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31.01.10 records BPW. Greylag Goose 44, Eurasian Sparrowhawk 1 female set-a-side, Common Buzzard 1 over Pony Bridge Marsh, Black-headed Gull 34 NE, Herring Gull 29 NE, Common Wood Pigeon 20, Green Woodpecker 1, Great Spotted Woodpecker 1, Winter Wren 5, Hedge Accentor 1, Fieldfare 8, Song Thrush 1, Willow Tit 1, Great Tit 5, Black-billed Magpie 8, Carrion Crow 4, Chaffinch 10, European Goldfinch 36, Common Linnet 100, Reed Bunting 3, Lesser Redpoll 1 NE.

30.01.10 records BPW. Common Kestrel 1 W end Jone's Cable, Black-headed Gull 3 W end Jone's Cable, Fieldfare 3 W end Jone's Cable, Redwing 5 W end Jone's Cable, Long-tailed Tit 3 W end Jone's Cable, Willow Tit 1 W end Jone's Cable, Eurasian Tree Sparrow 3 W end Jone's Cable.

29.01.10 records BPW. Common Kestrel 1, Stock Pigeon 5, Green Woodpecker 1, Common Blackbird 3, Song Thrush 2, Blue Tit 2, Reed Bunting 2.

20.01.10 records BPW. Hen Harrier 1 juvenile set-a-side field, Merlin 1 chasing Linnets set-a-side, Mew Gull 3 NE, Herring Gull 34 NE, Great Black-backed Gull 4 NE, Common Wood Pigeon 128, Green Woodpecker 1, Fieldfare 60, Song Thrush 1, Redwing 3, Chaffinch 1134 to roost Durham's Gardens, European Greenfinch 50 to roost Durham's Gardens, Common Linnet 150.

17.01.10 records BPW. Mallard 8, Hen Harrier 1 juvenile set-a-side, Eurasian Sparrowhawk 1 female, Common Kestrel 1, European Golden Plover 6 going N, Black-headed Gull 152, Mew Gull 3, Herring Gull 50, Great Black-backed Gull 12, Common Wood Pigeon 700, Fieldfare 27, Redwing 6, Black-billed Magpie 19, Chaffinch 51, Common Linnet 200.

16.01.10 records BPW. Hen Harrier 1 juvenile set-a-side field, Grey Partridge 6 to roost on colliery spoil mounds, Mew Gull 10, Herring Gull 46, Great Black-backed Gull 7, Common Wood Pigeon 2100 set-a-side field, Green Woodpecker 1, Sky Lark 2, Black-billed Magpie 41 to roost colliery, Chaffinch 1000 counted to roost colliery area, Brambling 1 with Chaffinches to roost colliery area, European Greenfinch 5, Common Linnet 300 set-a-side field.

15.01.10 records BPW. Hen Harrier 1 juvenile set-a-side field, Merlin 1 male on barbed wire set-a-side, Pheasant 10, Black-headed Gull 2, Mew Gull 28, Glaucous Gull 1 1st winter low over me on Middle Moor going SW with 7 Herring, Great Black-backed Gull 9, Common Wood Pigeon 50, Winter Wren 2, Hedge Accentor 1, Common Blackbird 2, Blue Tit 3, Great Tit 1, Great Grey Shrike 1 platform Middle Moor, Black-billed Magpie 1, Carrion Crow 2, Chaffinch 472 from roosts in colliery area and Green Belt, Brambling 3, European Greenfinch 17, Common Linnet 15, Common Bullfinch 7, Yellowhammer 1, Reed Bunting 1, Lesser Redpoll 1.

13.01.10 records BPW. Hen Harrier 1 juvenile set-a-side, Merlin 1 set-a-side, Pheasant 11, Black-headed Gull 5, Mew Gull 7, Great Black-backed Gull 1, Tawny Owl 1 heard colliery area, Green Woodpecker 1, Sky Lark 47 set-a-side, Winter Wren 1, Fieldfare 1, Redwing 1, Chaffinch 20, European Greenfinch 2, Common Bullfinch 1.

