Doncaster Birding

See the BIRDING ABROAD WEBSITE BIRD REPORTS (FROM A 10 MILE RADIUS OF DONCASTER MUSEUM) ARMTHORPE – M18 – 1 Jay (Carol Rushton per Ebird) DEARNE VALLEY – Adwick Washlands – 1 Kestrel hunting dragonflies off the crassula beds; 1 cc Marsh Harrier, 5 Whooper Swan, 260 Lapwing, 30+ Snipe, 2 SPOTTED REDSHANK, 1 Cetti’s […]

See the BIRDING ABROAD WEBSITE BIRD REPORTS (FROM A 10 MILE RADIUS OF DONCASTER MUSEUM) BESSACARR – Back Wood/Carr Lane/Manor Farm – 2 Moorhen, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 3 Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Kestrel, 2 Jay, 1 Coal Tit, 3 Goldcrest, 4 Treecreeper, 1 Stonechat, 1 Grey […]

See the BIRDING ABROAD WEBSITE BIRD REPORTS (FROM A 10 MILE RADIUS OF DONCASTER MUSEUM) BALBY – a garden – 1 BRAMBLING on new feeder (Neil Shaw) DEARNE VALLEY – Broomhill Flash – 2 Grey Partridge, 3 Little Grebe, 3 Great Crested Grebe, 9 Snipe, 7 Cormorant, 1 Skylark, 5 Pied Wagtail, 2 Yellowhammer (Paul […]

See the BIRDING ABROAD WEBSITE BIRD REPORTS (FROM A 10 MILE RADIUS OF DONCASTER MUSEUM) BESSACARR – a garden – nocmig overnight 13th/14th – Redwing 159 calls; Song Thrush 10 calls (Richard Scott) DEARNE VALLEY – Broomhill Flash – 1 Barnacle Goose , 1 Snipe and 1 ROCK PIPIT (David Waddington per Twitter and Simon […]

See the BIRDING ABROAD WEBSITE BIRD REPORTS (FROM A 10 MILE RADIUS OF DONCASTER MUSEUM) DEARNE VALLEY – Adwick Washlands – 1 Barnacle Goose, 61+ Pink-footed Geese (Russ Haywood per Twitter) DEARNE VALLEY – Old Moor – 1 Greenshank, 2 Dunlin, 40 Golden Plover, 65 Lapwing, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1j Marsh Harrier, 1 Pintail, 1 […]

See the BIRDING ABROAD WEBSITE BIRD REPORTS (FROM A 10 MILE RADIUS OF DONCASTER MUSEUM) Please note that I have also added some additional nocmig records from Richard Scott and the Idle Washlands WeBS+ counts kindly provided by Steve Furber and the team to Sunday’s blog. BESSACARR – a garden – nocmig (overnight 12th/13th) – […]

See the BIRDING ABROAD WEBSITE BIRD REPORTS (FROM A 10 MILE RADIUS OF DONCASTER MUSEUM) BESSACARR – a garden – nocmig – BITTERN 0006hrs; Song Thrush 0054hrs; Golden Plover 0248hrs (Richard Scott) DEARNE VALLEY – Old Moor – c.60 Pink-footed Geese circled then W @ 1435hrs; 1 GREAT EGRET, 6 Little Egret, 2 Pintail, 7 […]

BIRD REPORTS (FROM A 10 MILE RADIUS OF DONCASTER MUSEUM) BESSACARR – a garden – nocmig – Dunlin @ 2207hrs; BITTERN @ 2247hrs; Water Rail @ 2322hrs (chip calls, I usually just record the trill or squeal calls) (Richard Scott) DEARNE VALLEY – Adwick Washland – WeBS+ – 2 Grey Heron, 2 Little Egret, 3 […]

BIRD REPORTS (FROM A 10 MILE RADIUS OF DONCASTER MUSEUM) BESSACARR – a garden – nocmig – Wigeon several calls 1948hrs; Curlew 2214hrs; Dunlin 2 calls 2224hrs (Richard Scott) BESSACARR – 200 Pink-footed Geese over @ 0805hrs (John Burdall) and 60+ W @ 1550hrs (Sue Bird) DEARNE VALLEY – Adwick Washlands – 1 Green Woodpecker, […]

BIRD REPORTS (FROM A 10 MILE RADIUS OF DONCASTER MUSEUM) BALBY – Woodfield Estate – 1 Long-eared Owl (Neil Massey) DEARNE VALLEY – Adwick Washlands – mid-morning – 2 Little Egret, 85 Wigeon, c.150 Teal, 10 Shoveler, c.90 Pink-footed Geese E @ 1010hrs; 24 (7S) Golden Plover, 6 Snipe, 2 Stonechat, 1 Cetti’s warbler, 2 […]