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  • Writer's pictureBob Croxton

2020 Wildlife Diary/Treeton Nature Diary

Updated: Apr 11, 2021



Tuesday 29 December

Treeton Dyke an Angler kindly let me photograph a Pike he had caught. A Kingfisher was very approachable trying to fish in an ice free patch at the side of the Dyke, where there was only ice around the edges. Only problem being the water is very murky, due to the high rainfall of late.

Pike & Kingfisher - Treeton Dyke

Sunday 20 December

Old Flatts Farm Three Roe Deer crossing a field.


Friday 18 December

Catcliffe Flash Five Grey herons was a good count by recent standards.


Monday 14 December

Monthly wildfowl counts highlights

Orgreave Lakes Mallard 58, Teal 19, Pochard 116, Goldeneye 3, Coot 50, Lapwing 63, Little Grebe 3.

Treeton Dyke Mute Swan 19, Mallard 101, Gadwall 73, Wigeon 6, Pochard 7, Tufted Duck 52, Goldeneye 1, Goosander 9, Coot 179, Moorhen 10, Little Grebe 3.

Catcliffe Flash Mute Swan 5, Mallard 12, Gadwall 63, Shoveler 10, Wigeon 54, Pochard 18, Tufted Duck 10, Coot 88, Cormorant 5.

Male Shoveler & Wigeon - Catcliffe Flash

Wednesday 9 December

Treeton Dyke water Rail calling by concrete causeway, Kingfisher.


Monday 7 December

Treeton Dyke each morning about an hour after dawn, large numbers of mixed gulls arrive from the north east to bathe at the southern end of the Dyke. This morning 30 Great Black-backed Gulls were present with the Herrings and Black-headeds.


Saturday 5 December

Treeton Dyke nine Goosanders (3M, 6 redheads) was a high count by recent standards.


Thursday 3 December

Well Lane Lagoons at least 20 Lesser Redpols at southern end. A much larger flock was spooked by a Sparowhawk a few days earlier, but was mixed with other finches making counting difficult.


Monday 30 November

Treeton Dyke a minimum of 21 Teal was a good count for the Dyke.


Sunday 29 November

Old Flatts Farm at least 10 Yellowhammers to the north of the farm, exceptional these days here.


Monday 16 November

Monthly wildfowl count highlights

Orgreave Lakes numbers of most species continue the downward trend of recent years. Increasing Disturbance!

Wigeon 10, Mallard 11, Teal 8, Pochard 88, Tufted Duck 40, Little Grebe 3, Coot 48.

Treeton Dyke Mute Swan 21, Wigeon 11, Mallard min 193 (May be a site record!), Gadwall 58, Pochard 2, Tufted Duck 42, Coot 158, Moorhen 18. Little Grebe 5, Great Crested Grebe 2.

Catcliffe Flash Wigeon 98, Teal 8, Mallard 5, Gadwall 68, Shoveler 5, Pochard 4, Tufted Duck 9, Coot 104, Moorhen 12.


Monday 1 November

Well Lane Lagoons Lesser Redpol c40

Treeton Meadows Oxbow Grey Heron 9

Treeton Dyke Common Gull and Kingfisher still being seen reguarly.


Tuesday 20 October

Fields to the east of Treeton Wood noticeable passage of Blackbirds to the SW.

Treeton Dyke a pair of Goldeneye the first noted of the winter, Common Gull.


Sunday 18 October

Highlights from the monthly wildfowl count

Orgreave Lakes Mallard 42, Gadwall 12, Wigeon 3, Teal 3, Pochard 65, Tufted Duck 40, Coot 65, Little Grebe 4, Water Rail calling from the river side, Kingfisher 1.

Treeton Dyke Mute Swan 21, Mallard 68, Gadwall 72, Wigeon 16, Tufted Duck 29, Coot 154, Moorhen 20, Cormorant 3, Little Grebe 4, Great Crested Grebe 3, Black-headed Gull 102, Common Gull 1, Kingfisher 1.

