Carlton Marsh

 c200 Pink Feet flew west at 15.05hrs (JP).

Wintersett 21.01.2025

 Anglers CP:

A Great White Egret was present this morning. 

Carlton Marsh

2 Tawny Owls came out of their roost at dusk and the Bittern showed at 16.50hrs (Dave Standish).

Wintersett Bird Walk 19.01.2025

Anglers CP:

Great White Egret 1.   Snipe 11.   Goosander 8.   Teal 119.

Pochard 71.   Goldeneye 27.   Wigeon 336.   Great Crested Grebe 5.

Little Grebe 2.   Green Woodpecker 1.  Pink-footed Goose 120 west.

Caspian Gull 1 x 1st Winter. 

Wintersett Res:

Pochard 44.   Goldeneye 75.   Wigeon 40.  

Great Crested Grebe 9.   Cetti's Warbler 1.

Cold Hiendley Res:

Whooper Swan 1 adult.   Goldeneye 8.   Water Rail 1.   Cetti's Warbler 2.

Sewage Works:

Pied Wagtail 40.  Meadow Pipit 4. 

Haw Park:    

Treecreeper 1. 

Carlton Marsh

New in today a drake wigeon. (K. Bannister). 

Also present 50 Canada geese, Grey Wagtail, Cetti's Warbler, 2 Water Rails were seen, and a Kingfisher posed and caught several fish. 11 + 13 Greylag Geese flew north (JF/RL/CG).

Other new arrivals were 7 'Easy Care' sheep to graze the Western Meadow. This breed is pretty much self maintaining, they only grow a short fleece, so they don't need shearing and the wool drops of in small clumps in the spring. (R.J. Boland Parks Officer arranged for this to happen. Please look out for them and report any problems.

Easy Care Sheep

Female Kingfisher (Helen Todd)

Buzzard (Helen Todd)

Wintersett 18.01.2025

Anglers CP:

Great White Egret 1.   Pink-footed Goose 1.

A male Marsh Harrier flew east.    Teal 73.

Yellowhammer 1 on Pol Feeders.  Green Woodpecker 1.

Wintersett Res:

Bullfinch 9.

Cold Hiendley Res:  Whooper Swan 1 adult.

Haw Park Lane:

Tawny Owl 2.  

Carlton Marsh & Cudworth Common

 Carlton Marsh

At dusk a Snipe took off from the marsh and a Bittern climbed up the reeds in the scrape opposite Elaine's seat on the embankment (Dave Standish). A Fox was on the prowl.

 

Earlier a female Merlin was seen near Royston Road, Cudworth (half a mile east of the reserve) (JP).

 

Cudworth Common

37 Fieldfares, 1 Redwing, 6 Mistle Thrushes, 7 Starlings, 3 Coal Tits, 1 Redpoll, 2 Kestrels, 3 Buzzards and 1 LBB Gull over (L. & A. Corrall).

Wintersett 17.01.2025

Anglers CP: 

Marsh Harrier - 1 adult male flew over CP and landed on west bank,

then bathed before leaving west.

Great White Egret 1

Wintersett Res: 

Pink-footed Goose 100 flew west.   Goosander 4.   Cetti's Warbler 5. 

Cold Hiendley Res:

Cetti's Warbler 1.  Whooper Swan 1 adult.

Haw Park: 

Pink-footed Goose - 60 flew north.

Carlton Marsh

The scrape produced 4 Shovelers, 9 Herring Gulls, 2 Common Gulls, a Kingfisher and a Cetti's Warbler. 2 Treecreepers were of note (L & A Corrall).

A Fox was out hunting 

The rest of our group was hedge-laying at the back of Elaine Evans's seat.

Wintersett 16.01.2025

 Anglers CP:

Great White Egret 1.   Jack Snipe 1.   Snipe 20.

Pink-footed Goose 1 + 50 west +  90 trying to land on lake,

but left north east.

Little Grebe 1.  Lapwing 96.   

Green Woodpecker 1.  Siskin 1.

Cold Hiendley Res:

Kingfisher 1.

Carlton Marsh

It's still very quirt here. 3 Water Rails, Kingfisher and Cetti's Warbler (CG).

