9.10am to 11.30am

1 Cormorant
2 Grey Herons
100+ Mallards
2m Goldeneyes
10 Moorhens
50+ Black-headed Gulls
1 Kingfisher
1 Buzzard
1 Little Owl at Walsh Fold

8.15am to 11.25am.

3 Great Crested Grebes
6 Cormorants
2 Greylags flew over. Very noisy & high up.
c70 Mallards
10 Moorhens
20+ Black-headed Gulls
2 Herring Gulls flew over
1 Pied Wagtail
A Kestrel on the access road wires
Woodland birds included 2 Mistle Thrushes, a few Siskins & Goldcrests, + the usual resident species.

Bradshaw Brook between reservoir & Bradshaw Lodges :-
1 Grey Heron, 1 Dipper, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Treecreeper.

Birds his morning included :-

1 Great Crested Grebe
1 Cormorant
1 Grey Heron
1m Goosander
Numerous Mallards, Moorhens, & Black-headed Gulls
1 Lesser Black-backed Gull
1 Herring Gull
1 Buzzard flying around the top end of the reservoir
1 Kingfisher
1 Raven flying over

First winter Mediterranean Gull this morning on the buoy in front of the sailing club. Also a flock of c15 Siskin.

9.35am to 11.45am

3 Great Crested Grebes
7 Cormorants
Numerous Mallards & Moorhens
1 Tufted Duck
1 Kingfisher
40+ Black-headed Gulls
1 Sparrowhawk
c100 Lapwings. Unable to get an exact count due to them being in a tightly packed flock flying around over the fields on the other side of Bradshaw Road to Jumbles
1 Skylark flying over
30+ Redwings
2 Mistle Thrushes
8 Bramblings at Horrobin Fold

At the overflow a Moorhen was in an unusual place, stood on one of the overflow pipes. A Grey Wagtail was on the brook there.

9.20am to 11.45am.

3 Great Crested Grebes
6 Cormorants
1 Grey Heron
75 Mallards
10 Moorhens
1 Coot
20 Black-headed Gulls
1 Sparrowhawk
1 Kingfisher
2 Great Spotted Woodpeckers
2 Grey Wagtails
1 Pied Wagtail
I checked all the vegetation by the reservoir hoping for an unusual warbler. I did find a warbler but it was just a Chiffchaff.
A flock of 6 Goldcrests near Grange Farm stables. A few more were along Grange Road.
2 Nuthatches & a Treecreeper
+ all the usual resident species

9.10am to 11.00am

Reservoir :-
8 Great Crested Grebes
7 Cormorants
8 Grey Herons
105 Mallards
4 Moorhens
3 Coots
20+ Black-headed Gulls

Farmland :-
8 Canada Geese
Mixed flock of 50+ House Martins/Swallows, mostly House Martins
2 Little Owls
1 Pied Wagtail

1 Dipper on Bradshaw Brook near the overflow

8.50am to 10.45am

12 Great Crested Grebes
5 Cormorants
7 Grey Herons
1 Greylag with 14 Canada Geese at Walsh Fold
60+ Mallards
6 Moorhens
20+ Black-headed Gulls
2 Kingfishers
1 Kestrel low around tree tops by the reservoir
1 Green Woodpecker made a very brief visit. I heard it call just once.

8.30am to 10.30am

14 Great Crested Grebe. One with the youngest bird struggled to swallow a full sized Roach. Quite wisely it ignored the youngster's calls as it would probably have choked it considering the size of the fish.
6 Cormorants
8 Grey Herons
90+ Canada Geese on farm fields. Too far away to see if the usual Greylag was with them.
50+ Mallards
10 Moorhens
30+ Black-headed Gulls
2 Kingfishers at the top end
A few House Martins & Swallows at the access road farm
10+ Swallows & a Pied Wagtail at Grange Farm stables

8.50am to 11.05am.

7 adult Great Crested grebes + 3 juveniles
2 Cormorants
3 Grey Herons
6 Canada Geese
c45 Mallards
1 Buzzard flying over
3 Moorhens
1 Common Sandpiper
60+ Black-headed Gulls
3 Common Terns
1 Little Owl at Walsh Fold
Tawny Owl upsetting all the Blackbirds by the access road farm
2 Kingfishers flying across the front of the yatch club + 2 on the stream at the top end of Jumbles
25+ House Martins flying around the field behind the information centre, at times perching on the wires there
12 Swallows on the same wires + 2 at Grange Farm
1 Grey Wagtail on the stream at the top end + one in the overflow tunnel
Dipper also on the stream at the top end
Sounded like spring with numerous Willow Warblers singing + Chiffchaffs calling

9.15am to 11.30am.

