Recent news
04 May 2024
Bar Brook Valley: Whinchat - 3 ; Stonechat - 3 ; Reed Bunting - 1 ; Swallow - 1 ; Kestrel - 2Barbrook Plantation: Redstart - 4 - Males singing ; Tree Pipit - 3 ; Raven - 2 ; Willow Warbler - 4
Chapeltown: Swift - 1 - Screaming over area 8am
Ecclesall: Red Kite - 1 - flew low to the N
Endcliffe Park: Dipper - 2 - visiting nest site, taking out faecal sac ; Grey Wagtail - 2 - Possibly visiting nest site ; Grey Heron - 1
Firsby Res: Moorhen - 1 - Nest with eggs ; Mute Swan - 2 - No nesting activity adding weight to theory they are both Male. ; Mallard - 1 ; Gadwall - 1 - Nervous Male on main Res. ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Buzzard - 1 - Low through site. ; Cetti's Warbler - 1 - Singing very close to newly built cottage. ; Reed Warbler - 1 - Singing in stream Reed bed. Possibly 2. ; Blackcap - 3+ - Singing Males. ; Whitethroat - 2 - Singing. ; Willow Warbler - 2 ; Chiffchaff - 3 ; Spotted Flycatcher - 1 - Flycatching in undergrowth near wooden bridge. ; Bullfinch - 4 - 2 pairs.
Forge Dam: Tufted Duck - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Rook - 2 - On nest where there used to be a Rookery
Handsworth, Asda: Waxwing - 36 ;
, Waxwing - 36 - Second Photo. ; 
Orgreave Lakes: Yellow Wagtail - 1 ; Goosander - 2 - males ; Pochard - 2 - males ; Redshank - 2 ; Oystercatcher - 2 ; Common Sandpiper - 5 ;
, Sand Martin - c50 - lots of these hatching ; Swift - c20 ; Common Sandpiper - 6 - Early morning. ; Ringed Plover - 1 - Small dark mantle bird indicating tundrae race. ; Common Tern - 1 ; Hobby - 1 Redmires Res: Greylag Goose - 60 - including 7 broods with a total of 28 young (2,6,5,5,5,3,2) on Top Res ; Tufted Duck - 2 ; Dunlin - 7 - ads in summer plumage ; Ringed Plover - 3 - ads with Dunlin - race hiaticula ; Common Sandpiper - 6 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 4 ; Stonechat - 1 ; Grasshopper Warbler - 2 - reeling on south side of Middle Res ; Sedge Warbler - 1 - singing on south side of Middle Res ; Willow Warbler - 20 - c. ; Swallow - 6 ; Cuckoo - 1 - calling
Rivelin Dams: Grey Heron - 1 - ad sat in conifers ; Cormorant - 1 - sub-ad ; Common Sandpiper - 2 - pair on overflow ; Lesser Redpoll - 1 - male song flighting by Bottom Res
Shepherd Wheel: Mallard - 1+ - mother & 5 ducklings
Silverwood Lagoon: Great Crested Grebe - 1+ ; Gadwall - 1pr ; Reed Warbler - 5 - singing ; Sedge Warbler - 1 - singing ; Cetti's Warbler - 1 - singing constantly this morning ; Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - singing in Hollings Lane meadows ; Yellowhammer - 1 - singing in same area as L W/throat ; Whitethroat - 6 - singing ; Kestrel - 1 ; Common Buzzard - 1
Tankersley: Lapwing - 7 - 4 adults + 3 fledglings
Tankersley - Black Lane: Common Sandpiper - 3 ; Yellow Wagtail - 1
Whitwell Moor: Whitethroat - 1 - Singing ; Mistle Thrush - 2 - One carrying food ; Song Thrush - 3 ; Goldcrest - 3
Wortley: Swallow - 4 - North ; Buzzard - 2 - Pair circling ; Long-tailed Tit - 2 - Pair nest building
Wyming Brook: Wood Warbler - 2 ; Treecreeper - 1 ; Siskin - 1 ; Wood Warbler - 2 - singing ; Siskin - 1 - male displaying