A Great White Egret flew NE over the fields at 15.15hrs and an unknown number of Pink Feet Geese flew NW after dark at 19.10hrs (JP). 

Another skein of c100 Pink Feet flew NW over Darfield road, Cudworth at 08.45hrs (A. Vincent).

Ardsley Viaduct

32 Red-legged Partridge, 2 Buzzard, Great Spot Woodpecker, a mixed group of c30 Titmice, 1 Linnet and Sparrowhawk with a Robin in its grip (C. Parkin).

Wintersett - Wednesday 15.01.2025

 Anglers CP:

A Jack Snipe showed well in front of the main hide - mid morning and early afternoon.

Great White Egret 1.   Pink-footed Goose 1 present  +  99 north west + 70 west.

Snipe 9.   Goosander 5.   Canada X Greylag Goose 2.   Skylark 1.  Cetti's Warbler 1.

Wintersett Res:

Cetti's Warbler 2.

Cold Hiendley Res:

Kingfisher 1. 

Wintersett 14.01.2025

Wintersett Res:

Great White Egret  - 1 flew over.   Pink-footed Goose 70 flew west.

Whooper Swan  1 adult.

Haw Park Wood:

Redpoll 2.   

Walton Canal: 

Yellowhammer 1.  Skylark 4. 

Wintersett 13.01.2025

Anglers CP:

Caspian Gull 2 x 1st Winters.   Teal 127.   

Great Crested Grebe 12.   Goosander 6.

Cold Hiendley Res:

Whooper Swan 1 adult.

Wintersett Res:

1 Raven flew south east over Botany. 

Walton Hall WeBS

Walton Hall WeBs:

Mute Swan 13.   Coot 77.   Tufted Duck 4.

Pochard 3.   Mallard 18.  Grey Heron 1.

Wintersett WeBs 12.01.2025

Wintersett  WeBS  12.01.2025 -  1 degree C at dawn.

Mute Swan 11.   Whooper Swan 1.   Canada Goose 280.   Greylag Goose 206.

Pink-footed Goose 1.   Cormorant 15.   Great Crested Grebe 20.   Little Grebe 3.  

Coot 382.   Moorhen 13.   Mallard 234.   Teal 141.   Wigeon 484.

Gadwall 52.   Shoveler 4.   Tufted Duck 181.   Pochard 172.   Goldeneye 41.   

Goosander 2.   Snipe 4.  Lapwing 60.   Water Rail 1.   Grey Heron 7.

Anglers Country Park:

Mediterranean Gull 1 adult in roost.  

White Black-headed Gull with black wing tips.

Wintersett Res:

Cetti's Warbler  1 male  displaying + 1 female on north bank + 1 north east corner.

Bullfinch 8.  Treecreeper 1. 

Carlton Marsh

The overnight temperature in my garden was -4.6c, the coldest night here since 16th of December 2022 (4.6c), but in the car park at dawn it was -7c. (K. Bannister)

Most of the open water was still iced over, but 5 Shovelers (3 drakes), 6 Canada Geese, 10 Teal, 107 B.H. Gulls, 2 Common Gulls and 2 Herring Gulls were stood on the ice.

A Water Rail called, a Goldrest was with a group of Long-tailed Tits and single Redwing and Song Thrush were present. (Richard Laverack/John Finch/CG).

Wintersett 11.01.2025

Minus 5 degrees at dawn!

Anglers CP:

Pintail 1 male.  Teal 70.   Little Grebe 3.

Cold Hiendley Res:

Whooper Swan 1 adult.  Kingfisher 1.

Wintersett 10.01.2025 - Minus 4 degrees at dawn!

 Anglers CP:

Scaup 1 x 1st Winter female.   Teal 48.   Pochard 270.

Shoveler 8.   Pink-footed Goose 1.   Little Grebe 2.

Cormorant 23.   Grey Heron 5.   Kingfisher 1.

Wintersett Res:

Pochard 2.   Grey Heron 2.

Cold Hiendley Res:

Kingfisher 1.

Carlton Marsh 9/1/25

The temperature at first light in the car park was -6c.

3 male  2 female, 2 Cormorants, 1 Grey Wagtail, 28 Teal. (Chris Parkin)