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Evenin readers ... Is it me or is it getting colder ?.... Wintertime approacheth !! 'Father Whatsaname' will be here soon with my presents ;-) Speaking of presents .. here's one you can open now .. All from Old Moor !! There was a kestrel in the car park along with a sparrowhawk...

Hi readers ;-) 1 more 'getup' and then I have a day off !! ... Yippeee !! We might go to Spurn if the wind changes and Tree Sparrow can get ready early enough ;-) Anyway .. Today's news is of decent proportions .. You'll be thrilled to know ;-) Brace yourselves .. Old...

Evenin all ;-) I hope that you are all well today ? The Sacred A4 was looking pretty well today .. The sun has been shining and the visitors ... visiting ... That's what visitors do you know !! A decent report today as a result of said visiting .. Here it be .. Old Moor to begin ....

Greetings ;-) Here we are ... yet another day closer to Xmas !!! ... Tempus fugit !!! Speaking of things 'fugiting' .. Here is today's list ;-) All from Old Moor today folks .. Wath Ings had 400 golden plovers, 2 grey plovers, 4 ruff, a snipe,a little egret, shovelers, teals and...

Hi friends ;-) I appear to be back .... Today's report is nothing short of monstrous in comparison to the more recent offerings !!! I best crack on .. Old Moor first ... Reported from Wath Ings were c200 wigeons, shovelers, teals, 6 grey herons, 2 green sandpipers, c1000 golden plovers...

Hello friends ;-) Looking at the sightings for today, I'm guessing that I won't be here for very long ..... At all !! So .. Here we go .. Old Moor .. There was a magpie, a female pheasant and a group of long-tailed tits seen in the Bird Garden .. On Wath Ings were c800 golden...

Hi readers ;-) You'll be thrilled to know that today's sightings are a size up from yesterday's !! Not huge .. but of reasonable proportions ... Here they are .. The first report comes from Adwick where there was a green sandpiper seen .. Then on to Old Moor .. Wath Ings had...

Hi friends ;-) Following an even more brief phonecall today . I can bring you an even briefer report !!!! In fact it probably took me longer to get upstairs than it will to type this ;-) So .. Old Moor .. There were 6 goosanders reported from the Mere .. Wath Ings had 2 snipe, 3 green...

Hi friends ;-) I hope that everyone is well today ? Following a brief phonecall to Old Moor I can now offer brief sightings as a result !! All from Old Moor today ... Reported from Wath Ings/Wader Scrape were .. 2 spotted redshanks, 3 green sandpipers, good numbers of both lapwings and golden...

Good evening !! That's 1 less Monday to work before I retire ... Cool !! Today's report is of medium proportions in comparison to some which we have had .. but in huge proportions compared to some of the others :-) Just so as you know .. Anyway .. here it is ... Old Moor first...

Hello friends !! It's me .. Bert ... Tree Sparrow has been given today off for good behaviour .. Can't think how they worked that one out !! T'was very windy out on the moors today !!! A tad calmer on Old Moor methinks and a decent amount in the sacred A4 today too ;-) Here...

Evenin all ;-) Friday at last ... I can have a lie down !! So .. Today's news is brief ... very brief as it happens ! Brace yourselves for its' brevity .. Old Moor to begin .. Wath Ings had 491 golden plovers, a ringed plover, 2 spotted redshanks, 5 ruff, 3 green sandpipers, a...

Evenin all ... Friday Eve once more and it hasn't rained today ... It's just one bonus after another !! Today's sightings were delivered by our Titchers .. After half an hour with my 'Geordie For Dummies' reference book I can now bring you the news .. So .. here we...

Greetings readers ;-) Today I have another report of somewhat slender proportions !! In fact, if you held it in the wind it would whistle !! So .. Old Moor .. A peregrine falcon was seen terrorising the waders (et al) on Wath Ings .. The waders being terrorised included 4 ruff. 15 dunlins...

Evenin readers :-) T'is I .. T'is Tuesday and t'is still raining !! All of today's report comes from Old Moor and is 'fair bristling' with good stuff .. as is the norm of course ..... The first report is of a special new arrival .. A spoonbill !!! It flew onto the...

Greetings friends .. Due to a lack of time I'm afraid that today's report is going to need to be brief and to the point ... So ... All from Old moor today chaps .. There were 10 greenfinches and 12 tree sparrows seen on the car park feeders .. Wath Ings had 3 little stints (unconfirmed...

Today saw the count down to the end of the Bioblitz. And didn't we do well...! The bottom line is how many species did we record and did we break the record? The answer is that we probably have! By 4pm today, the official total was 766 - a fantastic number that included not less than 106...

Well, what a day we have had. The first full day of the Bioblitz has been superb. Lovely weather, lots of lovely people and lots of species recorded. So, let's get the biggy out of the way first. Mid afternoon and one of our regulars Sid, rang through to say he had a strange wader and could...

Evening everyone Today saw the start of the Barnsley Bioblitz - about which I will blog in a little while.. Bird wise, things are pretty much as they were. A good selection of waders on Old Moor with the Little Stint and Curlew Sandpiper leading the support cast of Spotted Redshank, Dunlin,...

Evening all. So, first things first. What time did the Osprey show today? I boldly predicted 2pm. And the winning time..... Well, sadly, it didn't turn up! Obviously my fault so tomorrow I predict it won't show at all... Not masses of sightings today but those who did venture out were well...

Hi everyone It's me again. And in fact, it will be me right through to the weekend. But at least you are still getting your daily diet of news from the Dearne. So, what about today? Well, firstly, the Osprey was seen again. This time around 10.40am over Wath Ings. It looks highly likely...

Evening all, In the absence of both Bert and Tree Sparrow, I am bringing you today's news from the Dearne. Bird of the day was an osprey that circled Broomhill Flash and headed south about 2pm. Also here was a little egret, 45 pink footed geese west at 2.30pm and the black necked grebe is still...

Hi readers ;-) Here I am once more to 'sling among you' today's news :) Not a lot to sling to be fair so it won't take too long ... Firstly, the black-necked grebe is still on Broomhill Flash for anyone still wishing to see it .. The rest of the stuff is from Old Moor .. ...

Hi readers ;-) Another weekend draws slowly to a close .... Roll on retirement .... Only about another 1400 days to go now ... So .. Sightings ... I'll start with Old Moor .. Lots of 'no fixed abodes' to begin .. Reported were .. 2 spotted redshanks, 1 curlew sandpiper, 8 dunlins...

Evenin friends ;-) Friday at last and the sun is shining .. !! Here are today's ornithological occurrences for your delectation ... That was posh for me wasn't it ?? So .. Old Moor to begin .. On Wath Ings/Wader Scrape were 49 golden plovers, at least 1 spotted redshank, 2 ruff...