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Bev Baxter ringing Top House Farm 27/02/2015 Great Tit 1, Blackbird 8 (2 new 6RT), Dunnock 1, Tree Sparrow 1, Chaffinch 2, Greenfinch 1, Goldfinch 1, Linnet 3, Reed Bunting 6 (5 new 1RT).

Martin Warne 27/02/2015 Greylag Goose (domestic) 2, Gadwall 28 Will Pits Scrape, Teal 2, Mallard 68, Shoveler 1, Pochard 1 Male, Tufted Duck 5, Goosander 23 11 male Will Pits Scrape, Pheasant 5, Marsh Harrier 4, Buzzard 4, Kestrel 3, Peregrine 1 Female, Water Rail 2, Moorhen 1, Collared Dove 5, Creykes Cottages, Great Grey Shrike 1 Blue Bridge pm, Magpie 1, Blue Tit 3, Skylark 6, Long-tailed Tit 1, Wren 6, Starling 60, Blackbird 9, Fieldfare 60, Redwing 4, Robin 6, Stonechat 5, Bullfinch 1.

Ian McDonald, Mick Oliver 25/02/2015 Marsh Harrier 2 females,, Buzzard 1 over north canals, Stonechat 1 female Fison's road east, Blue Tit 1 main canal towpath giving distress call, Great Grey Shrike 1 chasing the blue tit. The shrike saw us and left the tit and flew S and perched on a birch tree on the Southern Canals. Also Fox 1 Fison's road N.

Bev Baxter ringing Top House Farm 25/02/2015 Kestrel 1, Blue Tit 1, Great Tit 1, Blackbird 8 (2 new 6RT), Robin 5 (3 new 2RT), Dunnock 1, Tree Sparrow 1, Chaffinch 5 (4 new 1RT), Greenfinch 3, Goldfinch 4 (2 new 2RT), Linnet 8, Yellowhammer 10 (6 new 4RT), Reed Bunting 17 (12 new 5RT).

Steve Hiner 25/02/2015 Teal 5, Mallard 17, Goosander 16 Will Pits Scrape, Marsh Harrier 1 female Goole Moor, Kestrel 1 Green Belt, Merlin 1 female Snaith + Cowick Floods, Stonechat 3 2 males Blue bridge, 1 female Snaith + Cowick Floods. Also Adder 1 male New Mill Drain.

Steve Hiner 24/02/2015 Mallard 35, Marsh Harrier 1 female Paraffin, Kestrel 2 Green Belt, Stonechat 3 2 males Green Belt, 1 female Snaith + Cowick Floods. Also Roe Deer 1 female Green Belt. Adder 2 males New Mill Drain side.

Steve Hiner 23/02/2015 Kestrel 2 Green Belt, Stonechat 1 male Blue Bridge.

Keith Heywood 23/02/2015 Kingfisher 1 Thorne Waste Drain at Woodpecker Corner.

Martin Warne, Jason King, Callum King (in part Bryan Wainwright, James Hinchliffe) 22/02/2015 Greylag Goose (domestic) 70 Paraffin Floods, Gadwall 70 Will Pits Scrape, Teal 20, Mallard 49, Pochard 4, Tufted Duck 13, Goosander 25 13 male Will Pits Scrape, Pheasant 4, Grey Heron 1, Marsh Harrier 5 to roost, Buzzard 4, Kestrel 2, Peregrine 1 Female Goole Fields, Moorhen 2, Common Gull 8, Lesser Black-backed Gull 2, Herring Gull 1, Collared Dove 2 Creykes Cottages, Great Spotted Woodpecker 1, Great Grey Shrike 1 Fisons Road, Magpie 5, Jay 1, Blue Tit 2, Great Tit 2, Skylark 7, Long-tailed Tit 10, Wren 3, Starling 150, Blackbird 7, Fieldfare 200, Mistle Thrush 1 Creykes Cottages, Robin 4, Stonechat 11 6 male, Meadow Pipit 1, Chaffinch 1, Goldfinch 1, Linnet 28 to roost, Also Roe Deer 10, Stoat 1 Fisons Rd.

Bryan Wainwright (in part with others) 22/02/2015 Greylag Goose (domestic) 10, Mallard 20, Little Egret 1 although with black feet (muddy?) and seemingly long legs, I (BW) probably at first over-estimated size at distance and it was the Little that has been seen here recently (Keith and Sandra Hannam, BW), Grey Heron 1, Marsh Harrier 1 female, Buzzard 1, Golden Plover 80, Common Gull 5, Great Black-backed Gull 1, Great Grey Shrike 1 Fison's road, Starling 40, Robin 2, Meadow Pipit 2, Chaffinch 6. Also Roe Deer 2.