12.01.10 records BPW. Greylag Goose 100, Eurasian Marsh Harrier 1 2nd yr male, Hen Harrier 3 2 adult males and 1 juvenile together after finches, set-a-side, Eurasian Sparrowhawk 2 set-a-side between colliery area and Inkle Moor, Common Kestrel 1 set-a-side between colliery area and Inkle Moor, Merlin 2 female set-a-side and male over Middle Moor, Peregrine Falcon 2 male and female over flooded workings, Pheasant 7, Common Moorhen 1, Eurasian Woodcock 1, Black-headed Gull 1 over, Mew Gull 39 fields nr colliery mainly, Herring Gull 96 over, Great Black-backed Gull 31 over, Tawny Owl 1 heard Crowle Moor, Great Spotted Woodpecker 3 1 Woodpecker Corner and 2 Will Pits Wood, Sky Lark 32 set-a-side between colliery area and Inkle Moor, Winter Wren 3, Hedge Accentor 2, European Robin 1, Common Blackbird 15, Fieldfare 76, Song Thrush 1, Willow Tit 2 Elmhirst Tram, Blue Tit 8, Great Tit 1, Great Grey Shrike 1 near old Mill Drain then to platform Middle Moor, Eurasian Jay 2, Black-billed Magpie 6, Carrion Crow 10, Chaffinch 418 to roost colliery area and Green Belt, Brambling 2 perched females set-a-side between colliery area and Inkle Moor, European Greenfinch 200 to roost colliery area and Green Belt, European Goldfinch 20 set-a-side between colliery area and Inkle Moor, Common Linnet 2000 massive flocks set-a-side between colliery area and Inkle Moor, Common Bullfinch 10, Reed Bunting 7, Lesser Redpoll 2.

07.01.10 records Keith Heywood. Hen Harrier adult male Chadwick Field.

04.01.10 records BPW. Eurasian Marsh Harrier 1 immature male, Grey Partridge 6 set-a-side, Black-headed Gull 2, Herring Gull 23, Great Black-backed Gull 35, Green Woodpecker 1, Winter Wren 6, Stonechat 1, Song Thrush 1, Chaffinch 30, Common Linnet 500 set-a-side, Reed Bunting 1, Lesser Redpoll 2.

01.01.10 records BPW. Grey Heron 1, Greylag Goose 1, Eurasian Marsh Harrier 1 immature male, Eurasian Sparrowhawk 1, Common Kestrel 1, Pheasant 1, Water Rail 1, Common Moorhen 3, Eurasian Woodcock 2 colliery area, Mew Gull 2, Herring Gull 18, Great Black-backed Gull 42 over in small groups going E, Stock Pigeon 1, Wood Pigeon 240, Sky Lark 11, Winter Wren 10, European Robin 6, Stonechat 4, Common Blackbird 9, Fieldfare 2, Redwing 7, Long-tailed Tit 6, Blue Tit 3, Great Tit 3, Eurasian Jay 1, Carrion Crow 8, Chaffinch 50, European Greenfinch 2 set-aside between colliery area and Inkle Moor, European Goldfinch 40 set-aside between colliery area and Inkle Moor, Common Linnet 380 set-aside between colliery area and Inkle Moor, Common Bullfinch 5, Reed Bunting 7, Lesser Redpoll 10.

Jim Johnson sightings from Moorfields Farm, Goole Fields 08.01.09 Jack snipe in dyke 15.01.09 Marsh Harrier with half grown hare March 30 plus whooper swans 01.04.09. 1st Yellow Wagtail 29.05.09 Quail 13.6.09 Spotted flycatcher nest in farm yard 14.6.09 Quail on sand 15.6.09 Grasshopper warbler, near pond 18.6.09 4 churring Nightjars 05.07.09 Turtle Dove 13.7.09 Quail near pond 13.7.09 Spotted flycatcher fledged 22.7.09 2 common cranes, adjacent farm 10.9.09 Quail photographed by my son 20.10.09 Buzzard following plough 30.10.09 Ruff in potato field (7). 

Observers 2009-2010 Paul Adams, Robert Broch, Bob Croxton, Lance J. Degnan, M. Grassby, Keith Heywood, James Hinchliffe, Steve Hiner, John G. Hitchcock, Peter Hinks, Jim Johnson, Simone Maw, Ron Moat, Ian Morley, Martin Limbert, Peter C. Roworth, Kieran Sheehan, Brian Smith, Richard J. Sprakes, Ben Steel, B. Thompson, Graham Todd, Bryan P. Wainwright, Colin Wall, Rob Watson. 

All previous year's Thorne Moors Bird Reports can be found here with the most recent here THMCF and the BSG write-up is THE HUMBERHEAD PEATLANDS NNR