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17 May 2012
Beighton Marsh NR: Willow Warbler - 1 ; Reed Bunting - 2 ; Sedge Warbler - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 2Blackburn Meadows NR: Song Thrush - 2 ; Long-tailed Tit - 8 ; Whitethroat - 4 ; Reed Warbler - 2 ; Swift - 12 ; Chiffchaff - 3 ; Wren - 1 - at nest
Canklow Woods: Swift - 300+ - feeding above the canopy
Elsecar Res: Grasshopper Warbler - 1
Forgemasters Tip: Swift - 200+ - Buzzard - 1; Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - reeling ; Garden Warbler - 1
Nether Edge: Swift - 10+ ; House Martin - 8 - 4-5 nests
Orgreave Lakes: Common Sandpiper - 2 - ; Ringed Plover - 4; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1
Padley Chapel: Goldcrest - 1 ; Wood Warbler - 1 ; Redstart - 1 ; Pied Flycatcher - 1 - female ; Blackcap - 1 ; Bullfinch - 2 ; Chiffchaff - 1
Padley Gorge: Tree Pipit - 1 ; Pied Flycatcher - 1 - male ; Willow Warbler - 2 ; Cuckoo - 2 - probable pair ; Curlew - 1 ; Mandarin - 2 - pair wandering through the trees
Sheffield University: Peregrine - 2 - male carried partially eaten Woodpigeon to nest site, where female took it and moved into nestbox with it.
Treeton Dyke: Mute Swan - 2 - Y238 + Y235 red ring with 7 young.
16 May 2012
Agden Res: Swallow - 5+ ;
, Tawny Owl - 1 - calling at 0615 ; Blackcap - 1 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 2 - nesting, feeding about ever 5 mins ; Cuckoo - 2 Barbrook Bridge: Lapwing - 1
Barbrook Plantation: Common Buzzard - 1 - over ; Pied Flycatcher - 1 - Male ; Whinchat - 2 ; Stonechat - 2 - pair ; Spotted Flycatcher - 3 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Blackcap - 1 ; Redstart - 3 ; Tree Pipit - 4
Barbrook Res: Wheatear - 3 - 2 male, 1 female ;
, Canada Goose - 2 ; Wheatear - 3 ; Barbrook Valley: Reed Bunting - 3 - males ; Whinchat - 3 - 2 males & 1 female ; Meadow Pipit - 10+ ; Skylark - 2 - singing ; Buzzard - 1
Blacka Moor: Whitethroat - 2
Blackburn Meadows NR: Lesser Whitethroat - 1 ; Greenfinch - 4 ; Goldfinch - 4 ; Whitethroat - 8 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Reed Warbler - 2
Burbage Edge: Reed Bunting - 1 ; Merlin - 1 - Harried by Mistle Thrush.
Canklow Woods: Swift - 120+ - feeding over canopy ; Hobby - 1 - harrasing flock of 30 plus swifts before flying north at 1030 ; Common Buzzard - 3 - 3 in the air together at 1330
Centenary Riverside: Heron - 1 ; Tufted Duck - 2 - a pair ; Whitethroat - 1
Crookesmoor: Great Tit - 1+ - Adult + young calling from nest
Firsby Res: Osprey - 1 - 1100; flying up from reservoir and off to north with fish; resighted at 12.00 and 16.00 tree perching nearby, close to A630
Hillsborough: House Martin - 1
Lawrence Field: Cuckoo - 1 - Calling
Longshaw: Cuckoo - 1
Moscar House: Whinchat - 4 - 2 male & 2 female ; Reed Bunting - 2 - males singing ; Wheatear - 2 - 1 male & 1 female
Orgreave Lakes: Dunlin - 3 ; Ringed Plover - 5 ; Whimbrel - 1 - On 'plain' at 7:35 ; Hobby - 1 - flew towards Treeton Dyke at 07:15 ; Wheatear - 12 ; Whinchat - 1 - Around small lake with wheatears ; Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - Singing at southern edge of site
