Bole Hill Wood, Woodseats: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1

Canklow Woods: Raven - 2 - 2 south at 1130

Ecclesfield: Ring-necked Parakeet - 1 - Calling in garden, Cross Hill.

Ewden Height: Other Species - 1 - Green Hairstreak - my first of the season. ; Skylark - 2+ ; Whitethroat - 1 - Singing ; Crossbill - 3 - Over towards Midhope Res. ; Wheatear - 1 - Male ‘leucorhoa’ Batty’s Lathe ; Kestrel - 1 ; Lapwing - 1+ ; Curlew - 4+ ; Oystercatcher - 1 - Over towards Midhope Res.

Graves Park: Willow Warbler - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 1 ; Jackdaw - 8 ; Lesser Redpoll - 1 - Call heard only ; Starling - 28 ; Canada Goose - 6 ; Tufted Duck - 2 ; Moorhen - 10 ; Coot - 15 ; Mallard - 25 ; Carrion Crow - 50 ; Magpie - 20 ; Woodpigeon - 40

Langsett Res: Oystercatcher - 2 ; Common Sandpiper - 1

Linacre Res: Garden Warbler - 1 - Singing in willow and birch woodland

Longshaw: Chiffchaff - 1+ ; Willow Warbler - 1+ ; Tufted Duck - 2

Low Moor, Upper Midhope: Lapwing - 15+ ; Oystercatcher - 1 ; Curlew - 5 - Alarming ; Snipe - 1 ; Greylag Goose - 170+ - c100+ goslings with adults

Midhope Res: Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Little Ringed Plover - 1 ; Cuckoo - 1 ; Tufted Duck - 2 - Pair ; Crossbill - 2+ ; Lesser Redpoll - 10+ ; Mallard - 10+ - Incl fresh brood ; Willow Warbler - 4

Orgreave Lakes: Common Buzzard - 2 ; Grasshopper Warbler - 1+ - 1 possibly two. ; Oystercatcher - 2 ; Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Ringed Plover - 1 ; Little Ringed Plover - 1

Padley Gorge: Redstart - 2 - In woods just below ice cream van ; Chiffchaff - 1+ ; Willow Warbler - 1+ ; Tree Pipit - 1 - Singing ; Buzzard - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 1 ; Nuthatch - 2 ; Cuckoo - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Redstart - 1 - Female carrying material into probable nest site ; Pied Flycatcher - 7+ - Male & female visiting nest with food, also males singing

Pike Lowe, Midhope: Buzzard - 3 - Pike Lowe ; Raven - 1 - Pike Lowe

Redmires conduit: Lapwing - 2 - Pair of adults with 2 chicks in horse fields

Rivelin Valley, Hind Wheel - Rails Rd: Herring Gull - 1 - Flying over & calling ; Wren - 8+ - Singing ; Willow Warbler - 1 - Singing ; Song Thrush - 5 ; Robin - 13+ ; Mandarin - 3 - 2 male+1 female ; Mallard - 7 - 6 adult + 1 chick ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Great Tit - 8+ ; Dipper - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 1 - Calling ; Chaffinch - 3 ; Canada Goose - 3 ; Buzzard - 1 ; Blue Tit - 10+ ; Blackcap - 7+ - Singing ; Blackbird - 10+

Scholes: Kestrel - 1 - making agitated calls while hunting, W of Scholes Pond. Then seen with Magpie chasing Buzzard low across field

Sheffield University: Peregrine - 2+ - all four eggs now hatched successfully

Surprise View: Cuckoo - 1 - Heard and seen in silver birches near surprise view car park

Whitwell Moor: Chaffinch - 10+ - 10-15 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 7 - 5 adults, 2 juvs over ; Curlew - 2+ ; Skylark - 2 ; Willow Warbler - 2 ; Song Thrush - 5 ; Swallow - 1 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Lapwing - 3 ; Whitethroat - 2 ; Tree Pipit - 1 ; Lesser Redpoll - 40+ - Large feeding group ; Siskin - 5+ ; Cuckoo - 1 ; Goldcrest - 1

Aldwarke; Liberty Steels: Stock Dove - 1 - singing