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26 April 2024

Aldwarke; Liberty Steels: Peregrine - 1 - adult male, on chimney & hunting pigeons ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - N
Barlow Common: Yellowhammer - 2 ; Buzzard - 1+ - 1-2 ; Linnet - 7 - max ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; Greenfinch - 1 ; Goldfinch - 2
Ecclesfield: Buzzard - 2 - Pair circling together and interacting Cross Hill
Hudson's Rough: Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - singing from within brambles, NW of f/p
Orgreave Lakes: Cetti's Warbler - 1 ; Wheatear - 1 ; View Picture, Linnet - 10+ ; View Picture, Lesser Whitethroat - 1 ; Greenshank - 1 ; Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Kestrel - 2 - Pair, male pinned down female on her back for 10 minutes. ; Willow Warbler - 10+ - Singing ; Little Egret - 3 ; Reed Bunting - 4 - 1 singing ; Whitethroat - 3-4 - Singing ; Blackcap - 4 - Singing ; Pied Wagtail - 2 ; Swallow - 1 ; Skylark - 10+ ; Linnet - 4 - 2 pairs
Parkgate: Common Buzzard - 1 - soaring over mobbed by HGs ; Herring Gull - 3 - circling over, mobbing Buzzard
Parkgate; 'Banana' plantation: Blackcap - 1 - singing ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Common Buzzard - 1 - low to NW ; Sand Martin - 6 - all N/NE, very low ; Cormorant - 1 - imm, N @0835hrs ; House Martin - 1 - N ; Swallow - 5 - all singles, passing very low; 4 N/NE; 1 S ; Coal Tit - 1 - carrying nest material ; Mediterranean Gull - 2 - adults or near adults, N/NE together @ 0819hrs
R Rother, Bolehill.: Greylag Goose - 19 ; View Picture, Goosander - 1 - Injured female. Broken right wing. Damaged beak and puncture wounds to neck and face. ; View Picture
Roundwood Golf course: Song Thrush - 2 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - singing ; Pheasant - 1 - crowing cock ; Coal Tit - 1 - in conifers ; House Martin - 1 - N ; Chaffinch - 2 - singing ; Oystercatcher - 2 - high to N/NE calling @ 0850hrs
Silverwood Lagoon: Reed Warbler - 4 - a couple more singing birds in now ; Cetti's Warbler - 1 - singing on and off ; Swallow - 5 - a few singles north ; Great Crested Grebe - 1 ; Kestrel - 1
Stanage Edge, below: Willow Warbler - 23 - All sightings from Jubilee 2 and Hollin Bank woodlands ; Chaffinch - 2 ; Robin - 15 ; Wren - 5 ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 2 ; Blackbird - 5 ; Song Thrush - 2 ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Curlew - 2 - Over moors ; Meadow Pipit - 1 ; Stonechat - 1 - On long causeway ; Reed Bunting - 1
Tankersley - Black Lane: Coot - 10 - One pair with nest fully constructed ; Swallow - 10 ; House Martin - 3 ; Gadwall - 10 - 5 pairs
Tankersley - opp. Evri: Lapwing - 11 - 6 adults + 5 fledglings ; Swallow - 1
Thrybergh CP: Mute Swan - 33 ; GREAT WHITE EGRET - 3 - west 10:30 ; View Picture, Sand Martin - c200 ; Swallow - c100 ; House Martin - 10 ; Swift - 5 ; Whitethroat - 3 ; Lesser Whitethroat - 1 ; Blackcap - 5 ; Willow Warbler - 8 ; Chiffchaff - 4 ; Yellow Wagtail - 2 ; Reed Bunting - 8+
Thrybergh; Bank Wood: Common Buzzard - 1 - soaring over
Treeton Triangle Pond: Reed Warbler - 2+
Whirlow Hall Farm: Swallow - 1 - Flying to NE
Whiston Meadows: Lesser Whitethroat - 2