Padley: Tawny Owl - 2 ; Pied Flycatcher - 7m 2f ; Treecreeper - 4 ; Grey Wagtail - 3 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 2 - pair feeding young at nest hole. ; Cuckoo - 1 - calling ; Redstart - 3m 2f
Poolsbrook Marsh: Reed Warbler - 14 - inc 10 singing ; Blackcap - 2 - singing ; Garden Warbler - 1 - singing ; Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - reeling ; Sedge Warbler - 2 - singing ; Reed Bunting - 7 - males counted ; Whitethroat - 2 - singing
Porter Clough: Whitethroat - 1 ; Willow Warbler - 1
Ramsley Moor: Willow Warbler - 2 - singing
Ramsley Res: Kestrel - 1
Ravenfield: Red Kite - 1 - Flew over heading in the direction of Thrybergh Res at 5.40pm
Rawmarsh-Haugh Rd: Blackcap - 1 - singing male ; Grey Heron - 1 - briefly on playing field. Flew N ; Pied Wagtail - 2 - pr on playimg field ; Swallow - 17 - N ; Stock Dove - 2 - N ; Starling - 65 - on playing field ; Grey Partridge - 2 - playing field ; Buzzard - 4 - overhead 16.30
Redmires Bottom Res: Stonechat - 1 - 1 male ; Oystercatcher - 5
Redmires conduit: Whitethroat - 1
Redmires Middle Res: Cuckoo - 1 - Calling
Redmires Top Res: Common Sandpiper - 1
Rivelin: Little Owl - 1 - Near Windle House Farm at 2100
Shepherd Wheel: Mandarin - 1 - male at side of dam
Shillito Wood: Yellowhammer - 6
Smithy Wood, nr Chapeltown: Skylark - 1 - singing ; Wheatear - 1 - male ; Lapwing - 5+ - 1 sitting ; Linnet - 2 ; House Martin - 40+ ; Pied Wagtail - 4 ; Ringed Plover - Pair
Soughley Lane, Redmires: Curlew - 2 - In field
Wadsley Common: Yellowhammer - 2
Wharncliffe Chase (north): Stock Dove - 3 west ; Tree Pipit - 2 - singing males ; Ring-necked Parakeet - 1 - 6.30am Flew over res calling before settling in The Heights wood on edge of Chase. New site record. ; Cuckoo - 1 - Flew over "Deepcar Valley" to Chase then proceeded to call at regular intervals. ; Curlew - Pair ; Wheatear - Pair ; Reed Bunting - 5+ - singing males ; Meadow Pipit - 30+ - Several food carrying ; Redstart - 2 - both males, one singing
Wharncliffe Wood: Willow Warbler - 20+ ; Blackcap - 4 - singing males ; Goldcrest - 2 - singing males
Wyming Brook: Spotted Flycatcher - 2+ ; Wood Warbler - 4 - At least four singing males ; Garden Warbler - 1 - Next to Wyming Brook Farm
15 May 2012
Firsby Res: Whitethroat - 3Grenoside: Sparrowhawk - 1 - mobbed by Mistle Thrush
Orgreave Lakes: Garden Warbler - 1 - Singing north of river bridge ; Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Ringed Plover - 9 ; Dunlin - 4 - This evening ; Sanderling - 1 - Still present early morning ; Dunlin - 3 ; Whinchat - 1 - On fresh excavations with 4 Wheatear
Oughtibridge: Dipper - 1 ad + 2 juvs - 2 juvs being fed by adult (2 x orange rings on left leg) which has nested at Oughtibridge bridge since 2009 at least.
Parkgate Canal Basin: Mute Swan - 47 - inc 11 in from E/NE @ 0800hrs
R Don, Rotherham Centre; just N of Chantry Bridge: Grey Wagtail - 3 - one singing from under Chantry Bridge, against another on Nellie Dean's roof ; Sand Martin - 5+ - patrolling river adjacent to site of last year's colony. One seen to enter a hole by a window in Nellie Dean's pub (presumably prospecting), closely followed by a female House Sparrow!
Ravenfield Ponds: Swift - 100+ - Large mobile flock feeding in valley.
