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25 April 2024
Ecclesfield: Ring-necked Parakeet - 2 - Flew NW from obs.garden, Cross HillTankersley - Black Lane: Gadwall - 14 ; Coot - 10 ; Moorhen - 5 ; Linnet - 4 - 2 pairs ; Yellowhammer - 2
24 April 2024
Agden Rocher: Ring Ouzel - 4 ; Wheatear - 4 ; Mandarin - 2Bamford Edge: Red Kite - 1
Cinder Hills: Lesser Redpoll - 6+ - feeding in tree tops
Cutthroat Bridge: Crossbill - 5 - In tops of conifers at end of layby
Derwent Edge: Ring Ouzel - 4+ - Two males, two females including a female appearing to visit a nest ; Wheatear - 4+
Dog Kennel Pond: Great Crested Grebe - 4 - 3, "inviting" display ; Mallard - 5+ ; Tufted Duck - 3 ; Gadwall - 1 - male ; Herring Gull - 2
Endcliffe Park: Blackcap - 1 - Male by upper lake
Kimberworth Park: Sparrowhawk - 1 - circling over Remount Road/Shearman Avenue
Low Common: Kestrel - 1 ; Buzzard - 1 - low W across field from Rockingham Wood
Middle Common: Buzzard - 1 - onto central telegraph pole
Morley Pond: Great Crested Grebe - 3 - including pair "head shaking" displat ; Cormorant - 2 - circling over Cascades ; Mute Swan - 2 - pair on W island, later Y316 feeding at E end of lake
Orgreave Lakes: Great Crested Grebe - 28 - including one sitting on nest small lake ; Goldeneye - 1 - female large lake ; Yellow Wagtail - 1+ - calling overhead ; Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - singing ; Whitethroat - 2 - singing ; Reed Bunting - 4 ; Swallow - 20 ; Sand Martin - 40 ; House Martin - 1 ; Teal - 1 - male ; Mute Swan - 2 - pair at nest on island ; Cetti's Warbler - 1 - singing by Rother ; Sedge Warbler - 1 - singing by Rother ; Skylark - 12 - singing ; Redshank - 1 ; Oystercatcher - 1 ; Carrion Crow - 18
Redmires Top Res: Tufted Duck - 4 ; Common Sandpiper - 2 - Both on wall between top and middle res ; Reed Bunting - 1
Scholes Ground: Grey Heron - 1 ; Tufted Duck - 2 - 1 pair ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing ; Greylag Goose - 9 ; Canada Goose - 3 ; Red-legged Partridge - 8
Soughley Lane, Redmires: Swallow - 2+
Tankersley - Black Lane: Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - Singing ; Coot - 10 ; Gadwall - 10 ; Buzzard - 2 ; Yellowhammer - 2 - Both males, one singing, one on territory. ; House Martin - 1 ; Linnet - 6 - Several prospecting nest sites, one collecting nest materials.
Wentworth Park: Woodpigeon - 70+ - up from field,W of Roman Ridge
Wentworth Park, Wood@ Deer Shed: Green Woodpecker - 1 - yaffle ; Robin - 1 - singing ; Blackbird - 1 - singing ; Song Thrush - 1 - feeding on adjacent verge along with 2 Blackbirds ; Stock Dove - 1 - singing ; Blackcap - 1 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing
Wharncliffe Chase: Willow Warbler - 11+ - All singing ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; Blackcap - 1 ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Goldfinch - 2 ; Redstart - 4 - 2 singing males plus a pair feeding together ;
, Redstart - 4 - Pic of female ; 
, Curlew - 2 ; Wheatear - 11 - Incl. a poss. Greenland type. ; 
, Skylark - 20+ ; Meadow Pipit - 20+ ; Linnet - 10 ; Stonechat - 2 - Separate male, one singing/display flight ; Reed Bunting - 1 - Male ; Tree Pipit - 9 - At least 9 singing males ; 
, Tree Pipit - 9 - Another pic ; 
, Raven - 2 - Pair ; Stock Dove - 1 - Singing ; Swallow - 2-3 ; Crossbill - 2 ; Buzzard - 2 Wharncliffe Side: Rook - 11+ - Small rookery next to A6102. 11 nests visible. Young calling.
White Lee Moor: Cuckoo - 1 - Calling in the plantation ; Crossbill - 15+ - Mobile flock in the plantation ; Peregrine - 1 ; Red Kite - 1 - Over plantation then flew NW ; Buzzard - 2 ; Siskin - 4 ; Willow Warbler - 2
Woodhouse Washlands: Lapwing - 1 - Displaying. ; Grey Wagtail - 2 - pair