Wilthorpe Marsh 31/10/22.

Raven 1 on pylons but mobile. Pinkfeet c 260 w at 8-57am , Grey Partridge covey 4. Flocks of Woodpigeon moving s, c 650. C Snipe 10, GS Pecker 1, Parakeets 1+ heard only at oxbow, Meadow Pipit 14.

Carlton Marsh

 A female Goldeneye spent the day on the wader scrape (Richard Laverack). It was the first since 2016 and our 20th record.

Late butterflies: 1 Speckled Wood, 1 Small Copper and 1 Peacock, the first here since 3rd of August. Also 2 Migrant Hawkers and 4 Common Darters (Chris Parkin).

Shaggy Pholiota (Pholiota squarrosa) on Alder (CG)

Wintersett + Vis.Mig 31.10.2022

Wintersett Res:  

Great White Egret 1.  A male Cetti's Warbler was in the boathouse reedbed.

2 Water Rails were heard on the north east bank.  Dunlin 1 over.

Anglers CP:

Cormorant 25.

Anglers CP Vis.Mig:

Going south:

Golden Plover  84 (62 + 12 + 10).  Skylark 34.  Blackbird 4.  Fieldfare 138.

Redwing 393.  alba Wagtail 9.  Meadow Pipit 10.  Linnet 5.  Lesser Redpoll 4. 

Goldfinch 41.  Siskin 23.  Reed Bunting 1. 

Going south west:

Stock Dove 5.  Wood Pigeon 13,000.

Going east: 

Pink-footed Goose 70.  

Going west:

Red Kite 1.  Starling  1285.  Mistle Thrush 1. 

Odonata:

Common Darter 1 ACP + 1 NW WRes. + 1 Willow Wood.  

Wilthorpe Marsh 30/10/22.

Jack Snipe 1, Common Snipe 1, Raven 2, Meadow Pipit 10. Green Pecker and Kingfisher providing the colour with both seen on just about every visit this month.

Wintersett Vis. Mig: 30.10.2022

Going south:

Skylark 4.  Blackbird 1.  Fieldfare 89.  Redwing 233.  alba Wagtail 2.  

Meadow Pipit 38.  Goldfinch 7.  Siskin 13.

Going south west:

Wood Pigeon 8220.   Marsh Harrier 1 female type at 09.39hrs.  

Lesser Redpoll 11.  

Going north:

Golden Plover 15. 

Going west:

Collared Dove 1.  Starling 1550.  Chaffinch 7.  Bullfinch 2.  Yellowhammer 1.  

Wilthorpe Marsh 29/10/22.

Good morning visit with 2 Jack Snipe, one of which showed well on the ground. 2 Peregrines on a pylon, 2 Stonechats, 3 Cetti's, fem Goosander still on the river. 1 Green Pecker.

Wintersett Vis.Mig: 29.10.2022

Anglers CP:  Yellow-legged Gull 1 adult.

Anglers CP Vis.Mig:

Going south:

Dunlin 8.  Skylark 14. Fieldfare 3.  Redwing 43.  Song Thrush 2.  

Mistle Thrush 2.  Meadow Pipit 15.  Goldfinch 7.   

Going west:

Starling 855.  Chaffinch 7.  Siskin 5.

Going east:

Lesser Redpoll 2.  

https://www.trektellen.org/count/view/1100/20221029

Carlton Marsh

27/10/22 4 Siskin, 1 Redpoll, 4 Cormorant, Kingfisher and 12 Common Gull (CG).

28/10/22 morning 

Treecreeper, Green Woodpecker, 6 Fieldfare, 2 Cormorant. Also 2 Migrant Hawker, 4 Common Darter and a Speckled Wood butterfly (L & A. Corrall).

Afternoon

Cetti's Warbler, 2 Water Rail, 3 Buzzard included in immatures, 20 Starling, 6 Redwing and 16 Fieldfare came into roost (CG).

Belated reports of up to 2 Barn Owls hunting fields to the east of the reserve over the past two weeks at dusk (Gemma Shearing).

Littleworth Park - Monk Bretton

1 Painted Lady, 1 Small Copper and 1 Speckled wood enjoying the exceptionally warm weather. 

(C. Parkin)

Low Moor/Midhope 28/10/22.

2 hours this aft. Quiet with c 500 Fieldfare in the area, Peregrine 1 imm. the best.

Wintersett + Vis.Mig: 28.10.2022

Anglers CP Vis.Mig. per @Fitzybirder

Going south:  

Spoonbill 2.  Golden Plover 13.  Skylark 25.  Redwing 123.  Mistle Thrush 1. 

alba Wagtail 2.   Greenfinch 8.  Lesser Redpoll 2.

