Wombwell Ings - Good start to the day with 13 Mistle Thrush and a Greater Spotted Woodpecker in Broomhill Park. Things got better along the Bulling Dyke with 3 Spotted Flycatcher, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Yellowhammer, 1 Blackcap and 1 Chiffchaff. Around the quickly dying-out flash were 27 Teal, 2 Cormorant, 1 Little Egret, 28 Lapwing, 5 Black Tailed Godwit, 3 Dunlin, 3 Snipe, 3 Pied Wagtail, 1 Yellow Wagtail and 1 Linnet. In the back field were 200+ Canada Geese and 9 Greylag.
Broomhill Flash - Noted were 2+4y Mute Swan, c300 Canada Geese, 59 Greylag, 1 Shelduck, 112 Mallard, 34 Tufted Duck, 16 Gadwall, 5 Shoveler, 4 Teal, 39 Little Grebe, 2 Cormorant, 7 Little Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Red Legged Partridge, 48 Coot, 9 Moorhen, 18 Lapwing, 3 Snipe, 2 Greenshank, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Ruff, 7 BH Gull, 1 LBB Gull, 2 Kingfisher, 2 Pied Wagtail and 1 Linnet. Dave Bamforth had a Garganey late morning.
Bolton Ings - Highlight was the juvenile Dipper on the R. Dearne, viewable from the bridge next to the Cormorant Hide ( Nige's Bolton Sofa ). This outshone a Hobby hunting over the eastern pool at noon and later at 12.40pm. On the open water were 1+2y Mute Swan, 34 Greylag, 17 Canada Geese, 15 Mallard, 11 Gadwall, 9 Shoveler, 2 Tufted Duck, 6 Little Grebe, 3+3y Great Crested Grebe, 6 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 181 Coot and 2y Moorhen. Also present were 3 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 2 Lapwing, 1 Green Woodpecker and 1 Grey Wagtail. Dave Bamforth had a Bittern early morning.
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