Doncaster Birding

Tia 3 Rules

People must not meet socially with friends and family indoors in any setting unless they are part of their household or support bubble. This includes private homes and indoors in hospitality venues, such as pubs. They must also not meet with people outside of their household or support bubble in a private garden or in most outdoor public venues.
People may continue to see friends and family they do not live with (or have formed a support bubble with) in groups of 6 or less in certain outdoor public spaces such as a park or beach, the countryside, a public garden or a sports venues.
All pubs and bars must closed unless they are serving substantial meals.
People should try to avoid travelling outside the Very High alert level or entering a Very High alert level area, other than for work, education or for caring responsibilities or to travel through as part of a longer journey
Residents should avoid staying overnight in another part of the UK, and others should avoid staying overnight in the Very High alert area

PLEASE NOTE THAT DDOS MEETINGS ARE CANCELLED UNTIL AT LEAST JANUARY 2021 DUE TO THE ONGOING COVID CRISIS.

BIRD REPORTS

DEARNE VALLEY – Bolton Ings – 5 Whooper Swan (Gerald Lax per Twitter)

DON VALLEY – Thrybergh CP. – 29 Mute Swan; 18 Pochard; 30 Tufted Duck; 2 Wigeon; 2 Great Crested Grebe; 10 Little Grebe; 24 Lesser Redpoll; 60 Linnet; 10 Pied Wagtail; 15 Redwing; 82 Fieldfare; 12 Blackbird; 1 Mistle Thrush; c.55 Lapwing; 6 Skylark; 1 Buzzard; 4 Bullfinch (Per today’s SHEFFIELD BIRD STUDY GROUP-RECENT NEWS)

IDLE VALLEY – Gringley Carr – 51 Whooper Swan, 1 Peregrine (Ian Cowgill per Notts Rare & Scarce via WhatsApp)

IDLE WASHLANDS – Misson to Idlestop – 140+ Whooper Swan may include some/all of the above(Derrick Evans)

POTTERIC CARR – 3 Shelduck, 2m Pintail, 1 GARGANEY,
8 Little Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier, 100 Lapwing, 1 Dunlin, 9 Snipe, 6 Goldcrest, 10 Redwing, 1 BRAMBLING, 30 Redpoll, 5 Siskin (Darren Wozencroft). For further detail see today’s POTTERIC CARR-WILDLIFE SIGHTINGS

SOUTH KIRKBY – Industrial Park – 5 Shoveler, 2 Cormorant W, 25+ Redwing, 4 Grey Wagtail, 1 Meadow Pipit, c.30 Starling W (Paul Jackson per SESKUBIRDS)

WENT VALLEY – Southfield Res. – 1 Pink-footed Goose, 1 Whooper Swan, 9 r-h Goosander, 1 Water Rail, 8 Swallow, 1 Grey Wagtail (Adrian Scutt)

WENT VALLEY – Went Ings – 1 Black-tailed Godwit circled the Res. and landed on the Ings (Adrian Scutt)

WEATHER REPORTS

LOCAL – Weather: mainly clear skies until 0600hrs; then mainly overcast with light rain until late afternoon; then cloudy but bright thereafter. Temperatures: +6°C to +5°C to +6°C to +5°C to +11°C to +?°C. Wind: 8-17mph, wholly from the SW quarter until 1100hrs; then 13-15mph, wholly from SE quarter until 1500hrs; then 13-??mph, very occasionally gusting to 36mph, wholly from the SW quarter thereafter. Visibility: very good, occasionally good until 1000hrs; then  mainly excellent/very good, very occasionally good. Surface pressure: 997hPa-998hPa-989hPa-99?hPa. Fronts etc.: a NW/SW warm front closely followed by a N/SW cold and a weakening N/SW cold front moved quickly E over the District during the afternoon.