Rawmarsh: Canada Goose - 2 - S @ 0745hrs
Totley Moor: Stonechat - 3 ; Cuckoo - 2 ; Meadow Pipit - 4 ; Golden Plover - 1 ; Swallow - 4 ; Swift - 8
Woolley Wood: Long-tailed Tit - c20 ; Treecreeper - 1 ; Nuthatch - 2 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 2
Wyming Brook: Spotted Flycatcher - 1 ; Wood Warbler - 2
14 May 2012
Barbrook Plantation: Spotted Flycatcher - 1 - ; Redstart - 1 - maleBlacka Moor: Tree Pipit - 1 ; Spotted Flycatcher - 1 ; Blackcap - 1 - singing male ; Skylark - 2 ; Swallow - 2 ; Swift - 6 ; Willow Warbler - 4 ; Stonechat - 4 - inc 2 m ; Linnet - 6 - nest matl being gathered by one female ; Whitethroat - 3 - inc 2 singing m ; Reed Bunting - 1 - male singing
General Cemetery, Sharrow: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 2+ - Parent at nest hole, young calling ; Song Thrush - 2 - singing
Gleadless: Goldfinch - 1 - sat on nest
Goodwin Sports Centre, Northumberland Road: Great Tit - 5+ - feeding young in nest in old apple tree trunk near the sports centre
Grenoside: Whitethroat - 2
Hanover Way: Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - Singing from central reservation at 0700 hrs
Middleton Moor: Ringed Plover - 4 ; Dunlin - 7 ; Red Kite - 1 - Drifted through to south at 1440hrs
Orgreave Lakes: Dunlin - 4 - at 13.30 ; Sanderling - 1 - present at 0655hr, still present until 1820hr when left with flock of dunlin/ringed plover having been spooked by a pair of kestrels. ; Dunlin - 7 - 2 at 0655hr, 7 present until 1820hr when left to the north with other waders. ; Ringed Plover - 9 - 7 at 0655hr, 9 at 1820hr (of which 7 left with other waders) ; Oystercatcher - 3 ; Dunlin - 2 ; Ringed Plover - 7 - At least 2 tundrae types present ; Sanderling - 1 - On large lake early morning
Pit-house West: Reed Warbler - 5 ; Willow Warbler - 3 - in song ; Reed Bunting - 2 ; Whitethroat - 2 - in song ; Garden Warbler - 1 - in song
Rawmarsh; St Mary's cemetery: Chiffchaff - 1 - singing male
Rother Valley CP: Mute Swan - 9 ; Canada Goose - 100+ ; Sand Martin - +10 ; House Martin - 3 ; Greylag Goose - 75 + with at least 50 Goslings ;
, Swift - 12 ; Swallow - 5+ ; Great Crested Grebe - 4 ; Gadwall - 2 Sharrow: Chiffchaff - 1 - calling from Grange Crescent
Strawberry Lea: Wheatear - 12+ - 7f, 5m
Wharncliffe Chase (north): Reed Bunting - 5 - inc 2 singing and 1 pair ; Mistle Thrush - 2 ; Wheatear - 1 ; Cuckoo - 1 - singing briefly ; Tree Pipit - 1 - singing ; Swift - 1 ; Skylark - 6 - 5 singing ; Curlew - 1 ; Nuthatch - 1 - Pales Wood ; Chaffinch - 9 - 3 singing ; Meadow Pipit - 4 ; Treecreeper - 1 - Pales Wood ; Pied Wagtail - 1 ; Goldcrest - 1 - singing, Pales Wood
Wharncliffe Chase (south): Curlew - 1 - Hallfield Head Farm ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - by Wharncliffe Farm ; Chaffinch - 9 - 5 singing ; Blackcap - 1 - singing, Hollow Plantation ; Goldcrest - 1 - singing, Hollow Plantation ; Swallow - 7+ ; Whitethroat - 1 - singing, near Hallfield Head Farm ; Meadow Pipit - 23+ ; Linnet - 14+ ; Skylark - 6+ - inc 4+ singing ; Swift - 2 ; Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - reeling from rushy area by Hollow Plantation ; Reed Bunting - 5 - inc 3 singing ; Mistle Thrush - 2 ; Lapwing - 2 ; Wheatear - 7+ ; Redstart - 1 - by Wharncliffe Farm ; Willow Warbler - 12+ - singing
Wharncliffe Wood: Blackcap - 2 - singing ; Goldcrest - 3 - singing ; Garden Warbler - 1 - singing ; Tree Pipit - 2 - singing ; Chaffinch - 12 - inc 10 singing and a F collecting nest material ; Willow Warbler - 13 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 4 - singing
