Recent news
02 April 2025
Agden Res: Whooper Swan - 1Burbage Valley: Ring Ouzel - 7 - A pair plus second male at Burbage rocks, one of the males colour ringed; a pair at Higger Tor; two males singing at Carl Wark
Chatsworth Park: Mandarin - 10 - 5 pairs ; Coot - 5 - 5 pairs ; Moorhen - 1 ; Canada Goose - 35 ; Greylag Goose - 5 ; Goosander - 2 - A pair
Ewden Valley: Whooper Swan - 8 - Flying west. ;
Northern General Hospital: Ring-necked Parakeet - 3 ; Mistle Thrush - 1 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Blackcap - 1 - singing ; Nuthatch - 1 - singing ; Stock Dove - 2 - one investigating potential nesthole ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - barrelling display flight ; Buzzard - 1 - soaring low over ; Long-tailed Tit - 1 ; House Sparrow - 3
Orgreave Lakes: Green Sandpiper - 1 - Briefly on north shore at 07:10, flew north.
Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Blackcap - 1 - singing
Ringinglow: Meadow Pipit - 5 - feeding on ground
Rocher End: Fieldfare - c30 ; Snipe - 2
Silverwood Lagoon: Shoveler - 3 - all females ; Snipe - 1
Strines Res: Whooper Swan - 47 - Still present at 1545
Tankersley: Red Kite - 1
Thrybergh CP: Mute Swan - 55 ; Tufted Duck - 35 ; Shoveler - 3 ;
, Gadwall - 6 ; Oystercatcher - 1 ; Great Crested Grebe - 6 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Skylark - 6+ ; Swallow - 1 ; Sand Martin - 3 ; Blackcap - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 10+ ; Lesser Redpoll - 4 ; Linnet - 20+ ; Pochard - 1 - female ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - female ; Buzzard - 2 Wharncliffe Chase: Buzzard - 4-5 - Incl pair displaying ; Kestrel - 2 ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; Canada Goose - 2 - Pair near res. ; Stonechat - 5 - Incl. 3 singing males ; Reed Bunting - 3 - 2 males seemingly disputing territory ; Skylark - 5+ - Singing ; Swallow - 1 - Adult north 16.00 ; Curlew - 2 - Pair ; Meadow Pipit - 15+ - Incl. song/display ; Mistle Thrush - 3 ; Fieldfare - c60 ; Redwing - 1 - With FF ; Pied Wagtail - 1 - White Wagtail ;
Woodhouse Washlands: Little Egret - 15 - At dawn. ;
01 April 2025
Barlow Common: Tree Sparrow - 6 ; Yellowhammer - 4+ ; Buzzard - 3Ecclesfield: Chiffchaff - 1 - Singing in garden, Cross Hill ; Blackcap - 1 - Singing in garden ; Buzzard - 1 - Mobbed by Kestrel. Flew south. ; Kestrel - 1 - Male mobbing Buzzard. ; Kestrel - 2 - Pair displaying and calling over Cross Hill garden. ; Chiffchaff - 1 - Singing, Cross Hill
Ecclesfield Dam: Grey Heron - 1 - Usual abberent white individual.
Elsecar Res: Barn Owl - 1 - Flew from fields into woods at western neck at 07:40 ; Great Crested Grebe - 12 - at least one sitting ; Blackcap - 1 - singing ; Mute Swan - 2 - juveniles ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Song Thrush - 2
Millhouses Park: Grey Wagtail - 1
Northern General Hospital: Ring-necked Parakeet - 6 - including birds visiting/ prospecting 2 nest sites (holes in mature trees) ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Greenfinch - 1 - singing ; Wren - 6 - singing ; Robin - 3 - singing ; Dunnock - 1 - singing ; Goldfinch - 2 - singing ; Stock Dove - 2 ; Feral Pigeon - 18 - including pair visiting likely nest site ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - soaring over
Orgreave Lakes: Pied Wagtail - 4 - inc one White Wagtail ;
Ridge Upper Moor: Peregrine - 1 - Male
River Don Effingham road: Goosander - 8 - 4 males
Silverwood Lagoon: Great Crested Grebe - 2 ; Little Grebe - 6+ ; Little Ringed Plover - 1 - calling bird circled then north at 09.10 ; Sand Martin - 1 ; Cetti's Warbler - 1 - singing ; Blackcap - 2 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 10+ - singing
Stanage Edge, below: Ring Ouzel - 1 - Ringed male feeding below the trig point
Tankersley - Black Lane: Little Ringed Plover - 3 ; Grey Heron - 2