; Canada Goose - 2 - NE @ 1512hrs
Sheephill Road: Curlew - 2 ; Willow Tit - 2 ; 319 - 2
Sky Edge: Robin - 1 ; Dunnock - 2 ; Great Tit - 1 ; Magpie - 5
Stocksbridge: Willow Tit - 1 - Singing briefly in scrubby woodland near Little Don River. Confusingly there was also a Great Tit mimicking the Willow Tit song nearby! ; Willow Tit - 1 - Singing and calling in scrubby woodland along Steel Valley Walk.
Wharncliffe Heath NR: Common Buzzard - 4 ; Woodcock - 1
Woodseats: Collared Dove - 2 - Collecting nest material from below a beech tree in a garden whilst a pair of magpies build their nest above. ; Magpie - 2 - Making a nest in a garden.

Tuesday 3rd March 2020

Agden Res: Oystercatcher - 2 - 1 pr stood on dam wall
Barlow Common: Chiffchaff - 1 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Treecreeper - 1 ; Bullfinch - 1 ; Pheasant - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 3+ ; Goldfinch - 7+ ; Greenfinch - 2 ; Pied Wagtail - 2
Brownhills Lane: Curlew - 74 - single party in roadside field at 16:00 ; Oystercatcher - 1 - in roadside field late afternoon ; Lapwing - 2 - on territory on old racecourse field ; Greylag Goose - 43 ; Canada Goose - 21 ; Pink-footed Goose - 2 - with Greylags in roadside fields
Endcliffe Park: Treecreeper - 2 ; Black-headed Gull - 20 ; Pied Wagtail - 1 - By cafe ; Nuthatch - 2 - By cafe ; Long-tailed Tit - 2 ; Jay - 1
Greystones garden: Song Thrush - 1 ; Bullfinch - 1 - Male ; Blackcap - 1 - Female
Meersbrook Park: Redwing - 40+ ; Treecreeper - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 1 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - Drumming
Middle Common: Skylark - 1+ - singing
Norton Lees garden: Goldcrest - 1
Orgreave Lakes: Whooper Swan - 11 ; Whooper Swan - 11 - Another picture ; Pink-footed Goose - 1 ; Gadwall - 24 ; Wigeon - 18 ; Pochard - 22 ; 320 - 1 ; Oystercatcher - 2 ; Grey Partridge - 1
Peat Pits: 319 - 1 - the lone curlew has returned
President Park: Ring-necked Parakeet - c18 - compact flock at rooftop height fast past W at 17:35. No sign of any birds roosting later on Brightside Lane.
Redmires conduit: Stonechat - 3 - feeding along conduit ditch
Redmires Middle Res: Curlew - 127 - roosted ; Lapwing - 140 - roosted ; Oystercatcher - 1 - with Curlew and Lapwing this evening ; 320 - 4 - 3m, 1f
Rockingham Wood: Robin - 1+ - singing ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing

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