Wheata Wood/Prior Royd: Garden Warbler - 1 - singing ; Goldcrest - 2 - singing ; Blackcap - 3 - singing ; Chaffinch - 14 - inc 11 singing ; Song Thrush - 4 - 2 singing ; Swallow - 3 ; Willow Warbler - 3 - singing ; Coal Tit - 3 - 1 singing + pair courtship feeding ; Long-tailed Tit - 10 - confirmed breeding - pair feeding 8 juvs ; Treecreeper - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 8 - singing ; Wheatear - 1 - female in fields - site first for observer
Woolley Wood: Jay - 1 ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 3 ; Treecreeper - 2 ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Garden Warbler - 1 ; Mistle Thrush - 1
Wyming Brook: Wood Warbler - 2 - both singing
13 May 2012
Agden Res: Redstart - 1 - male singing in birch trees next to path ; Cuckoo - 1 - singingAldwarke Lane; Tata Steel: Blackcap - 1 - singing male
Aldwarke SF: Kestrel - 3 - 1pr + nest; f from pair on Tata Steel chased off. ; Whitethroat - 7 - singing males ; Blackcap - 1 - singing male ; Gadwall - 12 - 8m; 4f ; Reed Bunting - 1 - singing male ; Tufted Duck - 18 - 10m; 8f ; Linnet - 2 ; Swift - 15-20 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 - 2nd summer W ; Little Grebe - 2 - probably 2 prs present
Barbrook Plantation: Redstart - 1 ; Pied Flycatcher - 1 male ; Spotted Flycatcher - 1 ; Treecreeper - 1 ; Garden Warbler - 1 ; Stonechat - 2 ; Tree Pipit - 1
Blackburn Meadows NR: Carrion Crow - 4 ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - yaffling ; Lapwing - 1 ; Oystercatcher - 1 - in from the west at 07.50 ; Little Grebe - 2 - 1 trilling ; Gadwall - 1 - male ; Reed Warbler - 4 - singing ; Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - singing ; Reed Bunting - 6 - 3 singing ; Sedge Warbler - 2 - singing ; Jay - 1 ; Garden Warbler - 2 - singing ; Whitethroat - 9 - 7 singing
Burbage Valley: Stonechat - 1 - (male) ; Ring Ouzel - 1 - (male) ; Wheatear - 2 - (pair) ; Whinchat - 2 - (pair)
Chee Dale: Redstart - 1 - singing ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Dipper - 4 - 2 pairs ; Whitethroat - 1
Firsby Res: Wheatear - 1
Foulstone Delph: Cuckoo - 2 - Local said they had been there for a few days.
Handsworth: Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - reeling at 0800
Haywood Farm: Hobby - 1 - South ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - Circling south ; Tawny Owl - 3 - Ad + 2 juvs, fledged from nest box ; Buzzard - 2 - Drifting North ; Kestrel - 1
High Green: Hobby - 1 - Hunting low over rooftops near Charlton Brook - 1800hrs.
Ladybower Wood: Pied Flycatcher - 1 - male singing in oaks behind Ladybower Inn
Longshaw: Whinchat - 1 ; Redstart - 2 ; Cuckoo - 1 ; Grasshopper Warbler - 1 ; Garden Warbler - 2 ; Wood Warbler - 1
Mayfield Valley: Common Buzzard - 1 - flew low to SW at 1400 hrs
Mosborough: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - Ridgeway arms carpark ; Whitethroat - 1 ; Tawny Owl - 1 ; Red-legged Partridge - 2 ; Yellowhammer - 3 ; Swallow - 6 ; Jay - 2
Moss Valley: Spotted Flycatcher - 1 ; Hobby - 1
Padley Gorge: Pied Flycatcher - 1 - Singing above nest box
Poolsbrook Marsh: Lapwing - 3 pairs - Incuding 1 brooding small young. ; Sedge Warbler - 3 singing ; Buzzard - 2
Ramsley Moor: Redstart - 1 female ; Cuckoo - 1
Ravenfield Ponds: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - Bringing food to nest hole
Rawmarsh; St Mary's cemetery: Chiffchaff - 1 - singing male
Rawmarsh-Haugh Rd: Siskin - 1 - N ; Kestrel - 3 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 16 - N ; Whimbrel - 1 - NW 15.15
Redmires conduit: Cuckoo - 1 - In song ; Blackbird - 1 - gathering/carrying food for young ; Mistle Thrush - 1 - gathering/carrying food for young