Reservoir :-
Only one of the newer young Great Crested Grebes seen this morning.
The usual birds this morning included a Common Sandpiper & a Kingfisher,

A Kestrel was eating prey on the accesss road at the bottom end near the information centre. Flew off with it's prey as I walked up the road. Another Kestrel was on a wall further up the road near the farm.

Farmland birds included 80+ Canada Geese, a Little Owl, c10 House Martins with a few Swallows, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, a few Goldfinches, & a couple of Linnets.
At least 20 Lesser Black-backed Gulls flew over including a flock of 14 birds.

8.30am to 10.25am.

From a distance I could make out 2 new juvenile Great Crested Grebes, not sure if there was another one. The 2 older ones now diving, 7 adults present.
3 Cormorants
4 Grey Herons
150+ Canada Geese on farmland whilst I was there. From Holts Fold about 15 minutes after I left I was able to see them fly down to the reservoir.
90+ Mallards
1 Buzzard flying over
A few Moorhens included a very young one swimming across the reservoir. No adult with it but just before I spotted it an adult had flown from this area to the other side of the reservoir. Hope it went back for the youngster,
1 Common Sandpiper
15 Black-headed Gulls
1 Sandwich Tern on a buoy for a short while. A first for me on my local reservoirs.
3 Swifts
5 Swallows
2 Grey Wagtails at the overflow + one at the top of the embankment on the reservoir wall

9.10am to 11.30am.

Reservoir :-
Same situation with the Great Crested Grebes. 10 Adults including the nesting pair & the 2 juveniles
3 Cormorants
7 Grey Herons
1 Greylag
42 Canada Geese
90+ Mallards
6 Moorhens
25+ Black-headed Gulls
3 House Martins
6 Swallows
1 Grey Wagtail

A Kestrel & 2 Pied Wagtails at the access road farm

6 Grey Wagtails on the overflow pipes

Pair of Kingfishers flying around together this morning.

9.30am to 10.45am.

10 adult Great Crested Grebes + 2 young ones. One bird still on it's nest by Grange Farm.
4 Cormorants
14 Canada Geese
75+ Mallards
4 Moorhens seen included a juvenile
6 Black-headed Gulls
2 Lesser Black-backed Gulls flying over
2 Common Terns
4 Swifts
1 Sand Martin
7 House Martins
10+ Swallows
1 Pied Wagtails
+ the usual species which included a couple of Buzzards

8.15am to 10.30am.

7 Great Crested Grebes
3 Cormorants
2 Greylags
9 adult Canada Geese + the 3 goslings back out in the open today.
33 Mallards + a brood of 12 ducklings
7 Moorhens
1 Coot
1 Common Sandpiper
2 Black-headed Gulls
3 Common Terns
1 Kingfisher
Swallows around stables & farms

Farmland birds included :-
1 Buzzard
1 Oystercatcher
2 Lapwings
1 Pied Wagtail
1m Reed Bunting

9.05am to 12.20pm.

8 Great Crested Grebes
5 Cormorants
16 Canada Geese + 3 goslings
29 Mallards
Moorhens hiding from the wind ? Only 3 seen today.
Pair of Oystercachers on a field by Walsh Fold.
Pair of Lapwings on usual field by Bradshaw Road
3 Black-headed Gulls. Farmland birds on the more sheltered side of the valley at Holts Fold this morning, only a couple around Walsh Fold fields.
2 Common Terns
1 Sand Martin
3 House Martins
16 Swallows
Still not seen a Swift anywhere this year
Pair of Grey Wagtails at the overflow
Pied Wagtail at Walsh Fold, another one on Grange Road fields
4 Mistle Thrushes along Grange Road
My first Garden Warbler of the year & my first Whitethroat here this year. Both near Yatch Club/Horrobin Fold.
9 Blackcaps, 8 Chiffchaffs, 13 Willow Warblers
6 Goldcrests
A lot more Jackdaws than of late, on farmland with Rooks
1m Reed Bunting as usual at a farmland pond. Still trying to spot a female here, but the males behaviour suggests there may be one nesting.
Plus all the other usual species (Pheasants, Woodpigeons, Collared Doves, Stock Dove, Great Spotted Woodpeckers, Wrens, Dunnocks, Robins, Blackbirds, Song Thrushes, Long-tailed Tits, Coal Tits, Great Tits, Blue Tits, Nuthatches, Treecreepers, Jays, Magpies, Carrion Crows, Starlings, House Sparrows, Chaffinches, Greenfinches, Goldfinches, Siskins, & Bullfinches)

8.20am to 9.15am.
8 Great Crested Grebes
3 Cormorants
10 Canada Geese + the 4 goslings
2 Greylags
Numerous Mallards & Moorhens
2 Lapwings
2 Black-headed Gulls
2 Common Terns
10+ Swallows
1 Sand Martin
1 House Martin
2 Ravens flying over

Lesser Black-backed Gull added to the morning list as I passed back through early afternoon

9.50am to 12.20pm.