Going west:

Starling 1760 (biggest flocks 130 +150).   Fieldfare 115.  Chaffinch 15. 

Goldfinch 15. 

  

 

 2 Spoonbills  Anglers CP  28.10.2022  PMeredith

Wintersett 27.10.2022

 Wintersett Res:

A male Cetti's Warbler was in the north east corner.   A Nuthatch was by the boathouse.

Lepidoptera:

A Red Admiral was on the east bank..

Carlton Marsh

The highlights for today were; 23 Teal, 9 Common Gull, Green Woodpecker, Siskin, and 40 Pink Feet Geese west at 08.58hrs (K. Bannister/G. Miller).

A Migrant Hawker and a late Small Copper were flying (CG).

Wintersett 26.10.2022

A very quiet morning.

Anglers CP:

Cormorant 16.  4 Pink-footed Geese flew west.   

Ferrymoor - Cudworth Common

 A Great White Egret was on the flashes on the old Grimethorpe pit site at 16.25hrs and a Small White butterfly looked really fresh (CG).

Storrs Mill to Ardsley Viaduct (on the Dearne)
3 Buzzards, Grey Wagtail and 2 Grey Partridges.

Butterfly sightings included 1 Red Admiral, 4 Small Copper, 1 Small White and 1 Small Tortoiseshell, the first for two months! (Chris Parkin)

Wilthorpe Marsh 25/10/22.

Raven 1 on the same pylon as yesterdays Peregrine. Grey Partridge covey of 5, Meadow Pipit 10, GS and G Peckers, Siskin 2.

Wintersett + Vis.Mig. 25.10.2022

Anglers CP Vis.Mig:

Going south:  

Dunlin 1.  Goosander 7.   Siskin 6.  Chaffinch 65.  Linnet 30.  Redpoll 3.  

Goldfinch 25.   Meadow Pipit 11.  Skylark 51. Goosander 7. 

Going west:   Redwing 130.  Fieldfare 10.  

Anglers CP:  Whooper Swan 1 adult.   Peregrine 1.

Wintersett Res:

2 Green Woodpeckers  flew over the west bank clump.

A  Chiffchaff was on the north bank.   A Water Rail was in north east corner + 1 west bank marsh.

The Great White Egret was in the south west corner.    Little Grebe 22 + 1 ACP.

A male Cetti's Warbler was in the south east corner. 

Shoveler 95.  Goldeneye 12 + 1 CHRes. + 1 ACP.

Odonata: 

A Common Darter  south east WRes.  + 3 over Pol boardwalk pond. 

Lepidoptera:

Red Admiral  1 ACP.   

Carlton Marsh

The highlight of this morning was a male Stonechat at the back of the wader scrape. 

Also present Goldcrest, 4 Redwing, 2 Cormorant, 11 Common Gull and 5 Shoveler (L & A Corrall).

A Migrant Hawker and a Common Darter were flying in the afternoon sunshine (CG).

Wilthorpe Marsh 24/10/22. C Dixon, S Green.

Very steady with Snipe not disturbed. Fem Stonechat 1, Peregrine 1 on pylon the first for this autumn and winter. Cetti's 5, Fieldfare 85, Meadow Pipit 8, Green Pecker 2, Goldcrest 1.

Wintersett 24.10.2022

Another quiet day!

Wintersett Res: 

Great White Egret 1.   A Water Rail was on the west bank.

Lepidoptera in Pits Wood:

A Speckled Wood and 2 Red Admirals this morning.

Wilthorpe Marsh 23/10/22.

Jack Snipe 1, Common Snipe 15, Cetti's 4 with 1 showing well on the canal. Raven 1, L Egret 2, Goosander 1 fem on river.

Wintersett 23.10.2022

Anglers CP:

A Noctule type bat was over the northern end at 15.25hrs.  

Wintersett Res: 

4 Cetti's Warblers - 1 west bank marsh,  1 north end of dam wall, 1 north bank + 1 Botany Bay

Fungus: Francis Hickenbottom

Surprisingly, Blackening waxcap (Hygrocybe conica) hadn't found its way 

onto the Wintersett list, until we spotted some during yesterday's foray. 

                       

   Blackening waxcap (Hygrocybe conica)F.Hickenbottom

Wintersett Vis.Mig. + Ringing 22.10.2022

Anglers CP Vis.Mig:   https://www.trektellen.nl/count/view/1100/20221022

Going south: Whooper Swan 10.  Skylark 68.  alba Wagtail 2.  Meadow Pipit 6. 

Bullfinch 11,  Goldfinch 23.

