Wintersett 31.07.15

Anglers CP: Greenshank 1 over,  Siskin 1 over, Yellow Wagtail 1 over,  Grey Wagtail 1,  Cormorant 5 and Oystercatcher 1 adult + 1 juvenile.
37 birds were ringed this morning, including: 3 Garden Warbler,  3 Lesser Whitethroat,  6 Blackcaps, 6 Willow Warbler and 5 Chiffchaff.
Wintersett Res: Common Gull 1,  Dunlin 1 adult and Common Tern .9

Langsett

Langsett Reservoir - 3 Canada Geese, 1 Greylag x Canada Goose, 31 Mallards, 3 Tufted Ducks, 4 Grey Herons and 1 Common Sandpiper. Disappointing numbers in the gull roost with 88 Black-headed Gulls and 17 Lesser Black-backed Gulls,

Carlton Marsh

Thanks to Russ Boland and Rod Heeley the ringing rides were strimmed this morning as well as the area in front of the hide.

This evenings ringing session produced 16 new birds that included 5 Willow Warblers, 3 Reed Warblers, 2 Bullfinch, Chiffchaff, Blackcap and Whitethroat. A juvenile Kingfisher ringed on 9th July was retrapped. 

A Green Woodpecker family was present and as the evening came to close Noctule and Pipistrelle bats were abroad.

 

Photos by Trevor Kemp

 

 Willow Warbler & Chiffchaff

Chiffchaff

Old Moor Nocturnal Report

Another good evening at Old Moor tonight, 28 Little Egrets came into roost tonight, because of the good weather and the full moon the Egrets were late coming in tonight. At 9 0'clock there were only 7 birds in, they came in tonight as follows:- 1 already in, 2 @ 19.40, 1 @ 19.44, 1 @ 20.24, 1 @ 20.39, 1 @ 20.44, 5 @ 21.01, 3 @ 21.02, 1 @ 21.07, 2 @ 21.11, 3 @ 21.15, 1 @ 21.17, 2 @ 21.20, 2 @ 21.24 and finally 1 @ 21.29. Tonight 5 birds came in from down the valley and the rest from up the valley, in addition 1 bird flew over the roost and straight down the valley.

Also tonight a Bittern flew up the river onto the reedbeds mobbed by the Lessers and 4 Barn Owls were out hunting. Other sightings included Shelduck 2 juvs, Avocet 1 juv, Oystercatcher 5, Redshank 12, Dunlin 3, Black Tailed Godwit 1, Green Sandpiper 2, Common Sandpiper 4 and Common Tern 3 juvs and 2 adults.

Wintersett 30.07.15

11- 14°C,  cold with 8/8 cloud and rain for most of the morning.  Sunny intervals early afternoon.
Anglers CP: Bird of the day was a pristine adult Arctic Tern that flew in briefly at 10.30hrs.  Grey Wagtail 2.
Wintersett Res: Common Tern 11.

Phallus impudicus  Common Stinkhorn    HPW  AS

 

                                                       

Wintersett 29.07.15

15°C with 6/8 cloud and a strengthening north westerly.  A short shower early afternoon.
Wintersett Res: Common Tern 7,  Cormorant 3,  Greylag Goose 12 and  Canada Goose 32.
Stubbs Wood Area:  A juvenile Cuckoo flew over.
Anglers CP: A Hobby was seen early this morning. Grey Wagtail 1,  Gadwall 1,  Siskin 1 over + 1 HPWood,  Grey Partridge 3.   It looks like the Great Crested Grebe nest on the shallows has failed. 

Scout Dike - Midhope

Scout Dike Reservoir - 34 Mallards, 14 Tufted Ducks, 1 Little Grebe, 5 Great Crested Grebes, 2 Common Buzzards, 8+ Moorhens, 23 Coots, 120+ Lapwings, 1 Curlew SE. 1 Willow Tit, good numbers of young warblers at the Maze Brook inlet and 2 juvenile Grey Wagtails.
Ingbirchworth Reservoir - 47 Canada Geese, 51 Mallards, 5 Tufted Ducks, 4 Moorhens, 9 Coots, 1 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Common Sandpiper, c80 Black-headed Gulls, 1 adult Kittiwake, 1 adult Common Gull, 62 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, 4 Swifts and c40 House Martins.
Midhope Reservoir - 4 Canada Geese, 12 Greylag Geese, 2 Teal, 31 Mallards, 2 Tufted Ducks, 4 Little Grebes and 2 Moorhens.

