OLD MOOR & BROOMHILL AREA YEAR LIST SOFA 2023

 

The Old Moor & Broomhill Area (Wath Area) Year List total for 2023 amounted to 180 species. A new area record beating the existing record of 179 set in 2017. The highlights included Ring necked Duck, Quail, Red throated Divers, Cattle Egrets, Common Cranes, Black winged Stilts, Dipper, Pied Flycatcher, Short eared Owl, Little Tern, Brent Goose,  Corn Bunting & Snow Bunting. Breeding highlights included Cormorant & Buzzard confirmed breeding for the first time, and Bittern, Marsh Harrier & Bearded Tit all bred successfully again this year. Sadly all is not well and others species are declining rapidly, there were very few records of previously regular breeding species like Grey Partridge, Willow Tit & Tree Sparrow. Two new species Marsh Warbler & Great Northern Diver were added to the area list which now stands at 262. Thanks to Old Moor RSPB, Garganey Trust and everyone else who have contributed time, effort and sightings. Happy New Year & Best Wishes for a bird filled 2024.       

OLD MOOR & BROOMHILL AREA YEAR LIST SOFA 2023

JANUARY 2023

1)Mute Swan, 2)Whooper Swan, 3)Pink-footed Goose, 4)Greylag Goose, 5)Canada Goose, 6)Brent Goose, 7)Egyptian Goose, 8)Shelduck, 9)Wigeon, 10)Gadwall, 11)Teal, 12)Mallard, 13)Pintail, 14)Shoveler, 15)Pochard, 16)Tufted Duck, 17)Scaup, 18)Goldeneye, 19)Goosander, 20)Red legged Partridge, 21)Pheasant, 22)Little Grebe, 23)Great Crested Grebe, 24)Cormorant, 25)Bittern, 26)Little Egret, 27)Grey Heron, 28)Red Kite, 29)Marsh Harrier, 30)Sparrowhawk, 31)Buzzard, 32)Kestrel, 33)Peregrine, 34)Water Rail, 35)Moorhen, 36)Coot, 37)Oystercatcher, 38)Golden Plover, 39)Lapwing, 40)Dunlin, 41)Jack Snipe, 42)Snipe, 43)Woodcock, 44)Green Sandpiper, 45)Little Gull, 46)Black headed Gull, 47)Common Gull, 48)Herring Gull, 49)Yellow legged Gull, 50)Caspian Gull, 51)Lesser Black backed Gull, 52)Great Black backed Gull, 53)Feral Pigeon, 54)Stock Dove, 55)Woodpigeon, 56)Collared Dove, 57)Barn Owl, 58)Tawny Owl, 59)Kingfisher, 60)Green Woodpecker, 61)Great Spotted Woodpecker, 62)Skylark, 63)Meadow Pipit, 64)Water Pipit, 65)Grey Wagtail, 66)Pied Wagtail, 67)Wren, 68)Dunnock, 69)Robin, 70)Stonechat, 71)Blackbird, 72)Fieldfare, 73)Song Thrush, 74)Redwing, 75)Mistle Thrush, 76)Cetti’s Warbler, 77)Chiffchaff, 78)Goldcrest, 79)Bearded Tit, 80)Long tailed Tit, 81)Coal Tit, 82)Blue Tit, 83)Great Tit, 84)Treecreeper, 85)Jay, 86)Magpie, 87)Jackdaw, 88)Rook, 89)Carrion Crow, 90)Raven, 91)Starling, 92)House Sparrow, 93)Chaffinch, 94)Brambling, 95)Greenfinch, 96)Goldfinch, 97)Siskin, 98)Linnet, 99)Lesser Redpoll, 100)Mealy Redpoll, 101)Bullfinch, 102)Yellowhammer, 103)Reed Bunting.

FEBRUARY 2023

104)Black tailed Godwit (3 OM on 7^th), 105)Ringed Plover (1 WI on 9^th), 106)Kittiwake (1 ad WI on 13^th), 107)Redshank (1 WI on 16^th), 108)Curlew (1 BH/WI on 17^th), 109)Great White Egret (1 east OM on 21^st), 110)Avocet (4 OM on 21^st), 111)Barnacle Goose (18 OM/WS on 27^th), 112)Merlin (1 BI on 28^th).