Going south west:  Wood Pigeon 280. Fieldfare 335.  Redwing 1105. 

Going west: Starling 190.  Chaffinch 4. Greenfinch 2.  Lesser Redpoll 6. 

Reed Bunting 2.

Going west north west: Bullfinch 13.

Going east: Goosander 8.

26 new birds were ringed this morning

Highlights were 12 Redwing,  8 Lesser Redpoll, 1 Goldcrest, 2 Robin.

Wintersett 21.10.2022

 Wintersett Res: 

Great White Egret 1.  Little Grebe 22.   Cetti's Warbler 4 males + 1 ACP. 

Marsh Harrier 1 over west bank, left south at 07.44hrs. 

Anglers CP Vis.Mig:

Going south:  Fieldfare 330.  Redwing 735.  Goosander 4.   A Rock Pipit  at 11.42hrs.  

Anglers CP:  

Siskin 1 flew over.  Cormorant 13.  Yellow-legged Gull 1 adult.  Chiffchaff 4 + 2 WRes..

Goldeneye 7 + 6 WRes..

Carlton Marsh

This morning 3 Snipe, 1 Green Sandpiper, 3 Cormorant and 2 drake Shoveler (L. & A. Corrall).

This afternoon 3 Water Rails and a Cetti's Warbler called, c100 Starlings came into roost along with groups of 25 and 9 Redwing. Also of note a Redpoll the first since February!

Wintersett 20.10.2022

Wintersett Res: 

A Bittern flew out of the boathouse reed bed towards Botany Bay  at 07.33hrs.  

Goldeneye 6 (only 1 male) + 1 ACP. 

3 male Cetti's Warblers: 1 north east bank + 1 boathouse reeds WRes. +  1 south east corner ACP,

Botany Dell: Chiffchaff 1.

Anglers CP: 

A Rock Pipit was in the north east corner.   Little Egret 1. 

14 Snipe and 23 Teal were in the shallows.

Wintersett + Superb Vis.Mig 19.10.2022

Wintersett, Wednesday highlights per @grayspeight -A superb vismig  morning.

Redwing reached a record breaking 22,430,  all south or west!  

There were an additional 600 in the 2 hours prior to dusk, 

which brought the total to an incredible  23,030 ,

with many birds only just visible, at a great height, below the cloud base.

Going west: Fieldfare 536,   Pink-footed Goose 425.  

A Spoonbill went south at 08.32hrs, then flew back north at 10.25hrs. 

A Hawfinch, 7 Brambling and 1930 Wood Pigeons were counted.  

A Red Kite flew low over back fields at 17.25hrs. 

For full list and counts per @Fitzybirder  follow link below.

https://www.trektellen.nl/count/view/1100/20221019

Comments: Smashed last year’s Redwing record of 13,820 by a considerable margin!  

After nothing in the first 30 minutes, 20 went through at 07.30, then a rapid increase as flocks of up 400 started to come through from the east,  often very high, with few being  picked up on call, reaching  5,000 by 08.30;   7,400 by 08.50;  11,000 by 09.27; 15,100 by 09.54; 17,000 by 10.14;  19,150 by 10.40 and finally  22,000 by 13.40!! 

Just about everything else will be under counted, particularly finches most of which were left unidentified. 

Carlton Marsh

5 Redwing and a Mute Swan dropped in after dawn (K. Bannister).

Later Green Woodpecker, Grey Wagtail, 9 Teal and 5 Shoveler plus 7 Common Darter and 1 Willow Emerald on the dike where the hide was. Up to 2 have been seen at this site almost daily over the past week (Les & Andrew Corrall).

21 birds caught this morning included a re-trapped female Cetti's Warbler, a female Goldcrest, 2 Reed Buntings and 1 Yellow bunting (CG).

Butterflies on show were 3 Speckled Wood, 9 Small Copper, and 5 Small White (Chris Parkin).

Yellow Bunting

Reed Bunting

Wilthorpe Marsh 18/10/22.

Steady but more than expected in the near summer conditions. Raven 1 pair, 1 Green Sand, 1 imm Stonechat. C Snipe 2, Cetti's 2, Meadow Pipit 3, Goldcrest 1. Green and GS Peckers seen and noisy. Yesterday 6 calling Fieldfares flew e.

Wintersett + Vis.Mig + Ringing + Insects 18.10.2022

 Anglers CP: Peregrine 1 juvenile.

Anglers CP Vis.Mig:

Going south:   

1000 Wood Pigeon  - first decent movement,  in the first two hours!

alba Wagtail sp. 3.   Meadow Pipit 12.  Rock Pipit 1.  Linnet 13.