Redmires Res: Swallow - 12 - NW in ones / twos ; Lesser Redpoll - 1 - calling by Top Res ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 9 - flew NW at 0620 hrs ; Sand Martin - 1 - flew NW ; Mistle Thrush - 3 - ads carrying food ; Spotted Flycatcher - 1 - singing by Middle Res ; House Martin - 6 - singles flew NW ; Golden Plover - 6 - 3 pairs displaying along conduit ; Common Sandpiper - 6 - 3 pairs ; Oystercatcher - 2 - on Middle Res - copulation noted ; Lapwing - 10 - displaying pairs along conduit ; Redstart - 1 - female by Middle Res
Sharrow: Swift - 1 - first sighting this year
Sheffield University: Peregrine - 2 - female left nest at 07:32 and returned to nest less than 2 minutes later carrying food, apparently previously prepared and collected from nearby. Male remained on corner of church tower throughout. Fair amount of calling between adults. ; Peregrine - 2 - circling over Netherthorpe before returning to St Georges ; Starling - 12 - gathering grubs in St George's churchyard and carrying back to nests on Mappin Street ; Red Kite - 2 - 14.45. Mobbed by corvids, drifted away over city centre ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 3 - over St George's 07:30 heading NW
Silverwood Pit Top: Skylark - c10 ; Meadow Pipit - 3 ; Reed Warbler - 2 ; Wheatear - 2 - males ; Linnet - 20+
Staveley SF: Lapwing - 2 pairs ; Buzzard - 1 ; Green Woodpecker - 1 ; Greylag Goose - 2 ; Gadwall - 8
Thrybergh CP: House Martin - <5 ; Sand Martin - <5 ; Swallow - <10 ; Swift - 80-100 - generally more numerous in NE of recording area today, with screaming parties over most residential areas. ; Yellowhammer - 3 - inc 1 singing male ; Reed Warbler - 1 - singing male ; Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 5 - 4 N/NW; 1 S ; Willow Warbler - 3 - singing males ; Common Tern - 2prs ; Reed Bunting - 1 - singing male ; Whitethroat - 5 - singing males ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing male ; Kestrel - 1pr - now probably feeding young ; Mallard - breeding confirmed - f + 4juvs ; Blackcap - 1 - singing male ; Chiffchaff - 7 - singing males ; Great Crested Grebe - 3-4
Wadsley Common: Pheasant - 2 ; Collared Dove - 4 - 2 hatched young in nest ; Escaped/Feral Species - 1 - an unexpected peacock! ;
Wharncliffe Chase (north): Whinchat - 1 - male ; Wheatear - 37 ; Fieldfare - 1 ; Cuckoo - 2 - Singing
Wharncliffe Chase (south): Wheatear - 3
Wharncliffe Wood: Wood Warbler - 5 - 2 pairs and a singing male
Wheata Wood: Treecreeper - 1
Whinstone Lee Tor: Wheatear - 1 - female - on territory? ; Stonechat - 1 - male in display flight between tor and Cutthroat Bridge ; Reed Bunting - 1 - male 200 m E of tor in heather
Wyming Brook: Wood Warbler - 2 - 2 singing males
12 May 2012
Agden Side: Cuckoo - 1 - Male calling ; Whitethroat - 1 - SingingAgden Wood : Woodcock - 1
Bar Brook Valley: Whinchat - 3 - 2 males and one female
Barbrook Plantation: Pied Flycatcher - 1 - singing male ; Spotted Flycatcher - 1 ; Redstart - 4 - pair + 2 other singing males ; Garden Warbler - 1 - singing
Barbrook Valley: Stonechat - 3 - males ; Whinchat - 4 - incl 3 singing males ; Tree Pipit - 1
Botanical Gardens: Swift - c10
Brinsworth - Ickles: Whitethroat - 3 - 3 singing
Centenary Riverside: Grey Wagtail - 1 - 1 singing
Crookes: Common Buzzard - 1 - Heading towards Bole Hills over Northfield Road at approx 1030
Duckmanton: Tree Sparrow - 2 ; Grey Partridge - 2 ; Lapwing - 6 pairs - With at least 11 downy young ; Redshank - 2
Ecclesall: Blackcap - 1 - 1M Ecclesall graveyard ; Jay - 1 - Ecclesall graveyard
Ewden Beck: Ring Ouzel - 2 - Pair feeding young
Ewden Height: Wheatear - 3
Firsby Res: Swift - c30 ; Buzzard - 3 ; Linnet - 12 ; Swallow - 20+ ; Blackcap - 4 ; House Martin - c10 ; Osprey - 1 - Circling low over main Res for approx five minutes. Did not dive. ;
