Hatfield Moors Birding Blog

NW FIELDS – Sandtoft Road (West) – 15 Whooper Swan, 200 Lapwing (Andy Marshall)

MOOR DIKE ROAD – 10 Pochard, 1 Great Egret, 1 Kingfisher (Andy Marshall)

MOOR LANE – 6 Whooper Swan, 18 Stock Dove, 75 Lapwing (Andy Marshall)

BOSTON PARK – 15 Grey Partridge, 50+ Lapwing, 1 Buzzard, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Grey Heron, 9 Little Grebe (De. Goodwin)

NW Fields (Sandtoft Road) – Large group of Pink-footed with a probable White-fronted Goose; 21 Whooper Swan, 14 Red-legged Partridge, 60 Lapwing (Richard Scott and Andy Marshall per eBird)

BOSTON PARK – 76 Coot, 6 Gadwall, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Little Egret, 4 Little Grebe, 25 Mallard, 10 Mute Swan, 61 Pink-footed Geese, 1 Pintail, 17 Shoveler, 8 Teal, 11 Tufted Duck, 13 Wigeon (D. Goodwin)

AROUND THE MOORS – c.600 Pink-footed Geese, 19+ Whooper Swan, 63 Lapwing, 34 Cormorant, 2 cc Marsh Harrier, 2 Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Stonechat, 50+ Redpoll, 3 Siskin (Bryan Wainwright per eBird and D. Goodwin)

PACKARDS – c.250 Pink-footed Geese S, 3 Marsh Harrier, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Sparrowhawk, 1m Stonechat (John Robinson)

AROUND THE MOORS – 1400 Pink-footed Geese, 5 Whooper Swan, 1 Little Egret, 12 Long-tailed Tit, 3 Redpoll (Bryan Wainwright per eBird)

BOSTON PARK – 1 Buzzard, 3 CROSSBILL, 2 Fieldfare, 1 Great Crested Grebe, 3 Little Grebe, 1 Kestrel, 11 Lapwing, 400+ Pink footed Geese, 30+ Redpoll (D. Goodwin)

AROUND THE MOORS – 4 Shoveler, 36 Wigeon, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Kestrel (Phil Woods)

TYRHAM HALL LAKES – 81 Cormorant, 1 Great Egret (DeG)

PACKARDS – 500+ Pink footed Geese, 62 Whooper Swan (DeG)

BOSTON PARK – 1300 Pink-footed Geese, 15 Whooper Swan (presumably part of above?); 28 Wigeon, 50 Cormorant (part of 81 above?); 9 CROSSBILL, 3 Siskin (Bryan Wainwright per eBird)

A614 Torne/Acomb bridge – 1 Great Egret in sheep field n. of river, possibly same as Tyrham bird? (John Robinson)

WROOT – Alderfen Lane – 1m Sparrowhawk, 12 Grey Partridge, 2 Buzzard, 2 Grey Heron, 40+ Fieldfare, 200+ Pink-footed Geese on to Moors roost. (John Robinson)

WROOT – Tunnel Pits – 1 Great Egret different to earlier bird/s (John Robinson)

AROUND THE MOORS – 8 Pochard, 10 Shoveler, 50+Redpoll, 10+Siskin and 2 Stonechat (Daz Minto). 1 Woodcock (Col Neale)

TYRHAM HALL – 2d MERLIN left towards Lindholme village (Col Neale)

BOSTON PARK – 2 Pink-footed Geese, 21 Whooper Swan, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 3 Little Grebe, 1 Jay, 5 Fieldfare, 1 Redwing, 1 Bullfinch (DeG)

SANDTOFT – Sandtoft Road – gardens – A HOOPOE this morning was photographed and has been around for about a week as it was also photographed (See today’s Isle of Axholme Facebook Group). Only a mile or so from the first record for the Moors found by Andy Marshall and Daz Minto 10th May 1980. Possibly the same bird that was in gardens around Rossington last winter?

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AROUND THE MOORS – 33 Black-headed Gull, 92 Coot, 17 Cormorant, 7 Gadwall, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 3 Little Grebe, 87 Mallard, 1 Moorhen, 300+ Pink-footed Geese, 3 Shoveler, 6 Tufted Duck, 32 Wigeon, 59 Whooper Swan, 7 Mute Swan, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Chaffinch, 2 Fieldfare, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 1 Marsh Harrier, 50+ Redpoll, 3 Redwing, 2 Stonechat (DeG)