Recent news
06 April 2025
Birleyhay: Grey Heron - 1 ; Canada Goose - 2Broomhead Farm: Swallow - 2
Broomhead Moor: Golden Plover - 2 ; Ring Ouzel - 1 male
Coal Aston Airfield: Swallow - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 2 - Singing ; Skylark - 1 ; Buzzard - 2
Cowell Flat: Snipe - 4
Dog Kennel Pond: Great Crested Grebe - 5 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Greylag Goose - 20 ; Canada Goose - 1 ; Mallard - 10+ ; Moorhen - 1 ; Coot - 2+ ; Black-headed Gull - 3+ ; Sand Martin - 4+ - active around usual breeding site, under arches at west end of lake ; Swallow - 1
Dukes Road: Raven - 2
Frith Wood, Dronfield: Chiffchaff - 2 - Singing ; Nuthatch - 3 - 3 individuals heard ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1
Jordanthorpe: Kestrel - 1
Moss Valley, upper: Skylark - 2 ; Other Species - ? - Peacock, Small Tortoiseshell & Orange Tip butterflies
New Stubbin colliery/tip: Chiffchaff - 4 - singing ; Blackcap - 2 - singing ; Red-legged Partridge - 1 - calling ; Cormorant - 3 - inc 2 adults, W ; Yellowhammer - 4 - all males, 2 singing ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - calling ; Sand Martin - 2 - N @ 0801hrs ; Grey Heron - 1 - W/SW ; Swallow - 1 - N @ 0808hrs ; Meadow Pipit - 1 - N ; Redwing - 1 - NE ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing ; Jay - 2 - over from NE & dropped in ; Linnet - 2 - singles, N ; Chaffinch - 2 - singing ; Herring Gull - 3 - adult S, 2 2cy N ; Carrion Crow - 2 - pair still with active nest ; Skylark - 2 - 1 singing
New Stubbin; Back Lane: Lapwing - 4 - on adjacent set-aside ; Red-legged Partridge - 5 - on adjacent set-aside ; Pheasant - 11 - 4 cocks, 7 hens, on adjacent set-aside
Northern General Hospital: Buzzard - 1 - display flighting over wood ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - soaring ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 1 ; Linnet - 1 - over low calling ; Mistle Thrush - 1 - singing ; Nuthatch - 2 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Greenfinch - 1 - singing ; Goldfinch - 3 - singing ; Ring-necked Parakeet - 4 - 2 pairs visiting nest-holes c.80 metres apart ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Jay - 1
Oughtibridge / Birkswood: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - calling from entrance to nest hole. ; Nuthatch - 1 - entering nest hole. ; Treecreeper - 2 - pair nest building.
Owler Car Lane: Grey Heron - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 1 - Singing ; Buzzard - 4 - 2 in air on either side of lane. 1 male displaying ; Chiffchaff - 1 - Singing
Povey Farm: Carrion Crow - c84 - On & around ploughed field ; Swallow - 1
Ravenfield Park: Canada Goose - 2 - Pair with nest on island in large pond. ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Mallard - 2 - Males. ; Tawny Owl - 1 - Sat on top of Fir Tree. Good views from path. ; Chiffchaff - 3 - Singing. ; Blackcap - 2 - Singing Males.
Rawmarsh: Common Buzzard - 1 - W over High Street @ 1110hrs ; Swallow - 1 - E over High Street @ 1100hrs
Rawmarsh Cemetery: Nuthatch - 1 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing
Rother Valley CP: Mute Swan - 46 ; Whooper Swan - 25 - present on main lake ;
, Common Scoter - 1 - male arrived from SW at 08:35 hrs and dropped into nature reserve lake - abstract image attached! ; 
, Goldeneye - 3 - 1m + 2f ; Tufted Duck - 25 - c. ; Shoveler - 3 ; Great Crested Grebe - 8 ; Cormorant - 9 ; Little Egret - 3 ; Grey Heron - 2 ; Little Ringed Plover - 3 - 2 on nature reserve lake + 1 flew N over main lake ; Oystercatcher - 4 ; Common Buzzard - 2 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 2 - flew E ; Song Thrush - 4 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 34 - singing ; Willow Warbler - 3 - singing ; Blackcap - 4 - singing ; Herring Gull - 25 - c. ; Sand Martin - 12