Going west:  Highlight was a juvenile Gannet  at 08.50hrs.  (PM, PW)

Pink-footed Goose 152  + 10 east.  Skylark 82 + 13 north.  Starling 116.

Redwing 22.  Mistle Thrush 3.  Chaffinch 11.  Goldfinch 10.  Reed Bunting 1.

Going south east:  Golden Plover 28.

Lepidoptera WRes.:  Red Admiral 1 in est corner  

Odonata:Pol Boardwalk Pond:  Common Darter 5.  Willow Emerald 1. 

Wintersett Res:   Cetti's Warbler 1 male west bank clump.

43 birds were ringed at Wintersett this morning Highlights were:  1 Chiffchaff,  6 Goldcrest,  10 Reed Bunting, 11 Lesser Redpoll,   1 Blackcap and 2 Bearded Tits!                                                                                                                  Bearded Tit  Wintersett Res. 18.10.2022  RBailey

Littleworth Park - Monk Bretton

 5 Red Admiral, 3 Speckled wood and 3 Small Copper (Chris Parkin).

Wintersett + Vis.Mig. + Insects. 17.10.2022

 Anglers CP: Snipe 45.

Anglers CP Vis. Mig. 

 Going east:  Pink-footed Goose 12. 

Going west: Skylark 60.  Chaffinch 24.  Greenfinch 7.

Going south:  Golden Plover 2.   alba wagtail 13.  Meadow Pipit 5.  Linnet 9.  

Goldfinch 39.  Siskin 4.  Reed Bunting 1.

Going south west:   Starling 59.  Redwing 2. 

 Wintersett Res:

Great White Egret 1.   Little Egret 1 + 1 Anglers CP. 

A male and a female Bearded Tit showed very well in fisherman’s gap at western end of north bank.

A Male Cetti's Warbler was in the boathouse reeds.

Odonata:

Migrant hawker 1 ACP + 1 west bank WRes. + 1 west bank clump, WRes. 

Common Darter 1 female north west bank WRes.. 

Lepidoptera:  Speckled Wood 2 in Pits Wood + 1 north west bank WRes.. 

Vespidae:

A Hornet  was around ivy in the south east corner Wintersett Res.

Carlton Marsh

 A Mute Swan and 12 Common Gulls were on the wader scrape. A Great Spotted Woodpecker called, and a Green Woodpecker was 'Anting' in the northern meadow. A Cetti's Warbler and a Kingfisher were on the scrape.

Wintersett + Vis.Mig. 16.10.2022

Anglers CP:

Little Egret 1.  Whooper Swan 2 - then to CHRes..  Pink-footed Goose 1,  Shoveler 48.

Wintersett Res:  

Bearded Tit 2,(1m + 1f), flew out of boathouse reeds  on west bank. gained height, then lost behind trees.  

A Bearded Tit was calling in west bank marsh 11.40hrs, flew to boathouse reeds at 11.55hrs.

ACP Vis.Mig:

Going west:   Pink-footed Goose 25 .  Snipe 3.  Redwing 7.  Lesser Redpoll 2.

Going southwest:  Skylark 27 + 2 north.  Bullfinch 1. 

Going south:  alba Wagtail 16.  Meadow Pipit 9.  Greenfinch 1.  Linnet 4.  Goldfinch 9.  Siskin 1.

Lepidoptera:

Red Admiral 1 south ACP.  

Odonata: 

Wintersett Res: Common Darter 1 male  west bank marsh.

Wintersett + Vis.Mig. + Insects 15.10.2022

Anglers CP:

Pink-footed Goose 1.  Little Egret 1.

Anglers CP Vis.Mig:   https://www.trektellen.org/count/view/1100/20221015

Going south:   Swallow 1.   alba Wagtail 8.  Meadow Pipit 10.  Siskin 1.

Linnet 17.  Goldfinch 11.

Going south west: Skylark 10.

Going west: Pink-footed Goose 30.   Starling 28.  Redwing 33.  Chaffinch 2.

Going east: Pink-footed Goose 30.  Whooper Swan 9.

Going north: Goosander 5.

Botany Bay: Kingfisher 1. 

Wintersett Res: A male Cetti's Warbler was in the south west corner.

A Chiffchaff was in the Willow Wood.

Wintersett Res. Odonata:  

Common Darter 1 female east bank + 1 boathouse reeds. 

Migrant Hawker  2 west bank WRes + 1 boathouse reeds. 

Lepidoptera:

A Speckled Wood  was on the east bank WRes. + 1 Pits Wood.  

Red Admiral 1 Pits Wood Ivy. 

Vespidae:

A Hornet was on ivy at Pits Wood.