Catcliffe Flash Canada Goose 42, Mallard 11, Gadwall 10, Wigeon 143 min, Shoveler 12 min, Tufted Duck 2, Coot 111, Moorhen 11, Cormorant 5.


Wednesday 14 October

Despite spending most mornings out in the field, apart from the regular wildfowl, October has been very quiet so far, with birdlife picking ip a bit today.

Bolehill Flash been a few redwings about for the last week, today a Sparrowhawk put up over 20 from the scrub near the river.

Treeton Dyke Common Gull

Forgemasters Tip several Fieldfares.


Monday 28 September

Treeton Dyke a good show of wildfowl at the moment.

Mute Swan 2 prs with 4 and 5 cygnets, Canada Goose 19, Cormorant 2, Grey Heron 1, Wigeon 8, Mallard 78, Gadwall 33, Pochard 6, Tufted Duck 19, Moorhen 24, Coot 110, Little Grebe 6, Great Crested Grebe 4, Kingfisher 1, Black-headed Gull 45, Common Gull 1.

Exceptional counts of Little Grebe and Moorhen for the location. Non of the larger gulls present today!


Sunday 27 September

Treeton Dyke Some of the larger gulls are gathering at the southern end of the dyke mid-morning. Lesser Black-backed Gull 15, Herring Gull 12 and unusually for the time of year two Great Black-backed Gulls. Common Gull present again.


Hillyfields Pink-footed Goose a minimum of 83 flew over southeast at 0924 hrs.


Saturday 26 September

Treeton Dyke what I presume to be the same Common Gull has returned a little later this year, to rest on the buoys, which it has, for at least the last 5 years.


Thursday 3 September

Treeton Dyke 2 Teal and 1 Shoveler. Several Migrant Hawker dragonflies.

Catcliffe Flash a walk along a sunny river bank midday produced just 1 Migrant Hawker, 3 Speckled Wood and a few Large White and Green-veined White butterflies.


August 2020

The Common Hawker once an abundant dragonfly of the Treeton area and back in the early 1980s, one of only two species along with Brown Hawker, is increasingly uncommon. On three visits on sunny days in August, I could find none at Catcliffe Flash and just a few at Treeton Dyke. At Catcliffe Flash the favoured areas along the river are now shaded by trees and choked with reeds. A similar event has happened with the pond on Forgemasters Tip.

Common Hawker - Treeton Dyke

Friday 28 August

Treeton Dyke a Common Tern was quite amusing, attacking Black-headed Gulls on the buoys to gain a perch. It succeeded occasionally to knock a gull off, just for the gull to then knock the tern off! Red Crested Pochard still present.


Thursday 27 August

Catcliffe Flash first returning Wigeon, a male of the season. Its becoming increasingly obvious this year that as a passing migrant Sand Martins are the most common and regular Hirundine. Back in the 1980s Swallows far outnumbered the Sand Martins.


Wednesday 26 August

Treeton Dyke an Eclipse male Red-crested Pochard was at the northern end. Associating with Mallard and Gadwall, very wary.

Eclipse male Red-crested Pochard - Treeton Dyke

Sunday 23 August

Wildfowl count highlights

Orgreave Lakes

Wigeon 1, Mallard 24, Gadwall 11, Coot 78, Black-headed Gull 368, Lesser Black-backed Gull 39, Herring Gull 19.

Treeton Dyke

Mallard 30, Gadwall 23, Tufted Duck 8, Coot 53.

Catcliffe Flash

Mallard 12, Gadwall 47, Shoveler 1, Coot 42, Kingfisher 2.


Monday 12 August

Treeton Dyke a pair of Great Crested Grebes have spent late July and early August on a floating nest just off the raised causeway, unfortunately around the weekend of the 15/16 August the nest was abandoned and destroyed, days away from hatching. There was some heavy rain, but also a lot of boating was taking place! This pair had already failed once with a nearby nest in the reedbed. The four juveniles from the other Great Crested Grebe nest are doing well.

