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The flash is nice for a walk around, has been for many years. Catcliffe is actually greened up pretty well and is one of the links to Orgreave and Treeton Dyke. Over the hill you have Ulley Res'. Things are on the up in this area. It's the areas such as Darnall, Attercliffe, Wincobank, Brightside, Firvale and Burngreave that need to be put back to nature now that the industry has finished.
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Corn buntings were as common as muck around Ulley about twenty years ago, as were grey and French partridges, not now though. Abundance of both flycatchers around Dore and Totley Brook in the same period, but it's the same story for them now! As I said earlier, I was down in Cornwall earlier in the month. Trevose Head nr Padstow to be precise. Always been a stronghold for corn buntings, but now is fenced off in most of the area to help protect this and another rare species, the Skylark!
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A hundred species is really good going. After your post yesterday I did a mental tot-up of the species I have seen over the past month. My memory got a bit fudged, as I was at the South West coast for one week and obviously the Manx Shearwaters and Gannets are from that week! I have managed to retrieve 60 species (Sheffield and surrounding area) from the old memory banks. The thing that puzzles me is that a lot of the species that I have seen seemed to be quite rare when I was more avid in my younger days. The more common ones back in the day seem to be less common now! Where are all the Songies, Corn Buntings and Yellowhammers!?
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How dare these sort of folk enter into a country park! perhaps the entry fee should be higher?. This would sort out the wheat from the chavs! If the Autumn entry fee were even higher still, you would enjoy your free peaceful walk even more! Problem is, the park would soon be underfunded and eventually close.
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Saw a Kingfisher on the Rother at RVCP! Saw another on the Rother at Orgreave lakes, along with a group of 12 Gadwall including young on the small lake. I headed this way because I had seen a report of a Hobby chasing Swifts on SBSG. Didn't see it though, unlike you did near Blackburn Meadows! Lucky devil!