The Birds of Wintersett

Great news - the new copies of Birds of the Wintersett Area have arrived & are now available from the Visitor Centre at Anglers Country Park (10am - 4pm) or email: bowint223@gmail.com for details.

Knot on the Country Park shallows at Wintersett , 1 Swallow & 4 Sand Martins @BirdGuides

Whooper Swans built up to a record 198 on the Country Park during the morning & stayed all day. A drake Scaup was also new in today, with 2 Spoonbills going north during the afternoon.

12 Drake Common Scoter, 2 Russian White fronted Geese and 40 Whooper Swans north at Anglers CP this morning @Barnsleybsg @WakeyBirders @BirdGuides

2 Drake Common Scoter, 7 Sand Martins, 2 Blackcap and 10 Chiffchaffs at Wintersett Reservoir this morning @Barnsleybsg @WakeyBirders @BirdGuides

First Sand Martin and Blackcap at Wintersett Reservoir this morning @Barnsleybsg @BirdGuides @WakeyBirders

@PeteSmith1254 @Barnsleybsg @BirdGuides Showing well in front of the hide

8 Barnacle Geese and 6 Russian White fronted Geese at Anglers CP @BirdGuides @Barnsleybsg

Present till dusk

Wintersett- Barnacle Goose 8, White-fronted Goose 7, Brambling 1. @BirdGuides

Very soggy roost but a last scan before packing up produced this Slavonian Grebe off the dam wall at Wintersett. @BirdGuides

Managed to get into the Whitefront action with these two in the Pol (car park) field at Wintersett this morning.

Our second Iceland Gull this week, this first winter bird was in tonight’s roost at Wintersett Res. @BirdGuides @Barnsleybsg

@IanMcMa21038449 @Barnsleybsg @BirdGuides Interesting!

@bowintersett2 @Barnsleybsg @BirdGuides Looks more hooded than the bird i saw at Bolton Ings

Bolton Ings - Iceland Gull 1 adult feeding on open water. Per Paul White.

Chiffchaff REP569 was ringed 19/6/25 @Wintersett1 ACP by @PeteSmith1254 as a juv. It was retrapped on 27/9/25 at Port Meadow, Oxford. 100 days, 206km South. @StevieD131 @emilymustafa6 @Fitzybirder @grayspeight @WakeyBirders @Barnsleybsg

Lesser redpoll BKB8173 was ringed @Wintersett1 ACP by @PeteSmith1254 on 4/11/23, retrapped on 26/10/25 in Lindow Moss, Cheshire. 721 days, and 64km across the Pennines. @StevieD131 @grayspeight @Fitzybirder @Barnsleybsg @emilymustafa6 @WakeyBirders

20+ Crossbills in Haw Park, Wakefield this morning

Massive numbers of Ladybirds at Wintersett, most of those identified being Harlequins. 125 were counted passing east close in to the vis mig viewpoint 14:45 to 15:15 hrs.

Sedge Warbler 16571725 was ringed in Essen, Belgium on 24/08/21, and was controlled @Wintersett1 on 27/07/25. Thats a move of 465km WNW (exc migrations!) in 1433 days. @PeteSmith1254 @emilymustafa6 @Fitzybirder @StevieD131 @grayspeight @WakeyBirders @Barnsleybsg

The awesome sound of autumn Whoopers over Wintersett this morning.

Nice to see the eclipse drake Red-Breasted Merganser on Anglers CP this evening, until it flew strongly SW. (My first in Wakefield since 2020). Juv Wood Sandpiper still on Top Res too. @WakeyBirders