Great Crested Grebe - Treeton Dyke

Friday 7 August

Catcliffe Flash the Great Crested Grebes have finally managed to hatch at least one young. Teal 2. Three Kingfishers on view at the same time, plus others may have been present.


Thursday 30 July

Lindrick Quarry

Butterfly heaven today with 16 species in an hour and a half.

Large White, Small White, Green-veined White, Brimstone, Peacock, Small Tortoiseshell, Comma, Red Admiral, Silver-washed Fritillary, Dark-green Fritillary, White-letter Hairstreak, Ringlet, Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Specked Wood, Common Blue. The micro moth Pyrausta aurata was particularly common.

The previous week on the 24 July, I had Brown Argus here.

Top Row Brown Argus, White-letter Hairstreak - Lower Row Silver Washed Fritillary, Pyrausta aurata (Mico Moth)

Friday 18 July

Treeton Dyke Common Sandpiper 1, Common Tern 1

Catcliffe Flash Mandarin Duck 1, Kingfisher 1, Grey Wagtail 1


Tuesday 14 July

Catcliffe Flash first returning Shoveler of the season.


Sunday 12 July

Catcliffe Flash Kingfishers showing well, with at least two present today.


Saturday 11 July

Treeton Dyke Common Tern 2.


Friday 10 July

Treeton Dyke Common tern 2, Arctic Tern 1 first summer, Great Crested Grebe the pair that nested at the NW end have at least 2 young.


Tuesday 7 July

Monthly wildfowl count highlights

Orgreave Lakes Canada Goose 217, Pochard 6, Tufted Duck 57, Coot 84, Great Crested Grebe 17, Oystercatcher 3, Redshank 3, Common Tern 1.

Treeton Dyke Mallard 31, Tufted Duck 27, Coot 12, Common Tern 1 (Probably same as at Orgreave, earlier in the morning).

Catcliffe Flash Mallard 17, Gadwall 66, Pochard 4, Tufted Duck 7, Coot 29, Kingfisher 1, Little Egret 3 roosting in willows opposite lay-bye.


Saturday 4 July

Catcliffe Flash the Great Crested Grebe breeding saga continues, with the pair now building their 5th nest so far this season.


Friday 3 July

Treeton Dyke 3 Common Terns flew in from and then left north mid-morning.


Monday 29 June

Catcliffe Flash only two Pochard ducklings on their own today. The Great Crested Grebes seem to have abandoned their forth nest and were displaying to each other. Another species struggling to breed here in recent years is Tufted Duck, males were at lease chasing two females around today.


Saturday 27 June

Catcliffe Flash three Pochard ducklings swam around the flash on their own throughout my visit. A female was present, but at no time went near the ducklings. Second female Gadwall with 5 young.


Thursday 25 June

Catcliffe Flash a pair of Teal, with the male newly in eclipse plumage.

Taking advantage of the fine weather to visit some of the Permian Limestone grasslands of East Rotherham. At Maltby Common Dark Green Fritillaries were very common along with a few Marbled Whites, but seemed to be local to the NW part of the Far Common. Also good numbers of Meadow Brown, Ringlet and Small Tortoiseshell. Today at Lindrick Common/Quarry and the Anston Stone Wood's Grasslands Dark Green Fritillaries and Marbled White were abundant.

Dark Green Fritillary (Male) Maltby Far Common - Marbled White (Male lower, female above) Lindrick Common

Wednesday 24 June

Catcliffe Flash female Pochard with 7 ducklings.

Treeton Dyke Essex Skipper, Emperor Dragonfly, Four-spotted Chasers egg laying and Black-tailed Skimmers.

Essex Skipper - Treeton Dyke

Friday 19 June

Catcliffe Flash Great Crested Grebes seem settled on a new nest after the last was taken over by Coots.