MARCH 2023

113)Rock Pipit ‘Scandi’ (1 W/S on 6^th), 114)Sand Martin (2 OM on 11^th), 115)Little Ringed Plover (2 WI on 14^th), 116)Mediterranean Gull (2 OM on 17^th), 117)Wheatear (1 (f) WI on 18^th), 118)Grey Partridge (2 BH on 19^th), 119)Ring necked Duck (1 male MM/OM on 20^th), 120)House Martin (1 BH on 24^th), 121)Spoonbill (1 MM on 25^th), 122)Swallow (1 BH on 28^th), 123)Willow Warbler (1 BH + 1 OM on 29^th), 124)Osprey (1 north OM on 29^th), 125)Common Scoter (1 (m) MM on 31^st), 126)Little Owl (1 BH on 31^st), 127)Black necked Grebe (2 BH on 31^st).

APRIL 2023

128)Blackcap (1 BHP on 3^rd), 129)Yellow Wagtail (1 Fleet on 11^th), 130)Reed Warbler (1 OM on 12^th), 131)Common Sandpiper (1 OM on 14^th), 132)Common Tern (1 W/S on 16^th), 133)Turnstone (1 OM on 18^th), 134)Bar tailed Godwit (1 OM on 18^th), 135)Arctic Tern (2 OM on 19^th), 136)Swift (1 BH on 20^th), 137)Sedge Warbler (2 WI on 23^rd), 138)Whitethroat (1 BWP + 1 Cat Hill on 24^th), 139)Lesser Whitethroat (1 OM on 24^th), 140)Cuckoo (1 OM on 25^th), 141)Wood Sandpiper (1 WI on 26^th), 142)Whimbrel (4 BH/OM on 27^th), 143)Redstart (1 WW on 27^th), 144)Greenshank (1 WI on 27^th), 145)Garganey (1 (m) BH on 28^th), 146)Whinchat (4 Fleet/WI on 30^th).

MAY 2023

147)Garden Warbler (1 OM on 1^st), 148)Hobby (1 OM on 2^nd), 149)Common Crane (2 BH/OM on 3^rd), 150)Little Tern (1 OM/WI ? BH on 4^th), 151)Sanderling (1 OM + 1 WI on 4^th), 152)Ruff (1 WI on 4^th), 153)Grey Plover (1 OM on 5^th), 154)Grasshopper Warbler (1 MM on 11^th), 155)Spotted Redshank (1 BH/WI on 22^nd), 156)Mandarin (20 (broods of 11y & 7y) on River Dearne on 26^th), 157)Black winged Stilt (2 OM on 29^th May).

JUNE 2023

158)Black Tern (3 OM on 1^st), 159)Marsh Warbler (1 BHV on 10^th), 160)Little Stint (1 WS on 13^th), 161)Dipper (1 Darfield Bridge on 18^th), 162)Quail (1 heard OM on 20^th), 163)Long-eared Owl (1 juv SW on 22^nd June).

JULY 2023

 164)Cattle Egret (1 WI/BH on 17^th), 165)Pied Flycatcher (1 OM on 22^nd).

AUGUST 2023

166)Tree Pipit (1 WI on 21^st), 167)Willow Tit (1 OM on 22^nd), 168)Sandwich Tern 1 WI on 23^rd), 169)Spotted Flycatcher (2 BHP on 23^rd August), 170)Ring necked Parakeet (1 BHP on 24^th), 171)Tree Sparrow (1 Big Hedge on 27^th).

SEPTEMBER 2023

172)Curlew Sandpiper (1 MM on 5^th), 173)Knot (1 OM on 16^th).

OCTOBER 2023

174)Nuthatch (Reported earlier in year Cliff Road), 175)Short eared Owl (1 Cortonwood/OM on 14^th), 176)White-fronted Goose (8 over area on 21^st), 177)Corn Bunting (1 Big Hedge on 26^th).

NOVEMBER 2023

178)Red-throated Diver (1 WI on 3^rd), 179)Snow Bunting (1 WI on 22^nd).

DECEMBER 2023

180)Great Northern Diver (1 OM/ML on 1^st),