Old Moor Nocturnal Report

Another record breaking evening tonight at Old Moor with 30 (Thirty) Little Egrets coming into roost. There was 1 Egret already in when I arrived at the Wath Ings hide at 19.30 and the others came in as follows :- 1 @ 19.31, 8 @ 19.58, 2 @ 20.01, 1 @ 20.08, 1 @ 20.17, 2 @ 20.29, 1 @ 20.55, 3 @ 21.00, 1 @ 21.04, 1 @ 21.05, 2 @ 21.08, 1 @ 21.16, 1 @ 21.21, 3 @ 21.24, 1 @ 21.30 and finally 1 @ 21.35. Tonight 6 came in from down the valley and the rest from up the valley, of interest 20 were seen today at Edderthorpe and 1 at Pogmoor.

Thankfully I had plenty of help tonight from Jeff Wragg, Kris Dutheridge and Dave Waddington, thanks Guys.

Still no news from lower down the valley at Denaby.

Edderthorpe, Tuesday

A noticeable bit of movement here today with a few decent waders on the move. Two Sanderling and five Dunlin are new and were present much of the day. A Whimbrel came in briefly at 06.35 before continuing northwards. Black-tailed Godwits started at 20 early morning and were up to 22 mid afternoon. Greenshank 1, Redshank 1, Lapwing 245, Ringed Plover 1, LRP 3, Common Sandpiper 3 and Green Sandpiper 6 were also present. Little Egrets had built up to 20 by 07.00, a juvenile Shelduck remains and the geese are quickly building up after what looks like a successful breeding season, Canada 118 and Greylag 149.

Wintersett 28.07.15

13 -17°C with 8/8 cloud, a cool light north easterly  and light drizzle for most of the morning.
Anglers CP: Grey Wagtail 1,  Yellow Wagtail 1,  Oystercatcher 2 adults, Cormorant 3 + 2 WRes, Greylag Goose 86 and Tufted Duck 3 vs young.  Mallard 96 + 36 WRes, 1 vs young + 3 m young ACP + 5 fledged young Botany Bay.
Wintersett Res: Common Tern 11.

Castle Dam - Midhope

Castle Dam, Penistone - 1 Greylag Goose, 10 Canada Geese, 4 Mallards, 1 Tufted Duck, 4 Moorhens, 17 Coots, 11 Lapwings and c50 House Martins.
Ingbirchworth Reservoir - 32 Canada Geese, 51 Mallards, 2 Tufted Ducks, 4 Moorhens, 9 Coots, 1 Oystercatcher, 2 adult Little Ringed Plovers, 4 Common Sandpipers, c80 Black-headed Gulls, 1 adult Common Gull, 58 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, 1 juvenile Yellow-legged Gull, 30+ Swifts, 150+ Swallows, 250+ House Martins and c7 Pied Wagtails.
Royd Moor Hill - 2 Kestrels.
Midhope Reservoir - 1 Greylag Goose, 8 Teal, 38 Mallards, 5 Tufted Ducks, 1 Common Sandpiper, 10+ Swallows and 1 Sand Martin.

Bretton 28/7/15.

Water levels are still reduced on the lower lake so still the chance of a wader but nowt this aft. 2 Common Terns were present, an adult regularly feeding small fish to a faded juvenile. Also 3 possibly 4 GS Woodpeckers, Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel. Never thought I would get attacked by an adult tern here so don't get too close to the juveniles.

Broomhill Flash

Mute Swan 2 & 5 juv, Little Grebe 11, Snipe 2, Shelduck 1, Ringed Plover 1, Little Egret 4, Yellow Wagtail 2, Water Rail 1, Green Sandpiper 1, Common Sandpiper 1, Hobby 1 (16.30 flew east).

Wintersett 27.07.15

12 - 15°C, drab and dismal,  8/8 and light drizzle from mid morning until early afternoon. 
Wintersett Res: Common Tern 12.
Anglers CP: Grey Wagtail 1,  Mallard 1 fledged young + 3 my and Tufted Duck 4 vs young.

