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28 March 2024

Hammond's Field: Ring Ouzel - 1 - ad female on wall at 07:40 hrs
Orgreave Lakes: Marsh Harrier - 1 - Cream-crown flew south between 09:35 and 09:40.
Redmires Middle Res: Tufted Duck - 5 - 2 pairs + a single male ; Moorhen - 2
Redmires Res: Canada Goose - 35 - c. ; Greylag Goose - 30 - c. ; Pied Wagtail - 4 ; Chiffchaff - 1 - in willows - first back here for me
Redmires Top Res: Common Scoter - 4 - 2 pairs present at 07:00 hrs ; Siskin - 1 - male displaying
Soughley Lane, Redmires: Oystercatcher - 2 - in fields

27 March 2024

Barlow Common: Yellowhammer - 1 ; Skylark - 2 ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; Buzzard - 1 ; Pheasant - 1 ; Goldfinch - 3 ; Pied Wagtail - 1
Catcliffe Flash: Teal - 16 ; Shoveler - 7 - 5m, 2f ; Tufted Duck - 21
Fulwood garden: Brambling - 7 - 5m, 2f at feeders ; Siskin - 9 - at feeders ; Chaffinch - 4 ; Goldfinch - 3 ; Bullfinch - 2 - pair ; Greenfinch - 1
Hassop: Red Kite - 1 - drifting away from Hassop station towards Thornbridge at 10:07
Howbrook Dam: Cormorant - 12 - 08:00
Kimberworth Park: Greenfinch - 1 - singing from Roughwood Way, adj Forty Martyrs ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - possible display flight over Grey Hill ; Buzzard - 1 - over Shepherd's Plantation
Longshaw: Nuthatch - 1 ; Treecreeper - 2 ; View Picture, Treecreeper - 2 - 2nd photo ; View Picture, Lesser Redpoll - 1 - Feeders ; View Picture, Siskin - 4 ; View Picture, Blue Tit - 6+ ; View Picture, Greenfinch - 1 ; View Picture, Curlew - 1
Orgreave Lakes: Wheatear - 3 - 2m, one singing, 1f ; Blackcap - 1 - male giving subsong Washfield Lane ; Redshank - 2 ; Oystercatcher - 2 ; Sand Martin - 4 ; Swallow - 1 ; Gadwall - 18 ; Goldeneye - 6 ; Shoveler - 2
Peat Pits: Wheatear - 4 - 3m, 1f ; Golden Plover - 160 - at least ; Meadow Pipit - 6 ; Skylark - 10 - singing and courtship chasing in pairs; no flock ; Curlew - 3 - display ; Lapwing - 25 - much display and several birds apparently sitting on nests ; Kestrel - 1 ; Buzzard - 1
Sharrow: Jackdaw - 2 - Nest material being taken into chimney
Sheffield Centre: Herring Gull - 2 - Western end of Campo Lane - pair calling while circling low over rooftops. ; Blue Tit - 1 - Townhead Street - singing
Treeton Dyke: Mute Swan - 7 - pair at nest on NE end, 4 imms, and another adult. ; Linnet - 2 ; Chiffchaff - 3
Victoria Quays: Waxwing - 10+ - 10+ in trees between canal and parkway
Wharncliffe Chase: Magpie - 1 - Attending nest
Wortley: Red Kite - 1 - 12.30 ; Buzzard - 3