Recent news
03 April 2025
Barlow: Mandarin - 4 - 2 pairs ; Chiffchaff - 2 ; Buzzard - 1 ; Goldfinch - c. 5 ; Long-tailed Tit - 1 ; Greylag Goose - 4 ; Mute Swan - 1 ; Tufted Duck - 9 - 5 m, 4 fBroomhead Res: Whooper Swan - 8 - flew west up the Beck at 08:40. ;
Dog Kennel Pond: Great Crested Grebe - 8 ; Greylag Goose - 14 - in adj field S side ; Tufted Duck - 4 ; Coot - 5
Ecclesfield: Buzzard - 2 - Circling High St and being mobbed by LBBG. ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 8 - Adults calling and flying East.
Fox House: Swallow - 1 - Went from Stoney Ridge across A625 towards Parson House/Burbage
High Bradfield: Fieldfare - 74 ;
, Fieldfare - 74 - second Photo ; 
Middleton Moor: Pintail - 1 ; Shoveler - 1 - Male ; Little Grebe - 2 ; Red Kite - 1
Millhouses Park: Song Thrush - 1 ; Mandarin - 2 ; Mallard - 1 - male ; Moorhen - 1
Morley Pond: Great Crested Grebe - 6 ; Greylag Goose - 7+ - some over to Dog Kennel ; Mandarin - 1 - male over to Dog Kennel ; Gadwall - 2 - 1 pair ; Tufted Duck - 31 - 8 female ; Mute Swan - 2 - resident pair, Y 035 on nest, Y 316 preening and bathing at E end of lake ; Coot - 9 - inc pair nesting, SK 402965
Northern General Hospital: Ring-necked Parakeet - 10 - 6 on holey tree in wood opposite clock tower and 4 in wood further north ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Blackcap - 1 - singing ; Nuthatch - 1 - singing ; House Sparrow - 4 - clock tower ; Stock Dove - 4 - 2 pairs displaying and singing
Strines Res: Whooper Swan - 48 - at 12.30
Thrybergh CP: Mute Swan - 62 ; Tufted Duck - 28 ; Gadwall - 10 ; Oystercatcher - 1 ; Common Sandpiper - 1 ;
, Grey Heron - 1 ; Great Crested Grebe - 7 ; 
, Herring Gull - 20+ ; Black-headed Gull - 150 ; Skylark - 6+ ; Grey Partridge - 1 ; Sand Martin - 3 ; Blackcap - 4 ; Buzzard - 3 ; Jay - 1 ; Meadow Pipit - 4 ; Linnet - 10+ ; 
, Goldfinch - 6 ; Reed Bunting - 3 Walkley garden: Woodpigeon - 14 - Feeding on Ash buds at dusk nightly
White Lee Moor: Crossbill - 16 - 16 seen well. inc 8 juvs. ;
, Crossbill - 16 - Photo of Juv. ; 