Recent news
29 April 2024
Foxhill: Swallow - 2 - Over Shaw Hill FarmGreno Wood: Tree Pipit - 1 - Singing
Wharncliffe Chase: Swallow - 3 - Back on territory at Hallfield Head Farm ; Chiffchaff - 4 - Singing ; Goldcrest - 1 - Singing ; Blackcap - 2 - Singing ; Crossbill - 4 - 3 adults and a juvenile ;
, Song Thrush - 1 - Carrying food ; Lesser Redpoll - 1 ; Willow Warbler - 4 - Singing ; Siskin - 1 ; Tree Pipit - 3 - All singing ; 
, Kestrel - 1 ; Linnet - 10+ - Several pairs around nest sites ; Cuckoo - 1 - My first of the year here - brief call. ; Reed Bunting - 2 - Males ; Buzzard - 1 ; Skylark - 10+ ; Wheatear - 1 ; Stonechat - 1 - Calling male ; Osprey - 1 - Drifted north towards Howbrook at 08:45 ; 
28 April 2024
Barlow Common: Yellowhammer - 1 - male ; Kestrel - 1 ; Linnet - 5+ ; Swallow - up to 3 ; Chiffchaff - 3 ; Buzzard - 1 ; Skylark - 1 ; Pheasant - 1Canklow Woods: Common Buzzard - 4 - in the air together at 1550
Firsby Res: Moorhen - 1 - Nest with eggs in Reed bed. ; Mallard - 2 - Males. ; Mute Swan - 2 ; Coot - 1 ; Grey Heron - 1 - Hunting in shallows. ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - On spillway. ; Pied Wagtail - 1 - Down on farmland. ; Black-headed Gull - 1 ; Kestrel - 1 - Male near nest box. ; Buzzard - 1 - Mobbed by C Crow. ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - Large Female causing a stir with Wood Pigeons and smaller birds. ; Lapwing - 3 - Over farmland mobbing Corvids. ; Cetti's Warbler - 1 - Singing from Dam wall Bramble patch. ; Blackcap - 4+ - Singing Males also nest with 5 eggs. ; Reed Warbler - 1 - Calling in stream Reed bed. ; Willow Warbler - 3+ - Singing. ; Chiffchaff - 6+ - Singing. ; Bullfinch - 2 - Pair. ; Goldfinch - 10+ - Inc pair with nest. ; Goldfinch - 10+ - Inc pair with nest. ; Chaffinch - 4+ - All Males. ; Linnet - 5+ ; Long-tailed Tit - 1 - Sat looking out of nest in Brambles. ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Swallow - 3 - Over calling. ; Song Thrush - 2 - Singing. ; Wren - 1+ - Nest with eggs suspended in vines. ; Whitethroat - 2 - Calling from undergrowth. ; Yellowhammer - 1 - Singing Male.
Holdworth: Swallow - 6+ - Around Green End Farm ; Curlew - 1+ - Calling
Langsett Res: Great Crested Grebe - 1 - 7.45pm
Low Moor, Upper Midhope: Snipe - 5+ - 8pm - several chipping/display flights ; Greylag Goose - 50+ - incl. c 35 goslings ; Curlew - 2 ; Oystercatcher - 1
Loxley Valley: Kingfisher - 1 - flying upstream
Middleton Moor: Greylag Goose - 22 - mostly in fields ; Canada Goose - 4 ; Shelduck - 3 - Pair + another male on No.4 lagoon ; Teal - 9 ; Little Ringed Plover - 3 ; Oystercatcher - 1 ; Lapwing - 10 - c. 5 pairs ; Pied Wagtail - 15 - c. ; Swallow - 3 ; Reed Warbler - 2 - singing ; Wheatear - 2 - males on track to hide ; Common Buzzard - 1 ; Carrion Crow - 25 - c. surrounded Common Buzzard sat in tree
Millhouses Lane garden: Brambling - 2 - a pair, still coming to the feeders, after a blank day yesterday, the first since Christmas Eve!
Peat Pits: Lapwing - 8+ - adults with broods of 2,1,4,1,3,3,3,4 small chicks . ; Wheatear - 5
Sheffield University: Peregrine - 2+ - Changeover at 11:44 after male feeds the 4 chicks
Silver Wood: Nuthatch - 2 - 1 calling other peaking from nest cavity.
Tankersley - Black Lane: Yellowhammer - 1 - Male on territory ; Linnet - 2 ; Gadwall - 12 ; Swallow - 8 ; House Martin - 3 ; Sand Martin - 1 ; Willow Warbler - 1 ; Teal - 2
Tankersley - opp. Evri: Lapwing - c10 - incl. 3 fledglings ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - Mobbed by Lapwing and crows
Thrybergh CP: Yellow Wagtail - 4 - inc nice male Blue-headed poss (iberiae) ;
, Yellow Wagtail - 4 - Second photo ; 
, Pied Wagtail - 6 ; Sand Martin - c200 ; House Martin - 10