Storrs Mill to Ardsley Viaduct (along the Dearne)

3 Buzzard, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Mute swan with 2 cygnets, 2 Little Grebe, Cormorant and 3 Grey Heron.

Butterflies included 6 Red Admiral, 3 Comma, 3 Speckled Wood, 3 Small Copper, 4 Small White and 1 GV White. A male Vapourer moth was airborne as was Ichnuemon stramentarious (Chris Parkin).

Wintersett 14.10.2022

 Anglers CP Vis.Mig.  @Fitzybirder

Going west:  

Pink-footed Goose 107 (32 + 65 + 10).  Redwing 2.  Song Thrush 3.

alba wagtail sp. 16.  Chaffinch 7.  Yellowhammer 1.

Going south west: Skylark 11.  Reed Bunting 4.

Going south:  Swallow 5.  Meadow Pipit 37.  Linnet 15.  Lesser Redpoll 2.  

Goldfinch 5.  Siskin 5.  

Anglers CP:

Pink-footed Goose 1.  Little Egret 1.  Snipe 11.

Wilthorpe Marsh 14/10/22.

Water Pipit flew w towards sewage farm. No sign of it in the usual places. Not much else , 2 Sparrowhawks, Kingfisher and 2 Chub from sf bridge.

Carlton Marsh

A butterfly count produced 1 Common Blue, 5 Small Copper, 4 Red Admiral, 4 Speckled Wood and 7 Small White. 2 Migrant Hawkers (Chris Parkin).

Wintersett 13.10.2022

 Anglers CP:

11 Whooper Swans were in early this morning, then left south east.  

Wintersett Res:

13 Whoopers dropped on at  09.30hrs.   Little Egret 1.  Kingfisher 1.  

Cetti's Warbler 1 male.   Grey Wagtail 2.  No sign of the Great White Egret today.

Lepidoptera:

Speckled Wood 1 south east corner WRes..

Carlton Marsh

Our wildlife group have won a Platinum Award in the Yorkshire in Bloom Awards presented at Barnsley Town Hall this evening. Congratulations, and well deserved for all your hard work over the past year.

From left Jim Finnerty, Dave Tattershall and Steve Lewis.

Wintersett 12.10.2022

A very quiet day!

Wintersett Res:

Great White Egret was still in the south west corner.   Little Egret 1.

Carlton

 12 Whooper Swans flew east at 12.05hrs (per Steve Denny). 

Carlton Marsh
A Barn Owl was hunting the western meadow at dusk (per Dave Standish).

Wintersett + Vis.Mig. 11.10.2022

Anglers CP Vis.Mig:

Going south:  Meadow Pipit 6,  Skylark 4,  Redwing 12,  House Sparrow 1 and House Martin 1.

Wintersett Res:

The Great White Egret still present, in the south west corner.  

Cetti's Warbler 1 boathouse reeds +  1 west bank.  

Carlton Marsh

A Little Egret was present. Wood Pigeons appear to be on the move now with c70 west at 07.41hrs and 16 west at 07.44hrs. Along with 35 Redwings west at 07.41hrs + 6 west at 07.44hrs. Then 22 over Oulton Drive Cudworth at 08.10hrs (Keith Bannister).

Wilthorpe Marsh 10/10/22.

Water Pipit this morning calling in flight and on wires briefly but lost to view. Yesterday, Raven 1, male Stonechat and C Snipe 1. Both Green and GS Peckers regular recently.

Wintersett + Gull Roost 10.10.2022

 Anglers CP Vis.Mig:Found him o  r her on res but a Swan went close n he flew off still on res though in reeds roadside near where I sit to watch sunset https://twitter.com/messages/media/15794        27365540749317

Going south:  Grey Plover 1 at 07.53hrs.   FouFound him or her on res but a Swan went close n he flew off still on res though in reeds roadside near where I sit to watch sunset https://twitter.com/messages/media/1579427365540749317nd him or her on res but a Swan went close n he    flew off stige s/media/1579427365540749317

Going south west: Pintail 7.

Going west: Dunlin 3.  Redwing 43.  Brambling 2.

Anglers  CP:

8 Whooper Swans at the northern end,  were  chased off by the resident Mute Swan.  Left East.  

See video:   https://twitter.com/StevieD131/status/1579459658045362179

Wintersett Res:   Shoveler 69.  Stonechat 1 male.

Gull Roost:  Mediterranean Gull 1.   Common Gull 50. 

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Great White Egret  Wintersett Res, 10.10.2022  Sue Bilcliffe

 

A Male Stonechat  this afternoon, Wintersett Res. Dam wall  10.10.2022  SDenny