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23 April 2024

Canklow Woods: Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - singing ; Whitethroat - 1 - singing
Langsett Res: Common Sandpiper - 2 - New arrivals - stood preening on overflow wall 08:00
Upper Midhope: Fieldfare - 7

22 April 2024

Barnside Moor: Stonechat - 1 - Female ; Curlew - 1
Elsecar Res: Swallow - 8 ; Great Crested Grebe - 2 ; Coot - 4 - Incl. a pair attending nest with one adult sitting. ; Gadwall - 2 - Pair
Langsett Res: Oystercatcher - 4 - Much calling plus one undertaking a display type flight.
Low Moor, Upper Midhope: Snipe - 7 - c7; much chipping and display flights. ; Skylark - 1 - Singing ; Lapwing - c15 - incl. 3 fledglings feeding, many still sitting
Meersbrook: Swift - 1 - below roof top level at Upper Valley Road, presumably nest prospecting on a surprisingly early date (bred on street last year)
Midhope Res: Oystercatcher - 2 - Pair ; Swallow - 2 ; Willow Warbler - 5+ - Singing ; Chiffchaff - 1 - Singing ; Crossbill - 1+ ; Song Thrush - 4 - Singing
Orgreave Lakes: Pintail - 2 - Pair briefly at 18:00, later on Woodhouse Washlands. ; Yellow Wagtail - 7+ ; View Picture, Wheatear - 5+ ; View Picture, Sand Martin - c70 ; View Picture, Swallow - c40 ; House Martin - c20 ; Swift - 12 - Together, but lots of coming and going. ; Shoveler - 3 - 2 males ; View Picture, Pochard - 1 - male. ; Oystercatcher - 2 ; Redshank - 2 ; View Picture, Little Ringed Plover - 1 ; Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Arctic Tern - 5 ; View Picture, BLACK-NECKED GREBE - 2 ; View Picture, Common Tern - 1 - single with the Arctics ; View Picture, Arctic Tern - 33 - The remaining 2 Arctics, with the Common on the left. ; View Picture, Arctic Tern - 33 - 16:10-16:40,feeding and landing on tern rail in rain. Down to 9 as weather improved by 18:00, a further 6 left NE, leaving 2 Arctics and a single Common by 19:00 ; View Picture, Pintail - 2 - pair in from S around 6pm, landed on main lake and headed back S shortly after. ; View Picture, Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 6 - inc at least 3 White Wagtails in fenced off area. ; Little Egret - 1 ; Snipe - 1 - over calling ; BLACK-NECKED GREBE - 2 ; Arctic Tern - 2 - At 07:15, then left East. ; Yellow Wagtail - 1 ; Wheatear - 3 ; Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Goldeneye - 1
Tankersley - Black Lane: Gadwall - 18 - 9 pairs - 19.45 ; Coot - 8 - Increased numbers ; Gadwall - 11 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; Skylark - 1 - Singing ; Yellowhammer - 1 - Male ; Lapwing - 1 ; Stock Dove - 1 ; Canada Goose - 2 - Pair
Tankersley - opp. Evri: Lapwing - 9 - incl. 4 fledglings feeding independently
Thrybergh CP: Sand Martin - c50 ; Swallow - 30 ; House Martin - 1 ; Bullfinch - 2 ; Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Oystercatcher - 1 ; Lapwing - 2
Upper Midhope: Swallow - 1 - Sat on wires, assumed back on territory
Woodhouse Washlands: Pintail - 2 - Pair (earlier at Orgreave) in at 18:15. ; Grey Partridge - 2 ; Yellow Wagtail - 7 - Early evening. ; Pied Wagtail - 15 ; Shoveler - 2 ; Little Egret - 1