Barnsley Bird Sightings
Bird & wildlife sightings from the Barnsley recording area.
Sunday 3 December 2023
Wilthorpe Marsh 3/12/23.
Wintersett - Ringing Recovery - Becky Bailey @BeckyBailey101 ·
Wintersett Ringing Recovery - Becky Bailey ·
Black-headed gull 5441604
was found dead at Wintersett on 2/11/23;
It was ringed as a pullus in Hallig-Norderoog,
Nordfriesische Inseln, Germany on 2/7/16;
656km West (2679 days).
Wintersett 03.12.2023
Anglers CP:
Canada Goose 325. Greylag Goose 100.
Skylark 8 flew north. Little Grebe 5. Siskin 10.
Wintersett Res:
A Water Rail was in the boathouse reeds.
Great Crested Grebe 4 + 1 Anglers CP.
Saturday 2 December 2023
Carlton Marsh
c100 Pink Feet Geese NW at 16.05hrs (yesterday) (CG) and 20 west at 14.15hrs today (K. Bannister). Also Cetti's Warbler. 10 Lesser Redpolls.
Wintersett + Anglers CP Gull Roost. 02.12.2023
Wintersett Res:
A Bittern was in the boathouse reeds at 08.59hrs.
A Water Rail was in the boathouse reeds.
Cold Hiendley Res:
Cetti's Warbler 1 male on north bank + 1 male on south bank.
Anglers CP:
Shoveler 4 Cormorant 8 Great Crested Grebe 3 Siskin 1.
A Waxwing flew north at 10.20hrs.
ACP Gull Roost: (photos - Steve Denny)
There was an influx of 250 Herring Gulls in to the CP roost,
from fewer than 20 in recent weeks.
A 1st winter Caspian Gull was with them.
and an Egyptian Goose came in to roost at 16:00 hrs
Friday 1 December 2023
Wintersett 01.12. 2023
Wintersett Res:
A Bittern was seen briefly in the boathouse reeds (SD).
2 Skylarks flew over.
Anglers CP:
Stock Dove 25. Little Grebe 3 + 1 CHRes..
Cold Hiendley Res:
Gadwall 117 + 6 ACP. Cormorant 4.
Wigeon 328 - (68 CHRes + 18 WRes. + 242 ACP)
Great Crested Grebe 2 CHRes.+ 1 WRes. + 1 ACP.
Shoveler 1 CHRes. + 2 ACP.
Thursday 30 November 2023
Low Moor/Midhope 30/11/23.
Wintersett 30.11.2023
Steve Denny sightings:
Wintersett Res:
3 Shelduck - left north west at 09.17hrs.
Anglers CP:
Canada Goose 92. Siskin 10. Teal 27.
73 Pink-footed Geese flew north west at 08.35hrs.
Wednesday 29 November 2023
Carlton Marsh
c70 Pink Feet flew west at 09.30hrs (JP),
The highlight of the day was a Green Woodpecker, the first since August. Also present 2 Goldrest, Buzzard, Kestrel, Water Rail, Kingfisher, 12 Redwing, Treecreeper and a pair of Shoveler (L. & A. Corrall)..
Wintersett 29.11.2023
Steve Denny sightings:
Anglers CP:
Wigeon 307 + 6 WRes..
Snipe 13 in south west corner.
Wintersett Res:
Water Rail - one off the north west bank.
Wintersett 28.11.2023
Steve Denny sightings:
Wintersett Res:
Water Rail 2. Cetti's Warbler 2
Anglers CP:
Goosander 8.
Tuesday 28 November 2023
Carlton Marsh
On the surrounding set aside fields 26 Stock Dove, 60 Linnet, 15 Skylark and the odd Reed and Yellow Bunting. On the disused railway embankment, 2 Siskin, 2 Great Spot Woodpecker, 2 Song Thrush and Treecreeper. In the marsh a Cetti's warbler and a Water Rail called (L. & A. Corrall/CG).
2 Foxes were on the prowl.
Monday 27 November 2023
Nether Cudworth
A Waxwing spent around 20 minutes at the top of a large Sycamore in Les Corrall's garden from 13.15hrs.
Wintersett Ringing Recovery - Becky Bailey
A Lesser Redpoll BNB2188
was ringed at Fontburn Nature Reserve, Northumberland on 01/10/23
and retrapped by @PeteSmith1254
on 16/10/23 @Anglers CountryPark (@Wintersett1).
A move of 181km South in 15 days.
Wintersett 27.11.2023
Anglers CP:
Wigeon 174 + 3 WRes.. Teal 22. Snipe 16.
A Water Rail was in the shallows.
A male Brambling. was at the Pol Feeders.
Sunday 26 November 2023
Low Moor /Midhope 26/11/23.
Wilthorpe marsh 26/11/23.
Carlton Marsh
c200 Pink Feet Geese flew west at 10.15hrs and 10 Common Gulls were on the fields (JP).
4 Mute Swans flew north but soon returned they way they came (K. Bannister).
Wintersett Ringing + Update 26.11.2023
81 birds were ringed this morning:
Highlights were:
Common Redpoll 2, Lesser Redpoll 63 Coal Tit, Goldcrest 2,
Redwing, and 2 Blackbirds
(including photo below of rufous adult female, likely from NE Scandinavia)
and 1 control Lesser Redpoll - (details awaited). - Becky Bailey.
Anglers CP:
A Water Rail called from the outflow and another Water Rail was in the CP shallows.
Going west: Pink-footed Geese in 3 skeins - 55 + 170 + 220.
Haw Park Wood:
17 Pink-footed Geese flew over at 10.55hrs.
Saturday 25 November 2023
Carlton Marsh
4 Siskin, 2 Great Spot Woodpecker, 2 Water Rail called and 22 Teal. The wader scrape was 70% iced over after an overnight air frost. However, tucked away relatively sheltered and warm 24 Herald Moths (CG/C. Parkin)