Kingfisher - Catcliffe Flash

Monday 8 June

Monthly Wildfowl Count Highlights

Orgreave Lakes Canada Goose 58 with many goslings, Pochard 18 all males, hopeful some females on a nest locally, Tufted Duck 21 with some some females, still to get down to nesting. Great Crested Grebe 25. Two Avocets on the Nature Reserve Island left north at 0549 hrs, when attacked by a Lapwing.

Treeton Dyke Very quiet Mallard 8, Gadwall 3, Coot 8. Great Crested Grebe two pairs still trying to nest.

Catcliffe Flash Mallard 12, Gadwall 31, Little Grebe 4. Still a pair of Great Crested Grebes who on the previous day, built a floating nest on the site of a Little Grebes nest, but today showed no interest in it!


Friday 5 June

Catcliffe Flash Little and Great Crested Grebes seem to have abandoned nests. Gadwall 24 adults plus a female with 9 ducklings. A Little Egret in the SE corner left SW (1201 hrs), when the swan family went too close.


Thursday 4 June

Hillyfieds Wood, Treeton a juvenile Great Spotted Woodpecker

Treeton Dyke second pair of Mute swans have 5 cygnets


Wednesday 3 June

Catcliffe Flash at dusk one to two hundred Swifts in a feeding frenzy over the reserve.


Sunday 31 May

Treeton Dyke Mute Swan a pair with 7 cygnets.

Catcliffe Flash Mandarin Duck flew off north along river. Pochard 6 males 2 females


Friday 29 May

Catcliffe Flash Mandarin Duck left and flew south along river.


Tuesday 19 May

Catcliffe Flash Mute Swan the pair have hatched 4 cygnets. Seem to be a lot of Black-headed Gulls around at the moment, at least 18 today, most first summer birds.


Sunday 17 May

Railway line between Washfield Lane and Treeton Dyke a Green Woodpecker was calling, my first local bird in over a year.

Catcliffe Flash the first juvenile Grey Heron of the year.


Thursday 14 May

Old Flatts Farm for the first time for several months a Tree Sparrow, collecting food from the ground, suggesting breeding nearby.

Forgremasters Tip two Dingy Skipper butterflies and the first Common Blue butterfly of the year.


Sunday 3 May

Catcliffe Flash first Mallard with ducklings. At 0938hrs to my great surprise a Bittern flew low out of the SE corner, gained hight and flew off NE. Only managed to get a poor record shot

Bittern - Catcliffe Flash

Saturday 2 May

Orgreave Lakes 1 Whimbrel, 1 Greenshank, 2 Yellow Wagtails.

Catcliffe Flash Reed Warbler singing


Thursday 30 April

Main Lake, Orgreave 3 Goosander left NE at dawn, 5 Dunlin, 2 Whimbrel feeding on grassland to the north.


Wednesday 29 April

Catcliffe Flash a single Oystercatcher circled low twice around the Flash. Reed Bunting 1 male SE corner.

Beaumont Park, Treeton first fledged Blackbird of the year.


Tuesday 28 April

Orgreave Main Lake Greenshank.

Catcliffe Flash 2 Swifts north 1040


Sunday 26 April

Treeton Dyke pair of Shoveler


Wednesday 22 April

Treeton Dyke Reed Warbler


Tuesday 21 April

Orgreave Lakes two Little Egrets arrived from the east 0540.


Monday 20 April

Orgreave Main Lake Whimbrel 0545

Forgemasters Tip Whitethroat


Friday 17 April

A Dunnock with white wings has been seen in gardens in central Treeton through late winter/early spring. Today what looks like the same bird, was seen in Hail Mary Hill Wood (1/2 a mile away), chasing another Dunnock around! It had disappeared from the gardens a few days earlier.


Wednesday 15 April

Orgreave Main Lake 2 Green Sandpipers left NE 0635


Monday 13 April

Orgeave Lakes,, Treeton Dyke, Bolehill Flash finally recorded my first Swallows of year in small numbers, probably due to the cooler weather driving them down.