Bev Baxter ringing Top House Farm 21/02/2015 Blue Tit 1 (RT), Blackbird 4 (1 new 3RT), Robin 1 (RT), Dunnock 1 (RT), Chaffinch 5, Greenfinch 6, Yellowhammer 1, Reed Bunting 5 (RT).

Peter Hinks, Brian Smith, Mark Smith 20/02/2015 Greylag Goose (domestic) 15 Paraffin floods, Gadwall 18, Mallard 60, Shoveler 5, Tufted Duck 6, Goosander 9, Marsh Harrier 1 male, Buzzard 3 Red House Farm, Kestrel 3, Common Gull 7, Starling 90, Fieldfare 60, Mistle Thrush 1, Stonechat 3 Fison's Road, Yellowhammer 3, Reed Bunting 9. Also Roe Deer 4.

Martin Warne 21/02/2015 Greylag Goose (domestic) 62, Gadwall 20, Teal 8, Mallard 32, Shoveler 6, Pochard 1 Male Will Pits Scrape, Tufted Duck 8, Goosander 22 12 male, Pheasant 1, Little Egret 1 Swinefleet & Reedness Waste, Marsh Harrier 1, Buzzard 2, Kestrel 3, Merlin 1 Female Shoulder O Mutton, Moorhen 2, Golden Plover 150 over West Floods, Jack Snipe 2 flushed by Marsh Harrier Fisons Rd North, Common Gull 28, Great Grey Shrike 1 Blue Bridge, Magpie 2, Jay 1, Blue Tit 2, Great Tit 7, Willow Tit 1, Skylark 3, Long-tailed Tit 1, Wren 5, Starling 150, Blackbird 6, Fieldfare 16, Robin 16, Stonechat 3 male, Pied Wagtail (yarrellii) 1, Meadow Pipit 1, Goldfinch 5 Bullfinch 8 4 pair, Reed Bunting 2.

Bev Baxter ringing at Top House Farm 20/02/2015 Great Tit 1, Blackbird 4 (3 new 1RT), Dunnock 3, Chaffinch 3 (2 new 1RT), Greenfinch 6, Goldfinch 3, Linnet 7, Yellowhammer 4 (3 new 1RT), Reed Bunting 23 (16 new 7 RT).

Bryan Wainwright 19/02/2015 Greylag Goose (domestic) 4, Gadwall 33, Teal 20, Mallard 40, Shoveler 2, Tufted Duck 11, Goosander 3, Marsh Harrier 2 female and immature, Sparrowhawk 1 female, Coot 2 Crowle North Marsh,Jack Snipe 1 from Mill Drain near Will Pits to Woodside, Great Black-backed Gull 2, Woodpigeon 150, Great Grey Shrike 1 picnic table at Middle Moor Tram at Fison's road, Great Tit 2, Starling 200, Blackbird 2, Fieldfare 80, Robin 2, Chaffinch 2, Goldfinch 8.

Steve Hiner 17/02/2015 Mallard 29, Marsh Harrier 1 female New Moor, Kestrel 1, Water Rail 1 crossing road at Green Belt, Long Tailed Tit 3 Green Belt, Robin 1, Stonechat 3 2 males 1 female Blue Bridge, Chaffinch 1, Goldfinch 7.

Gary Featherstone, Bill Priestley 17/02/2015 Greylag Goose (domestic) 70, Gadwall 25, Teal 30, Mallard 100, Shoveler 4, Pochard 3, Tufted Duck 15, Goosander 18, Little Egret 1 Swinefleet Warping Drain, Red Kite 1 South over limestone road at 11.50 a.m., Marsh Harrier 2, Buzzard 3, Woodpigeon 500, Fieldfare 10, Stonechat 3, Meadow Pipit 3, Chaffinch 5.

Bev Baxter 17/02/2015 Blue Tit 1 (RT), Blackbird 5 (3 new 2RT), Robin 1, Chaffinch 1, Greenfinch 4 (1 a control from elsewhere), Goldfinch 2, Linnet 11, Reed Bunting 19 (14 new 5 RT).

