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09 April 2025
Bamford Edge: Ring Ouzel - 5 - All Males. ;
, Ring Ouzel - 5 - Another photo. ; 
, Raven - 2 ; Stock Dove - 4 - Two pairs displaying and nest prospecting on the cliffs. Bradfield Dale: Redstart - 1 - male
Brownhills Lane: Curlew - 2 - pair in roadside fields ;
Canyards: Ring Ouzel - 1 - male in field next to Penistone Road
Dog Kennel Pond: Goldfinch - 1+ ; Reed Bunting - 1 - female, in and around shrubs on N side ; Great Crested Grebe - 8 ; Greylag Goose - 6+ ; Gadwall - 2 - pair, mating ; Mallard - 1+ ; Tufted Duck - 7 ; Coot - 2+ ; Moorhen - 1 ; Sand Martin - 1+ ; Swallow - 1 ; Black Redstart - 1 - prob fem/imm first appeared on top of wall along with several Goldfinch.then flitting in and out of trees and occasionally onto wooden fence ; Song Thrush - 1+ - adult carrying food to suspected nest in rhododendron
Ecclesfield: Willow Warbler - 1 - Feeding in obs garden, Cross Hill
Hallam Moor: Golden Plover - 12 ; Curlew - 6 - displaying ; Red Grouse - 5 ; Snipe - 1 - chipping ; Skylark - 4 - singing ; Meadow Pipit - 7
Langsett Res: Willow Warbler - 2 - singing
Low Moor, Upper Midhope: Oystercatcher - 2
Midhope Res: Willow Warbler - 3 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 2 - singing
R Sheaf, Duchess Rd: Sand Martin - 3+ - Flying over traditional nest site. Not seen to enter holes today. ; Wren - 2 - Singing males ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Blackbird - 1 - Feeding on riverside rubble ; Feral Pigeon - 2+ - Mating pair
Redmires Res: Marsh Harrier - 1 - cream-crown being mobbed by corvids mid-morning and interacting with a Buzzard ; Buzzard - 2 ; Crossbill - 1+ - 1 seen over calling and at least one more heard over later ; Common Sandpiper - 1 - top res ; Swallow - 1 ; Willow Warbler - 2 - singing by top res
Redmires Top Res: Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Swallow - 1
Redmires, Hammond's Field: Golden Plover - 1 - In field with lapwings
Tankersley - Black Lane: Green Woodpecker - 1 ; Swallow - 2 - Present ; Fieldfare - 4 - Through ; Sand Martin - 2 - Through
Thrybergh CP: Little Ringed Plover - 2 - 2 dropped in on front ; Sand Martin - 50+ ; Kestrel - 1 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Mute Swan - 60 ; Tufted Duck - c40 ; Gadwall - 6 ; Great Crested Grebe - 4 ; Grey Heron - 2 ; Oystercatcher - 1 ; Snipe - 1 ; Skylark - 6+ ; Pied Wagtail - 2 ; Yellow Wagtail - 1 ; Sand Martin - 15 ; House Martin - 3 - with Swallows ;
, Swallow - 18 ; Chiffchaff - 8+ ; Willow Warbler - 2 ; Blackcap - 6 ; Tawny Owl - 2 - 2 calling ; Buzzard - 2 ; Song Thrush - 5 ; Reed Bunting - 4 Ughill Moors: Golden Plover - c80 ; Buzzard - 2 ; Raven - 2
Upper Midhope: Swallow - 1 - Adult on wires
Wharncliffe Heath NR: Pied Flycatcher - 1 - Singing