, Curlew - 1 - flew over calling s-e ; Osprey - 1 ; , Shoveler - 2 ; Hobby - 2 - chasing House Martins and Swallows ; Garden Warbler - 1 General Cemetery, Sharrow: Sparrowhawk - 3 - In the air together
Ickles: Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - 1 singing
Loxley Valley: Sparrowhawk - 1 - Carrying prey
Millhouses: Dipper - 1 - River Sheaf by Tesco
Mitchell Field: Lapwing - 4 - at least 2 pairs ; Wheatear - 1
Mosborough: Jay - 3 ; Yellowhammer - 2 ; Cuckoo - 1 - calling at dusk
Moss Valley: Common Buzzard - 4
Norton Lees: Jay - 1 - On birdtable in garden
Old Whittington SF: Whitethroat - 4 singing ; Reed Bunting - 1 singing ; Gadwall - 2 ; Lapwing - 4 pairs - Including 1 pair brooding small young
Onesmoor: Wheatear - 7 - in bare field
Orgreave Lakes: Wheatear - 10 - Still at least 10 around site ; Arctic Tern - 5 - North at 06:35 ; Dunlin - 3 ; Ringed Plover - 7 ; Garden Warbler - 1 - Singing in southern scrub area between river bridge and railway bridge ; Whinchat - 1 - Female
Pike Low: Wheatear - 19 ; Whinchat - 1 - female
Poolsbrook Marsh: Cuckoo - 1 singing ; Water Rail - 3 calling ; Reed Warbler - 12 singing ; Willow Tit - 1 ; Whitethroat - 5 singing
R Derwent, Calver: Mandarin - 1 - male on bank between Froggatt and Calver
R Derwent, Froggatt: Mandarin - 1 - male on bank c200 metres upstream from bridge ; Canada Goose - 11+ - 9 on river above bridge; pair and 6 young chicks 50 m upstream from bridge. ; Coot - 4 - 2 pairs; one with well-grown chick
Ramsley Res: Whitethroat - 1 ; Buzzard - 2 ; Tree Pipit - 4 ; Stonechat - 2 - Male and female ; Redstart - 1 femle ; Meadow Pipit - 15+
Rawmarsh Hill: House Martin - 1 - nestbuilding
Rawmarsh-Haugh Rd: Coal Tit - 2+ - pr + 2 juvs ; Herring Gull - 1 - SE ; Robin - 2+ - pr with juv in garden ; House Martin - 23 N ; Long-tailed Tit - 3 ; Lapwing - 3 - on sports field ; Buzzard - 2 - N 1045 ; Whitethroat - 1 - Singing male in garden 0630
Reaps Wood: Whitethroat - 1 - singing in relict hedgerow adjoining eastern edge of wood ; Stock Dove - 1
Redmires Bottom Res: Ringed Plover - 1 ; Common Sandpiper - 2
Redmires Top Res: Cuckoo - 2 - male calling, female bubbling both seen ; Garden Warbler - 1 ; Common Sandpiper - 4+
Ringinglow Bog: Herring Gull - 4 - flew SW in mid-afternoon
Sharrow: Long-tailed Tit - 2 - pair bathing in bird bath
Sheffield Centre: Kestrel - 1 - circling over railway station 05:45
Staveley SF: Gadwall - 6
Thrybergh CP: Osprey - 1 - made 2 visits at 08.37 @ 09.05
Wyming Brook: Blackcap - 2 - pair ; Wood Warbler - 1 - singing ;
11 May 2012
Broomhead Park: Greenfinch - 3 - Territorial/courtship behaviour ; Swallow - 40+ ; Pied Wagtail - 1 ; Curlew - 7 - Group of 5 + 2 feeding ; Song Thrush - 1 - taking food to nestBroomhead Res: Common Sandpiper - Pair
Broomhead Wood: Spotted Flycatcher - 1 - singing male ; Jay - 1 ; Treecreeper - 1 ; Willow Warbler - 14 - all singing males ; Blackcap - 15 - all singing males ; Swallow - 4 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2 - juvs west ; Redstart - 1 - singing male ; Wood Warbler - 1 - singing male ; Coal Tit - 16 ; Chiffchaff - 9 - all singing males ; Crossbill - 2+ ; Swift - 4 ; Song Thrush - 11 - 8 singing males ; Goldcrest - 20 - 9 singing males
Centenary Riverside: Whitethroat - 2 - 2 singing
Ewden Beck: Blackcap - 3 - singing males ; Stock Dove - Pair ; Green Woodpecker - 1 ; Tree Pipit - 1 - singing male ; Treecreeper - 1 ; Pied Flycatcher - 1 - Singing male. ;
, Raven - Pair - Low west towards moors. ; Chiffchaff - 2 ; Willow Warbler - 6 - 3 singing males ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - nest building/food gathering Firsby Res: Osprey - 1 - Flew low over farmland at end of main Res. Then circled high over area where willow plantation was.