Bolehill Flash Water Rail calling


Sunday 12 April

Orgreave Lakes Curlew flew over south 0638.


Saturday 11 April

Bolehill Flash Water Rail calling.

Catcliffe Flash an all too rare sighting of a Treecreeper. Two pair of Shoveler.

Main Lake, Orgreave two Dunlin

Forgemasters Tip Orange Tip butterflies. A Goldfinch was extracting nesting material from a discarded wipe!


Friday 10 April

Beaumont Park Estate Treeton two House Martins still present. Suggested they were very early returning birds, to the established colony.


Thursday 9 April

Treeton Dyke 3 Shovelers, 1 male Teal. New Rother by the bridge to Orgreave male Mandarin Duck flew south.


Wednesday 8 April

Beaumont Park Estate, Treeton two House Martins flying around the estate mid-afternoon. Holly Blue butterfly


Monday 6 April

Falconer Wood first Bluebells of the year open. Treeton Dyke Common Sandpiper, Willow Warbler and a Great Spotted Woodpecker flew from the tip to the woods. Notable increase in Chiffchaffs. around Treeton.


Sunday 5 April

A bit more bird song this morning, with all the sunshine. A pair of Greenfinch near the centre of the village. Biffa Tip Sparrowhawk. Nature Reserve Lake, Orgreave Green Sandpiper.


Wednesday 1 April,

To get away from the crowds at Treeton Dyke, undertook an 11 mile plus walk out to the east as far as Bramton en le Morthern.

Treeton Wood female Great Spotted Woodpecker.

Ulley Brook Willow Tit.

Arable Fields to east of Spring Wood 4 Skylarks, the only ones, during the walk.

Morthern Brook a pair of Goldcrests.

Morthern c26 nests in the Rookery

Otherwise disappointing for farmland birds, a few Linnets and no Yellowhammers. Just one Brown Hare. A dead Badger by the side of Pleasley Road.


Monday 30 March

Treeton Meadows Oxbow still at least 34 Wigeon present


Saturday 28 March

Old Flatts Farm c50 Carrion Crows feeding in recently ploughed field. Spa House Farm a few Brown Hares out in the open. Hail Mary Hill Wood male Blackcap.


Friday 27 March

River Rother mid afternoon c 20 Sand Martins feeding high over the river, occasionally drifting over Treeton Dyke, Orgreave Lakes and Catcliffe Flash.


Thursday 26 March

Hillyfields, Treeton a pair of the increasingly rare Greenfinch, gave the impression, they were on territory.

Forgemasters Tip a rare appearance of a Skylark here. Once a common breeding bird here, in the distant past, these days just odd birds in spring. Two Grey Partrige were my first here, for some time. The first evidence today, that the kids are off school in dry weather, was a smouldering grass fire.

Orgreave Lakes 5 Whooper Swans arrived from the north around 0820 hrs, landed briefly, then circled twice and flew off south.

Catcliffe Flash 2 male Shovelers.

Greenfinch, Hillyfields. - Skylark, Forgemasters Tip

Wednesday 25 March

Several Peacock and Small Tortoiseshell, plus a couple of Coma butterflies, were out in the warm sunshine.


Saturday 21 March Lots of Chiffchaffs about.

Lower Ulley Brook Long-tailed Tits with nesting material.

Whiston Meadows Willow Tit found.

Whooper Swans 60 plus in two groups north over Catcliffe Flash (My first here for over 30 years),

10+ Sand Martins and 3 more Whooper Swans, a pair with an immature at Orgreave Lakes.

Part of a 60+ flock of Whooper Swans, Catcliffe Flash - 3 Whooper Swans, Orgreave Lakes

Friday 20 March

Treeton Dyke a pair of Coots have 1 young, amazing when you consider that the Dyke's water level has risen and failed over a metre in recent weeks!