Rob Watson pm 15/02/2015 Gadwall 10 Will Pits Scrape, Teal 50 Will Pits Scrape, Pochard 1 male Will Pits Scrape, Tufted Duck 10 Will Pits Scrape, Goosander 24 (12 males) Will Pits Scrape, Marsh Harrier 1, Kestrel 1, Lapwing 40 NE, Lesser Black-backed Gull 3 over, Great Spotted Woodpecker 1, Great Grey Shrike 1 to south of and along Fison's road  early pm, Fieldfare 200 in Birch trees Middle Moor flew off NE, Stonechat 2 males, Tree Sparrow 35 chattering in hedgerow bushes between goat field and house to the north, Yellowhammer 8. Also Red Deer 1.

Steve Hiner 16/02/2015 Mallard 250, Pochard 1 male Will Pits Scrape, Tufted Duck 25 (17 males 8 females Will Pits Scrape), Goosander 5 (2 male 3 female Will Pits Scrape).

Colin Wall 15/02/2015 Marsh Harrier 1, Gadwall 10, Pochard 1 male, Tufted Duck 5, Goosander 14 (7 males), Lapwing 120 NE in 3 groups, Great Spotted Woodpecker 1, Tree Sparrow 10 Crowle Moor.

John Durrant 15/02/2015 Hen Harrier 1 ringtail from Elmhirst Tram to Middle Moor.

Martin Warne, Jason King, Callum King 14/02/2015 Greylag Goose (domestic) 92, Greater Canada Goose 1, Gadwall 12, Teal 33, Mallard 37, Shoveler 1, Pochard 1 Male Will Pits Scrape, Tufted Duck 9, Goosander 24 12 pair, Grey Partridge 5 Goole Fields, Pheasant 19, Marsh Harrier 3, Hen Harrier 1 Ringtail in to roost, Sparrowhawk 1 Female hunting fields leading to Creykes Gate, Buzzard 4, Kestrel 4, Merlin 1 Female Shoulder O Mutton, Peregrine 1, Moorhen 2, Lapwing 1, Woodcock 1 Bank Top at dusk, Common Gull 8, Lesser Black-backed Gull 20, Herring Gull 8, Collared Dove 3, Barn Owl 1 Hunting Fisons Rd at dusk, Tawny Owl 2 Calling at dusk, Great Spotted Woodpecker 2,Great Grey Shrike 1 Middle Moor, Magpie 20, Jay 1, Blue Tit 3, Great Tit 7, Willow Tit 2, Skylark 3, Long-tailed Tit 1, Treecreeper 1 Will Pits Wood, Wren 8, Starling 750 Goole Fields, Blackbird 13, Fieldfare 140 Goole Fields, Song Thrush 3, Redwing 7, Robin 15, Stonechat 8, Meadow Pipit 1, Goldfinch 104, Linnet 200, Bullfinch 2, Reed Bunting 6, Also Roe Deer 9.

Bev Baxter 14/02/2015 Grey Partridge 1, Great Spotted Woodpecker 1, Blue Tit 2, Great Tit 2 (1 new 1 RT), Blackbird 6 (2 new 4 RT), Robin 2 (1 new 1 RT), Dunnock 4, House Sparrow 1, Goldfinch 2, Yellowhammer 2 (1 new 1 RT).

Steve Hiner, Mark Outhwaite 13/02/2015 Greylag Goose 38, Mallard 82, Marsh Harrier 2 1 male New Moor, 1 female Crowle Moor, Kestrel 1, Snipe 1 Middle Moor, Barn Owl 1 disturbed from Scotts 'binner' trailer Bank Top, Fieldfare 58 Bank Top.

Gary Featherstone, Bill Priestley 12/02/2015 Wigeon 2, Gadwall 22, Teal 40, Mallard 200, Tufted Duck 5, Goosander 12, Little Egret 1 sat in field Swinefleet gate,, Marsh Harrier 2, Buzzard 3, Peregrine 1, Great Spotted Woodpecker 1, Great Grey Shrike 1, Starling 350, Fieldfare 200, Redwing 1, Stonechat 6, Bullfinch 6.

Bev Baxter 12/02/2015 Blue Tit 3 (2 new 1 RT), Great Tit 2 (1 new 1 RT), Blackbird 5 (4 new 1 RT), Greenfinch 2, Linnet 8, Yellowhammer 4 (3 new 1 RT), Reed Bunting 13 (6 new 7 RT).

Colin Wall 12/02/2015 Marsh Harrier 1.

