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Very few sites can pull on 200 years of almost continuous recording. The earliest fully dated record we have is from 04 July 1822 by Charles Waterton. ‘About half past one in the afternoon in the park at Walton Hall i heard the Cuckoo call repeatedly’. mail [email protected]

Zeppelins! WTF! Is there any other bird site that has Zeppelin on their checklist? Lancaster, Spitfire, even Concorde yeh, but Zeppelins! Read the first-hand account of two over Wintersett Res in 1916 and the bombs they dropped nearby Email [email protected] for details

There’s an excellent comprehensive section on gulls in The Birds of Wintersett, read why they began to turn up in numbers inland in the early 20th century & why their status is now changing once again. Email [email protected] for details

Here’s my first bins when I started birding around 1976. They were bought by my dad around 1967, Ross 9x35 & pretty decent quality. Read how we got on in the 70s in #Birdsofwintersett Email [email protected]

Team Bat, Team Newt vs Team Destroy Nature I know which I'm on.

The diaries of Norman Moore from his visits to Walton Hall in the 1860s are exquisite and have provided a wealth of information on the birdlife and other wildlife in the Park. Read more of his sightings in The Birds of Wintersett for details email : [email protected]

Thanks to Rosie P 🦇 🦎 🦇 🦎 🍃💚🍃🌳🚲💧 for this ‘badge’. So I’ll also happily tweet it out. I’m asking everyone to save this image and use it to reply to every post Rachel Reeves and her little gang posts. We must fight for our natural spaces, our waterways, our wildlife. Team Bat. Team Newt 🦇🦎

For those that have ordered copies by post, these will be posted out in the next few days.

These are now available from the Visitor Centre at Anglers Country Park or email : [email protected] for details.

Wow! Didn’t expect that this morning- adult Iceland Gull on the rocks in front of hide Wintersett !! Barnsley Birders BirdGuides . Left west 08:30

An unlikely pair of swans on the Low Lake. Wintersett this morning. The Whooper Swan has been present all winter & though it can fly it may not be fully fit for a trip back to Iceland, we’ll see. Barnsley Birders

Duet of Song Thrush & this Robin Wintersett - wonderful spring sounds.

Tuesday - the overnight cloud produced a 'fall' at Wintersett with a still being ploughed field hosting; Wheatear 3, Fieldfare 1, Yellow Wag 14, White Wag 21, Pied Wag 12 and a Water Pipit. A Whimbrel on the CP with LRP & Common Sand. Barnsley Birders BirdGuides

Avocet on the shallows Wintersett this morning. Common Tern & Little Gull also present , along with a White Wagtail.

68 birds ringed today Wintersett highlights of Chiffs 15, Willow Warbler 5, Treecreeper, Garden Warbler 2, Blackcap 11, Reed Warbler, Cettis, Goldfinch and Jay Becky Bailey Emily M Wakefield Birders Barnsley Birders

Male Lesser Emperor and 3 male Red - veined Darters in the South West corner of Anglers CP this morning Barnsley Birders Wakefield Birders BirdGuides

68 birds ringed this morning Wintersett highlights of Chiffs 29, Willow Warbler, Treecreeper 2, Blackcap 6, Reed Warbler 2, Sedge Warbler 10 and a Whitethroat Barnsley Birders Becky Bailey Wakefield Birders Emily M

73 birds ringed today Wintersett highlights of Chiffs 24, Willow Warbler 7, Treecreeper, Blackcap 16, Garden Warbler 2, Whitethroat 3, Reed Warbler and Goldfinch 2 Barnsley Birders Becky Bailey Wakefield Birders Emily M

120 birds ringed today Wintersett highlights of Chiffs 53,Willow Warbler 4, Goldcrest 1, Blackcap 8, Garden Warbler 1, Whitethroat 1, Lesser Whitethroat 1,Sedge Warbler 12, Reed Warbler 5 and 3 juv Cettis Barnsley Birders Becky Bailey Wakefield Birders Emily M