Doncaster Birding

TODAYS BIRD RECORDS

DEARNE VALLEY – Old Moor – 4 BITTERN, 2 Little Egret, 5 Shelduck, 23 Pochard, 120 Tufted Duck, 2 MEDITERRANEAN GULL, 1 GBB Gull, 24 LBB Gull, 38 Herring Gull, 2 Common Tern, 7 Buzzard, 1 Peregrine, 1 Hobby, 2 Kestrel, 1 Sparrowhawk (Records via Twitter – @Barnsleybsg)

SOUTH KIRKBY – waste plant lagoon – 2 Ringed Plover, 1 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Redshank, 1 Lapwing, 1 Garden Warbler (Paul Jackson)

POTTERIC CARR – 6 Shelduck, 3 BITTERN, 7 Little Egret, 3 Marsh Harrier, 2 Kestrel, 2 Hobby, 1 Peregrine, 2 + 2 juv Oystercatcher, 6 Redshank, 3 Common Tern, 70 Swift, 2 Linnet (Per todays POTTERIC CARR SIGHTINGS)

IPORT LAKES – 1 Grey Partridge, 3 very small juv Little Ringed Plover, 2 SANDERLING, 2 Dunlin, 5 Common Tern (Richard Scott)

HATFIELD MOOR – 1 Egyptian Goose, 10 Shelduck, 4 Shoveler, 2 Buzzard, 1 Hobby, 1 Water Rail calling, 5 Ringed Plover, 5 Dunlin, 1 TURTLE DOVE (over Kilham Big Pool), 2 Cuckoo, 9 Garden Warbler, 7 Blackcap, 8 Chiffchaff, 25 Willow Warbler, 1 Jay, 1 Bullfinch (Ady Scutt)

LOCAL WEATHER – light cloud with sunny intervals, showers late afternoon, WIND – light NW-W, TEMP – 11-19c, VISIBILITY – good.

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