Tuesday 17 March

Forgemasters Tip at least 3 Chiffchaffs, none singing. Treeton Dyke (SE) Chiffchaff singing. Treeton Tip at least six Buzzards soaring late morning. Sewerage still poring into Bolehill Flash!


Sunday 15 March

Flatts Lane a Mistle Thrush was carrying nesting material, uncommon about these days. On the other hand, Song Thrushes are still fairly common. My first Greenfinch of the year was near Treeton Cricket pitch! A sad sight at Bolehill Flash was a burst underground pipe pouring copious amounts of raw sewerage and sanitary products into the marsh and onto the River Rother. I contacted Yorkshire Water and they had staff there, by early afternoon. This happens most years, but this is the worse I have ever seen. The local theory is that the old pipes that serve the village, can't cope with all the extra houses that have been built. With a new estate about to be built, who knows what will happen in the future?


Monday 9 March Wildfowl Counts

Orgreave Lake very little of interest apart from Gadwall 26, Pochard 11, Goldeneye 7, Coot 16, Great Crested Grebe 7, Black-headed Gull 257.

Treeton Dyke Mute Swan 4, Tufted Duck 40, Coot 12, Great Crested Grebe 3.


Sunday 8 March

Catcliffe Flash a pair of Great Crested Grebes in full display, its many years since this species, last bred in spring. A common occurrence in early spring is the male Mute Swan chases off last years cygnets and any invading Cananda Geese. Last year's immature swan, now stays out of the way, of his father. When a pair of Canada geese landed, the immature swan, on its own, took on the Canada Geese aggressively, before his father arrived and sent them up into the air. This is the first time I have noted an immature Mute Swan behave in this way.


First week of March

Intensive Willow Tit survey work, every day. Early results add to last years results, in that Willow Tits seem to be extinct along the Rother between Canklow and Woodhouse Mill. The good news is they are being found away from the floor of the Rother Valley in Morthern, Ulley and Whiston Brooks.


Monday 2 March

Treeton Dyke NW finally my first local Goldcrest of the winter.


Friday 21 February

Catcliffe Flash despite being totally under water 10 days previous, Rabbits have already returned to the riverside of the Flash. Of note in 2012 Sorby NHS did some mammal trapping weeks after flooding and had a very successful day. Any mammals must move to higher ground next to the "Roadhog" scrapyard, cross the river to the Orgreave site or Treeton Lane to Biffa Tip!


Monday 17 February

Wildfowl Counts highlights

Orgreave Lakes compared to other sites water levels not too high, but wildfowl numbers very low.

Teal 1, Pochard 34, Tufted Duck 11, Goldeneye 4, Goosander 3, Coot 47, Oystercatcher 2.

Treeton Dyke high water levels meant the Dyke could only be viewed from the tip side

Mute Swan 4, Mallard 2, Tufted Duck 32, Coot 54, Great Crested Grebe 4.

Catcliffe Flash slightly lower water levels than Sunday, but nearly level with the lay-bye.

Mute Swan 3, Pochard 7, Tufted Duck 3, Coot 2, Grey Heron 1, Black-headed Gull 23 and little else.


Sunday 16 February

Treeton Dyke three Little Grebes were unusual here, at this time of year, presumably displaced by rising waters elsewhere. Water rapidly entering the Dyke for the Rother.. Catcliffe Flash flooded for at least the third time this winter.


Friday 14 February

Bolehill Flash around 40 Redwings feeding on the pasture. Catcliffe Flash a Blue Tit was observed removing material from within a crack in a willow tree. Presumably excavating a nest, this went on for a while, until a Great Tit came along and the Blue Tit departed.


Friday 31 January

Treeton Dyke two pairs of Great Crested Grebe were in full display, very close to each other. A large flock of Jackdaws (c50) over the woods, with other corvids, late afternoon may be roosting! Kingfishers continue to be very visible.


