Doncaster Birding

BIRD REPORTS 

DEARNE VALLEY – Adwick Washlands (SE4602) – 1 GARGANEY, 3 Little Egret, 5 AVOCET, 2a+3j Redshank, 5 Ringed Plover, 1 Dunlin, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Little Owl, 2 Kingfisher (Gary Stones per Twitter)

                         Garganey at Adwick Washlands today © Gary Stones 2017

DEARNE VALLEY – Old Moor (SE4302) – 2 BITTERN, 2 Little Egret, 4 GC Grebe, 1 Ringed Plover, 5 Lapwing, 1 Dunlin, 1 Common Sandpiper, 5 (2j) Common Tern, 4 RAVEN E, 4 BEARDED TIT (Adam Hutt per Twitter and today’s RSPB-OLD MOOR-RECENT SIGHTINGS)

DEARNE VALLEY – Wombwell Ings (SE4102) – 17 Black-tailed Godwit (Barnsley BSG per Twitter)

DONCASTER LAKESIDE (Rail College) – (SE5901) – 1s Lesser Whitethroat (Sue Bird)

DON VALLEY – Conisbrough Viaduct (SK5198) – 2 RAVEN (Paul & Barbara Shepherd)

HUMBERHEAD PEATLANDS – Hatfield Moors area (SE7106D & SE6905X) – 2 Kestrel, 2 HOBBY, 2 BLACK-NECKED GREBE, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper, 47 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Tawny Owl, 8 NIGHTJAR, 2 Stonechat (Chip Rhodes, Colin Wall, Col Neale, Paul Shawcroft and Lucy Ryan). For further detail see today’s HATFIELD MOORS BIRDING BLOG. Entered on Birdtrack.

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WEATHER REPORTS

LOCAL – Weather: clear, sunny and dry throughout. Visibility: very good throughout. Temperatures: +11.7°C to +8.3°C to +25.0°C to +??.?°C. Wind: very light throughout; variable in direction mainly from the W quarter until late afternoon; then NNW thereafter. Surface pressure at 0000UTC: 1024hPa-????hPa. Fronts etc.: none.

SURFACE PRESSURE CHART

MOON PHASE – Third quarter.
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