Soggy Sunday - Adwick & Old Moor

Called at Adwick Washland late afternoon to see if the rain had brought anything in and to check if any Little Egrets were there. I located 4 Egrets which were all still present when I left, also 2 adult & 2 juvenile Avocets from Old Moor, 4 Green Sandpipers, 1 Lapwing, 1 Snipe and c75 Goldfinches.

Onto Old Moor and on the Wader Scrape were the following:- Shelduck juvenile, Wigeon 1, Lapwing, Oystercatcher 1, Avocet 1 juvenile, LRP 3, Sanderling 1, Common Sandpiper 3, Green Sandpiper 1, Snipe 1, Redshank 7 + 2 on Main Marsh. I heard a Whimbrel flying over but couldn't see it.

The roost tonight had Cormorant 10 and Little Egret 28. The Egrets tonight came in as follows :- 1 @ 19.21, 2 @ 19.55, 4 @ 19.58, 1 @ 20.11, 1 @ 20.13, 7 @ 20.19, 2 @ 20.25, 2 @ 20.27, 2 @ 20.31, 3 @ 20.41, 1 @ 20.47, 1 @ 21.10 and finally 1 @ 21.14. Because of the weather the Egrets came in earlier than they have recently, tonight I watched from the Wader Scrape hide for a change. All the Egrets came in from up the valley tonight, 20 have been present on Edderthorpe today. Therefore the 4 I saw at Adwick (5 seen by Gary Stones later) either didn't roost at Old Moor or I missed them. If they aren't roosting at Old Moor they must be going to Denaby, can anyone help with any reports from Denaby.

Wintersett 26.07.15

A much cooler 9 - 14°C with 5/8 cloud and a light north easterly this morning.  Light rain all afternoon.
Anglers CP: Siskin 1over,  Dunlin 1 over,  Redshank 1,  Grey Wagtail 1,  Common Tern 4,   Oystercatcher 1 adult + 1 juv., T ufted Duck 4 vs young,  Teal 1,  Little Grebe 1,  Sand Martin 120 and Swift 200 in area.  Psycho, the adult Yellow-legged Gull flew around the shallows briefly at 13.40hrs.
36 birds were ringed this morning, including: Blackcap 8,  Lesser Whitethroat 1,  Chiffchaff 5,  WillowWarbler 10, Sedge Warbler 2 and Reed Warbler 5.

Wilthorpe Marsh 26/7/15.

Very steady. 3 Green Sandpipers oxbow pond. 2 Willow Tits together on river SE 335 089. The Barnsley town centre Pied Wagtail roost is still on Market Hill with birds going into all 4 trees adjacent to the no. 7 pub last night.

Carlton Marsh

A Common Tern spent 5 minutes flying over the scrape before leaving south at 09.55hrs. This is new for this year and the first since April 2010!
Also present Little Egret, Green Sandpiper, Buzzard and 2 Kingfisher (Jim Plant Keith Webster)

I thought you might like to see this rather nice insect that came to my garden light trap last night.

 White Satin Moth

White Satin

Common Tern (Keith Webster)



Carlton Marsh

Buzzard 2, Little Egret 2, Green Sandpiper 2, Kingfisher 3, Little Owl 2 and a new brood of 6 Tufted Duck.
A male Ruddy Darter was the first this year.

Ewden, 24/25th July 2015.

Last night at 10-30pm at stone circle track 3 Nightjars. 1 near the entrance gate churring and showing and 2 further up the track. 3 partys of juv calling Tawny Owls at ewden beck, broomhead hall wood and the others at low moor/ midhope. No sign of any Nightjars in midhope areas. Today at ewden 11am to 5pm, 4 species of falcon at the shooting lodge- Hobby 1, Peregrine 1, Merlin 1, Kestrel 6, + Common Buzzard 4, Raven 2, Jay 1, Stock Dove 5, a family party of Stonechats near the s bends, 1 Common Gull with a LBB Gull. Annoyingly a lapse in concentration at packing up time had a large brown raptor go low over broomhead moor, behind shooting lodge which was possibly a juv Goshawk.