Martin Warne, Jason King (Gary Featherstone, Bill Priestley in part) 12/02/2015 Pink-footed Goose 8, Greylag Goose (domestic) 37, Greater Canada Goose 1, Wigeon 2, Gadwall 15, Teal 12, Mallard 56, Tufted Duck 5, Goosander 8, Pheasant 21, Little Egret 1 Fields North of Top Moor Farm, Marsh Harrier 3 1 Male, Buzzard 3, Kestrel 3, Peregrine 2 Male & Female Goole Fields, Water Rail 2, Moorhen 2, Golden Plover 8, Snipe 1, Common Gull 6, Great Spotted Woodpecker 2, Great Grey Shrike 1 Middle Moor though mobile, Magpie 6, Blue Tit 9, Great Tit 7, Skylark 2, Long-tailed Tit 12, Treecreeper 1 Will Pits Wood, Wren 5, Starling 350 Goole Fields, Blackbird 19, Fieldfare 200 Goole Fields, Song Thrush 2, Redwing 2, Robin 6, Stonechat 6, Pied Wagtail (yarrellii) 1, Meadow Pipit 1, Goldfinch 6, Linnet 30, Bullfinch 9, Also Roe Deer 10, Red Deer 7.

Ian McDonald, Mick Oliver 11/02/2015 Marsh Harrier 2, Buzzard 1, Merlin 1 flushed low W side of moors, Woodcock 1 or 2, Great Grey Shrike 1 Middle Moor.

Bryan Wainwright, Gary Featherstone 11/02/2015 Greylag Goose (domestic) 36, Shelduck 2, Gadwall 2, Teal 110, Mallard 40, Tufted Duck 6, Goosander 17, Grey Heron 1, Marsh Harrier 1 immature W side, Kestrel 3, Peregrine 1 juvenile female W side, Jack Snipe 1 New Mill Drain in marsh where Steve last saw it, Herring Gull 4, Woodpigeon 200, Great Grey Shrike 1 Middle Moor, Magpie 2, Jay 1, Rook 1 Goole Fields with damaged wing, Blue Tit 6, Great Tit 4, Skylark 1, Starling 200, Blackbird 10, Fieldfare 60, Mistle Thrush 1, Robin 1, Stonechat 2, Dunnock 2, House Sparrow 10 Creyke's sidings, Meadow Pipit 1, Chaffinch 2, Greenfinch 2, Goldfinch 1, Bullfinch 1, Reed Bunting 2. Also Roe Deer 3.

Steve Hiner 10/02/2015 Greylag Goose 22, Cormorant 1 over Green Belt, Snipe 1 Mill Drain Marsh, Blue Tit 2.

Steve Hiner 11/02/2015 Jack Snipe 1, New Mill Drain about 50m from Middle Moor Tram, flew short way off track to marsh at side Great Grey Shrike 1 Middle Moor.

Bev Baxter ringing Top House Farm 10/02/2015 Blue Tit 1 RT, Blackbird 2, Robin 1, Chaffinch 1, Goldfinch 4, Linnet 2, Yellowhammer 10 (8 new 2 RT), Reed Bunting 29 (19 new 8 RT).

Mick Pepper 09/02/2015 Adder 1 hibernicula at Green Belt.

Colin Wall 09/02/2015 Goosander 6, Buzzard 1, Kestrel 1, Great Grey Shrike 1 Middle Moor, Magpie 6, Great Tit 3, Willow Tit 1 Pony Bridge Wood, Stonechat 4 (2 pairs). Chaffinch 10 Yellowhammer 20 Crowle Moor goat field. Also Fox 1 Chadwick's Field.

Gary Featherstone, Bill Priestley WeBs 08/02/2015 Greylag Goose (domestic) 6, Gadwall 12, Teal 100, Mallard 300, Goosander 8, Marsh Harrier 2 adult females, Golden Plover 12, Common Gull 31, Herring Gull 6, Great Black-backed Gull 1, Woodpigeon 22, Great Spotted Woodpecker 1, Long-tailed Tit 28, Stonechat 2, Linnet 80.

Bev Baxter ringing Top House Farm 06/02/2015 Blackbird 1, Fieldfare 2, Robin 2, Chaffinch 1, Greenfinch 1, Goldfinch 1, Yellowhammer 4, Reed Bunting 29 (21 new 8 RT).

John Durrant 06/02/2015 Short-eared Owl 2 Inkle Flatts after dark.