8 Great Crested Grebes
2 Cormorants
1 Grey Heron
1 Greylag
20 Canada Geese
40 Mallards
8 Moorhens
3 Black-headed Gulls on the reservoir. About 20 more on farmland.
1 Lesser Black-backed Gull
4 Common Terns
13 Swallows
5 Pied Wagtails on Grange Road field, 3 more around the farms
+ the usual species

9.15am to 11.50am.

Reservoir :-
8 Great Crested Grebes
1 Cormorant
1 Grey Heron flying over
11 Canada Geese
43 Mallards
5 Moorhens
2 Coots
3 Black-headed Gulls
2 Common Terns
6 Swallows at Grange Farm stables. They all mobbed a Sparrowhawk as it flew over.
1 Buzzard soaring around
+ the usual woodland birds

No geese at Walsh Fold as the farmer was collecting sileage from this area & spreading it across the fields between the farm & Birches. I had already seen lots of Black-headed Gulls on these fields from across the valley viewing from Holts Fold. Searching through them all really paid off as I found 3 Mediterranean Gulls, one of them gave cracking views as it was only about 20 yards away as it followed the tractor.
At the farm a Swallow was back, with a Pied Wagtail and numerous House Sparrows as usual. A couple of Lesser Redpolls was unusal though.
A male Reed Bunting was at the pond between here & the access road.
Two Swallows as usual at the access road farm.

7.30am to 8.25am.

8 Great Crested Grebes
2 Cormorants
7 Canada Geese
3 Greylags
c20 Mallards
6 Moorhens
3 Black-headed Gulls
Swallows in the usual places (stables & farm)

9.15am to 11.15am.
Sheltered from the wind around the reservoir but nothing new about. Very windy on farmland where there was very little about, not even the usual Buzzards flying around.

9 Great Crested Grebes, 8 of them together in the middle of the reservoir was unusual. They are normally spread around the whole reservoir. The other one was at the top end.
1 Cormorant
3 Canada Geese on the reservoir, nesting bird on the quarry ledge, & 17 on the usual field by Walsh Fold. No Greylags today.
27 Mallards
7 Moorhens
1 Black-headed Gull
1 Kingfisher
1 Grey Wagtail

10.10 to 13.00. Lighter winds & just the odd short shower.

Reservoir :-
6 Great Crested Grebes
3 Cormorants
1 Grey Heron
5 Canada Geese, which includes the bird on the quarry ledge with a pair of Stock Doves
31 Mallards
6 Moorhens
3 Black-headed Gulls
2 Swallows passing through
1 Grey Wagtail
3 Chiffchaffs, 1 Willow Warbler, 4 Goldcrests, + the usual species

Farmland :-
5 Greylags with a Canada Goose by Walsh Fold. Another field held 13 Canada Geese, and another pair flew in later.
A pair of soaring Buzzards were joined by a third one,
1 Curlew, 1 Skylark, 4 Pied Wagtails (3 of them at Walsh Fold Farm),
As usual lots of Black-headed Gulls, Woodpigeons, Jackdaws, Rooks, & Carrion Crows.

Ousel Nest Meadow :-
3 Buzzards soaring around quite low (presumably the 3 seen earlier), 3 Chiffchaffs, 1 Goldcrest, 2 Nuthatches, 15-20 Siskins.

Grange Road field :-
2 Redwings with a Mistle Thrush, 25 Woodpigeons, 2 Pied Wagtails, 25+ Siskins, 6-10 Goldfinches.

9.25am to 11.40am.

Reservoir :-
Misty & drizzly start seemed to suit 4 Sand Martins & a single Swallow. They left as the weather started to pick up.
6 Great Crested Grebes
2 Greylags flew in to join 14 Canada Geese which included the one on a ledge at the quarry
33 Mallards
6 Moorhens
20+ Black-headed Gulls
3 Lesser Black-backed Gulls passing over
1 Grey Wagtail at the embankment end on the wall. Noisy kids & swimming dogs at the overflow no doubt pushed it up here.
1 Stock Dove on the quarry
5 Chiffchaffs (also saw one along Grange Road & one at Chapeltown Road car park.
+ the usual species

Farmland :-
Greylag with a Canada Goose. The Greylag flew down to the reservoir to join the two seen earlier.
4 Mallards
180+ Black-headed Gulls
1 Lesser Black-backed flew across very low
2 Buzzards
1 Curlew
100+ Woodpigeons
1 Meadow Pipit
1 Pied Wagtail
2 Mistle Thrushes
Numerous Rooks & Jackdaws
House Sparrows at Walsh Fold
A few Goldfinches