Thursday 30 January

Treeton Dyke several Lesser Redpols feeding in alders NW end (My first of this winter locally). While watching the Redpols a small flock of corvids flew over west, one gave out a deep croak, making it a Raven. I then managed to get a quick view of 2 Ravens having a tussle, there could have been more!


Thursday 23 January

Treeton Dyke Water Rail calling SE corner. Little Egret was peached on it's other leg today, so I now have all details to find outs it origin.


Tuesday 21 January

Treeton Dyke Little Egret present again. Also for the first time a black and white Muscuvy Duck type, not sure if it can fly, or it has been dumped. Gone a week later.

Little Egret - Treeton Dyke. Ringed as a nestling at Besthorpe Nature Reserve, near Newark 15 June 2013

Saturday 18 January

Treeton Dyke My first winter Little Egret here, perched in a tree on the tip side.


Wednesday 15 January

Eastern Moors to the south of Sheffield.

A few Brambling at Shilito Wood, then a four hour plus walk found little other than a handful of Stonechat sightings and many Red Deer. Event of the day was putting my bins, on what at first looked like a strange sheep, with its head sticking out of the bracken. Eventually two white deer got up and walked away. From the presence of tails Roe Deer were eliminated. That left Red and Fallow. After some research, it turns out a local farmer has a herd of white Fallow Deer, living in some pretty wild habitat.

Fallow Deer - Near Owler Bar

Tuesday 14 January

Treeton area wildfowl counts

Numbers still generally lower than historically.

Highlights

Orgreave Lakes

Pochard 50, Tufted Duck 15, Goldeneye 5, Coot 72, Lapwing 112.

Treeton Dyke

Gadwall 12, Pochard 6, Tufted Duck 46, Coot 101, Black-headed Gull 182, Kingfisher 2.

Catcliffe Flash

Gadwall 26, Shoveler 6, Pochard 17, Tufted Duck 15, Coot 7.


Wednesday 1 January 2020

Another attempt to compile a New Year’s Day bird list, around the village of Treeton. No great expectations, given the lack of winter birds recently. Dull at first, then sunny, finishing overcast and cool. Just for a change found most of the common birds, which have been around the village of late, plus a few bonus species. Nuthatch which are never easy to find locally and Orgreave delivered the goods, with Whooper Swan, Shelduck and Short-eared Owl. This makes a healthy total of 58 species, a big improvement on 48 species in 2019.

Urban Treeton

Blackbird, Canada Goose (Flew over), Carrion Crow, Magpie, House Sparrow, Wood Pigeon, Great Tit, Jackdaw, Starling, Collared Dove.

Bolehill Plantation

Fieldfare, Chaffinch, Jay, Pheasant.

Spa House Farm

Buzzard (5 feeding on the ground in ploughed field), Yellowhammer, Robin, Great Black-blacked Gull, Herring Gull.

Treeton Sewerage Works

Rook, Pied Wagtail, Black-headed Gull, Dunnock.

Ulley Brook

Long-tailed Tit, Blue Tit.

Blue-man's Bower Flash

6 Wigeon, Mallard.

Blue-man's Bower

Goldfinch, 40 Redwing.

River Rother by M1

Stock Dove, Moorhen.

Bolehill Flash

Song Thrush, Bullfinch,

Treeton Meadows Oxbow

Grey Heron, Cormorant,

Biffa Tip North

Wren,

Canyon Pond

Gadwall, Coot,

Treeton Dyke

Mute Swan, Tufted Duck, Great Crested Grebe, Goosander, 5 Shoveler, Pochard, Goldeneye.

Between Hail Mary Hill and Treeton Woods

Grey Wagtail.

Hail Mary Hill Wood

Nuthatch.

Catcliffe Flash

Teal.

Orgreave

Lapwing, 5 Shelduck, 3 Whooper Swans, Little Grebe, Kestrel, Linnet, Skylark, Lesser Black-blacked Gull, Meadow Pipit, Short-eared Owl.

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