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28 April 2024

Sheffield University: Peregrine - 2+ - Changeover at 11:44 after male feeds the 4 chicks
Thrybergh CP: Yellow Wagtail - 4 - inc nice male Blue-headed poss (iberiae) ; View Picture, Yellow Wagtail - 4 - Second photo ; View Picture, Pied Wagtail - 6 ; Sand Martin - c200 ; House Martin - 10 ; Swallow - c80 ; View Picture, Blackcap - 5 ; Whitethroat - 2 ; Lesser Whitethroat - 1

27 April 2024

Barlow Common: Barn Owl - 1 ; Buzzard - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 3 max ; Linnet - 6 max ; Long-tailed Tit - 1 ; Pheasant - 1 ; Goldcrest - 2 - male displaying to female ; Goldfinch - 2+ ; Other Species - 1 - 1 Brown Hare ; Other Species - 1 - 1 Rabbit ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1
Bradfield Dale: Cuckoo - 1 - singing near Wragg House Plantation
Candlerush Edge: Hobby - 1 - Adult flying hard low across moor - moving SE
Dog Kennel Pond: Great Crested Grebe - 2 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Greylag Goose - 3 ; Mallard - 15+ - including female with 10 recently fledged chicks ; Tufted Duck - 6 - males ; Common Sandpiper - 1 - at W end, feeding on wall, by side of heron
Langsett Res: EIDER - 6 - still present at 14:00. 2 adult males, 2 immature males, 2 females.
Midhopestones: Swift - 1 - flew north
Morley Pond: Great Crested Grebe - 1 - on nest at E end of lake ; Coot - 2+ - 1 on nest, SK401963 and pair at nest, SK402965
Orgreave Lakes: Swift - 3 - north ; Yellow Wagtail - 1 - north at 05.45 ; Pied Wagtail - 3 - + 2 White wagtails ; Little Egret - 2 ; Sedge Warbler - 1 - Singing at the wooden bridge. ; Sand Martin - 83 - Sat on the fence. ; Pochard - 2 - males
Silverwood Lagoon: Reed Warbler - 4 - one singing in each corner ; Sedge Warbler - 1 - singing in western seedbed; new in this morning ; Cetti's Warbler - 1
St George's Church: Peregrine - 2+ - Hatching started today
Thrybergh CP: GREAT WHITE EGRET - 1+ - One north 11:00; prob second bird NW at 11:10 ; Sand Martin - c80 ; House Martin - 6 ; Swallow - 20+ ; Swift - 15+ ; Willow Warbler - 3 ; Chiffchaff - 2 ; Blackcap - 4 ; Whitethroat - 2 ; Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - Singing South paddock ; Yellow Wagtail - 3 ; Pied Wagtail - 4 ; Kestrel - 2M ; Buzzard - 5+ ; Reed Bunting - 5
Walkley garden: Sparrowhawk - 1 - Confiding bird spent 2 hours feasting on wood pigeon, at least 3rd kill this week. ; View Picture
Wentworth Park: Green Woodpecker - 1 - yaffle heard several times probably from near Deer Shed