Doncaster Naturalists’ Society
Dawn Chorus Meeting 3rd May 2026
Sandall Beat Wood, Doncaster
Table 1
| Station No | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Description | Recording Station 1 Car Park | Recording Station 2 | Recording Station 3 (Ride) | Recording Station 4 (Bench) | Recording Station 5 (Ride) | Recording Station 6 Bridge on Main Ride | Recording Station 7 (Near Post 5) | Recording Station 8 (Bridge on Main Ride) | Recording Station 9 (Ride Corner – near footpath to Pot Hill) |
| Grid Ref | SE 60969 03740 | SE 61000 03810 | SE 61052 03875 | SE 61073 03920 | SE 61165 03987 | SE 61105 04153 | SE 61117 04235 | SE 61187 04283 | SE 61275 04328 |
| Blackbird | 2 Distant 1 Alarm near | 2 Distant | 1 | 1 + 1 Distant | 1 | 3+ Distant | 2 Distant | 1 | |
| Blackcap | 1 | ||||||||
| Blue Tit | 1 Distant | ||||||||
| Carrion Crow | 1 Distant | 1 Distant | 1 Distant | 2 Distant | 1 Distant | 1 Distant | |||
| Chaffinch | |||||||||
| Chiffchaff | 1 Distant | ||||||||
| Great Spotted Woodpecker | |||||||||
| Great Tit | 1 | ||||||||
| Jackdaw | |||||||||
| Jay | |||||||||
| Magpie | 1 | ||||||||
| Nuthatch | |||||||||
| Pheasant | 1 Distant | ||||||||
| Robin | 1 Distant | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 + 1 Distant | 1 | 1 | ||
| Song Thrush | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Tawny Owl | 2 (Male and Female) | ||||||||
| Tree Creeper | |||||||||
| Whitethroat | |||||||||
| Wood Pigeon | 2 Distant | 1 Distant | 2 Distant | 1 Distant | 1 Distant | ||||
| Wren | 1 | 1 | 1 Distant | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Cockerel | 1 Distant | 1 Distant | 1 Distant |
Table 2
| 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
| Recording Station 10 (Holly near Post 8) | Recording Station 11 (Fen) | Recording Station 12 (Junction with Ride) | Recording Station 13 (Fen Edge) | Recording Station 14 (Railway corner) | Recording Station 15 (Bridge near Woodman’s House) | Recording Station 16 (Bench near Beech Trees) | Recording Station 17 (Sign Post where the Yellow Pimpernel used to be) | Recording Station 18 (Main Entrance Track) | Recording Station 19 (Near Large Beech) | Recording Station 1 Car Park (repeat) |
| SE 61340 04228 | SE 61390 04085 | SE 61295 04045 | SE 61322 03954 | SE 61403 03757 | SE 61311 03637 | SE 61264 03562 | SE 61192 03470 | SE 61158 0357 | SE 61058 03663 | SE 60969 03740 |
| 1 Distant | 1 Distant | 1 | 1 Distant | 1 Distant | ||||||
| 2 | 1 Distant | 1 | 1 | 2 Distant | 3 Distant | 1 | 1 | |||
| 1 Distant | 1 Distant | 1 Distant | 1 Distant | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 1 Distant | 1 Distant | 1 Distant | 1 Distant | 1 Distant | 1 Distant | |||||
| 1 | 1 Distant | 1 | ||||||||
| 1 Distant | 1 Distant | 1 Distant | 1 Distant | |||||||
| 1 | 1 Distant | |||||||||
| 1 | 1 | 2 Distant | 1 Distant | 1 Distant | 1 Distant | 1 | 1 | 1 Distant | ||
| Possible Distant | ||||||||||
| 2 on ground – silent! | ||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 1 Distant | 1 | 1 Distant | 1 Distant | |||||||
| 1 | 1 | 1 Distant | 2 Distant | 1 | 1 | 1 Distant | 1 Distant | 1 | ||
| 1 Distant | 1 Distant | 1 Distant | 1 Distant | 1 Distant | 1 Distant | 1 Distant | ||||
| 1 Distant | ||||||||||
| 1 | ||||||||||
| 1 | ||||||||||
| 1 Distant | 1 Distant | 1 + 2 Distant | 1 Distant | 1 Distant | 1 Distant | 1 | 1 Distant | 1 Distant | ||
| 1 | 1 + 1 Distant | 1 Distant | 1 | 1 Distant | 1 Distant | 1 | ||||