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15 April 2025
Catcliffe Flash: Gadwall - 6 ; Mallard - 9 ; Coot - 12 - including one sat on a nest. ; Mute Swan - 2 - Including 1 bird sat on a nest. ; Tufted Duck - 17 ; Garganey - 1 - male ; Teal - 4Damflask Res: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 2 - Together ; Chiffchaff - 2+ - Singing ; Willow Warbler - 1+ - Singing ; Great Crested Grebe - 4 - 2 pairs, courtship display by both pairs ; Long-tailed Tit - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 1 ; Blackcap - 1 - Male singing ;
, Oystercatcher - 2 - Resting on the overflow ; 
Dog Kennel Pond: Great Crested Grebe - 3 ; Canada Goose - 4 - earlier feeding at Low Common, SK 3996 ; Mandarin - 2 - 1 pair ; Gadwall - 2 - 1 pair ; Coot - 2+ ; Sand Martin - 2 ; Pied Wagtail - 1 ; Tufted Duck - 7 ; Mallard - 1+ ; Wren - 1 - singing ; Dunnock - 1 - singing ; Blackcap - 1 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing
Ecclesall Woods: Grey Heron - 4+ - 4 possibly 5 occupied nests with young calling from at least two. ; Stock Dove - 7+ - At least seven singing/display flighting during a 2.5 kilometre walk. ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - Yaffling.
Elsecar Res: Mallard - 8 - Female with 7 fresh ducklings ; Teal - 2 - pair ; Great Crested Grebe - 10 - Pair displaying plus one agitated bird sitting on nest with a Grey Heron standing over it, hopefully just fishing. ; Swallow - 1 ; Grey Heron - 2
Hollin Bank: Pied Flycatcher - 1 - Male ;
Lodge Moor: Other Species - 1 - Wood mouse collecting bits under the feeder ;
Markham Vale: Willow Warbler - 10 ; Linnet - 4 ; Blackcap - 3 ; Chiffchaff - 5 ; Buzzard - 2
Millhouses Park: Mandarin - 4 - 2 pairs ; Song Thrush - 1
Morley Pond: Great Crested Grebe - 4 ; Cormorant - 1 ; Mallard - 14+ - inc, family party, female with 13 recently fledged chicks ; Tufted Duck - 21 ; Mute Swan - 2 - resident pair, adult o nest
Orgreave Lakes: Willow Warbler - 7 - Audible from track around the lakes. ; Blackcap - 2 - singing males 1 between the bridges and 1 along the river. ; Whitethroat - 3 - Singing males. ; Sedge Warbler - 1 - Singing male. ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - calling. ; Yellow Wagtail - 2 - Both high north. None seen on the ground between 08.30 and 14.30 ; Pied Wagtail - 2 - no other Alba wagtails seen between 08.30 and 14.30. ; Kestrel - 2 - Including a very tame bird. ;
, Common Sandpiper - 4 - On the small lake. ; Oystercatcher - 1 ; Lapwing - 6 ; Redshank - 2 - seen displaying. ; Bar-tailed Godwit - 1 ; 
, Bar-tailed Godwit - 1 - Second photo ; 
, Common Sandpiper - 2 - At least 2 ; Yellow Wagtail - 4 - On north shore. ; Pied Wagtail - 8 - Alba race (White Wagtail) on north shore with Yellow Wagtails. ; Wheatear - 1 - Female on building site by north shore. ; Whitethroat - 1 - Male singing ; Barn Owl - 1 - Hunting along tip at 06:30 Poolsbrook Marsh: Cetti's Warbler - 2 ; Reed Warbler - 2 ; Willow Warbler - 11
Redmires Res: Greylag Goose - 30 - c. in fields ; Canada Goose - 10 - c. ; Mallard - 8 ; Tufted Duck - 4 ; Lapwing - 4 - on Middle Res ; Common Sandpiper - 6 ; Dunlin - 1 - on Middle Res ; Merlin - 1 - flew N at 06:50 hrs ; Yellow Wagtail - 1 - flew N calling at 07:05 hrs ; Willow Warbler - 38 - singing around reservoir perimeter ; Chiffchaff - 5 - singing ; Cuckoo - 1 - singing from Fairthorn Clough - my earliest ever arrival here ; Blackcap - 1 - male singing - earlier arrival than usual here ; Siskin - 2 - over Top Res ; Crossbill - 13 - flew NE from Top Reservoir ; Crossbill - 8 - Low W late afternoon
Scholes Ground: Buzzard - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Robin - 1 - singing ; Blue Tit - 1+ ; Corvid - 50+ - mainly Carrion Crow with Jackdaw
Stanage Edge, below: Redstart - 1 - Singing male ;
, Red Kite - 1 - Over W ; Reed Bunting - 2 - Males ; Carrion Crow - 2 - Pair at occupied nest in conifer Stanage Plantation: Willow Warbler - 6 - Singing ; Chiffchaff - 1 - Singing