Rob Watson 06/02/2015 Greylag Goose (domestic) 10, Teal 50, Mallard 180, Shoveler 2, Marsh Harrier 3 cream crowns and female, Kestrel 3 (2 Crowle goat field 1 perched Swinefleet Warping), Merlin 1 female Middle Moor tram & Shoulder o' Mutton, Water Rail 1 calling near edge of ice north side Will Pits Scrape, Great Spotted Woodpecker 2 both Crowle 1 drumming, Redwing 40 Crowle, Stonechat 1 male Mill Drain Marsh, Yellowhammer 12 Crowle goat field. Also Red Deer 15, 

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Bryan Wainwright, Gary Featherstone 06/02/2015 Teal 50, Mallard 182, Kestrel 1, Moorhen 4, Common Gull 16, Woodpigeon 300, Great Spotted Woodpecker 1, Rook 1 Goole Fields with damaged wing, Blue Tit 8, Great Tit 1, Skylark 4, Starling 10, Blackbird 3, Fieldfare 40, Robin 4, Stonechat 3, Chaffinch 2, Greenfinch 2, Goldfinch 7, Bullfinch 2, Reed Bunting 2. Also Roe Deer 6.

Steve Hiner 04/02/2015 Greylag Goose 112, Mallard 250, Kestrel 1, Jay 2 NNR shed, Robin 1, Stonechat 3 2 males 1 female Blue Bridge, Goldfinch 1, Linnet 1. Also Common Shrew 1 Middle Moor

Ian McDonald, Mick Oliver 04/02/2015 Fieldfare 30, Robin 2, Stonechat 3 (2 males) Fison's Road.

Martin Warne, Jason King 04/02/2015 Pink-footed Goose 200 overhead from West, Gadwall 3, Teal 160 Will Pits Scrape, Mallard 280 Will Pits Scrape, Grey Partridge 2 Fields leading to Creykes Gate, Pheasant 21, Marsh Harrier 3, Hen Harrier 1 Ringtail hunting fields North of Goole Moor, Sparrowhawk 1, Buzzard 3, Kestrel 5, Merlin 1 Middle Moor at dusk, Peregrine 1, Water Rail 3, Moorhen 4, Golden Plover 86 Goole Fields & Swinefleet & Reedness Waste, Grey Plover 1 calling over Goole Fields, Curlew 1 feeding with Plover Swinefleet & Reedness Waste, Common Gull 19, Herring Gull 5, Great Grey Shrike 1 Middle Moor at dusk, Blue Tit 2, Great Tit 1, Skylark 6, Long-tailed Tit 8, Wren 5, Starling 200, Blackbird 8, Fieldfare 130, Song Thrush 1, Redwing 3, Robin 15, Stonechat 8, Goldfinch 10, Bullfinch 4, Also Roe Deer 2, Fox 1, Red Deer 2.

Bev Baxter ringing Top House Farm 03/01/2015 Blackbird 5 (3 new 2 RT), Fieldfare 3, Robin 1 RT, Chaffinch 2 (1 new 1 RT), Yellowhammer 6, Reed Bunting 18 (10 new 8 RT).

Bryan Wainwright 02/02/2015 Sparrowhawk 1, Black-headed Gull 27, Common Gull 2, Herring Gull 1, Great Black-backed Gull 2, Woodpigeon 5, Collared Dove 4, Great Spotted Woodpecker 1, Magpie 5, Blue Tit 7, Great Tit 15, Willow Tit 1 Bell's, Wren 2, Starling 6, Blackbird 17, Fieldfare 13, Song Thrush 3, Redwing 12, Mistle Thrush 1, Robin 9, Dunnock 4, House Sparrow 1, Chaffinch 5, Greenfinch 1, Goldfinch 26, Bullfinch 3, Reed Bunting 1.

Bryan Wainwright, Richard Sprakes 01/02/2015 Whooper Swan 1 Swinefleet and Reedness fields later to roost on main floods, Teal 20, Mallard 90, Tufted Duck 6, Goosander 11, Cormorant 1 going W, Grey Heron 1 flying Woodpecker Corner, Marsh Harrier 3 adult female and 2 immatures, Buzzard 1, Kestrel 2, Water Rail 1, Black-headed Gull 28, Common Gull 20, Great Black-backed Gull 1, Woodpigeon 200, Great Grey Shrike 1 Middle Moor Tram at road, Rook 1 Goole Fields with damaged wing, Carrion Crow 270 to roost, Blue Tit 1, Great Tit 3, Wren 2, Starling 160 Creyke's sidings, Blackbird 2, Robin 2, Stonechat 2, Dunnock 2, Chaffinch 38 Creyke's sidings, Goldfinch 18, Bullfinch 1, Reed Bunting 1. Also Roe Deer 4.