Haywood Farm: Whitethroat - 1 - Singing ; Tawny Owl - 2 - Frequent sightings of adult plus juv ;
, Buzzard - 1 - over SE towards Froggatt Edge ; Swallow - 2 - Frequent visits to last years nest site ; Blackcap - 2 - Males ; Raven - 2 - circling SW Hillsborough: Swift - 7 - including 1 visiting previous nest site
Middleton Moor: Sanderling - 2 ; Dunlin - 1 ; Tufted Duck - 5 ; Ringed Plover - 2 ; Wheatear - 9 ; Shelduck - 6 ; Oystercatcher - 2
Orgreave Lakes: Ringed Plover - 4 ; Dunlin - 4 ; Turnstone - 1 - Still on large lake at 12.15pm ; Dunlin - 3 ; Curlew - 1 ; Common Sandpiper - 3 ; Wheatear - 7 ; Turnstone - 1 - On large lake ; Ringed Plover - 7 - Early evening ; Wood Sandpiper - 1 - On small lake late afternoon and still present at 19:15
Parkhead: Red Kite - 1 - Drifting over from general direction of Ecclesall Woods, mobbed by corvids, and drifted back from whence it came.
R Don, Aldwarke: Linnet - 1pr ; Chiffchaff - 3 - singing males ; Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Blackcap - 1 - singing male
R Sheaf, Heeley: Grey Heron - 1 - Sheaf near Broadfield Road
Ravenfield : Coal Tit - 2 - taking food into nest hole in wall at St James church
Ravenfield Ponds: Willow Warbler - 5 ; Mute Swan - 2 - with one recently hatched cygnet ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 2 - feeding young in dead alder ; Chiffchaff - 7 ; Blackcap - 2
Ravenfield/Pingles tip: Kestrel - 1 - hunting & mobbing BZ
Rawmarsh: Swift - light W/NW passage - in late morning
Rawmarsh-Haugh Rd: Hobby - 1 - harassing Swifts over sports field 16.55 ; Blackcap - 1 - singing male in garden 07.35
Sheffield University-St Georges: Starling - 8 ; Swift - 4 ; Mistle Thrush - 1
Silver Wood: Osprey - 1 - flew low east over thin strip of woodland south of Hollings Lane at 10.00 being mobbed by Carrion Crows
Thrybergh CP: Curlew - 1 - low to WSW @ 0835hrs ; Stock Dove - 3 - all SW ; Kestrel - 1 - hunting ; Yellow Wagtail - 1 ; Reed Bunting - 3 - singing males ; Reed Warbler - 2 - singing males ; Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - singing male ; Sand Martin - 70-80 ; Mute Swan - 1pr ; Greylag Goose - 7 ; Tufted Duck - 6 - 2prs + 2m ; Jackdaw - 2 ; Red-legged Partridge - 1pr ; Willow Warbler - 3 - inc 2 singing males ; Black-headed Gull - 7 - 2 ads; 5 1st summer, all W/NW ; Swallow - 70-80 ; House Martin - 20-30 ; Gadwall - 2prs ; Whitethroat - 3 - singing males ; Common Tern - 2prs - spending more time around nesting rafts today ; Chiffchaff - 4 - singing males ; Blackcap - 5 - all males, 4 singing ; Swift - 80-90
Totley: Woodpigeon - 150+ - feeding grassland, Lane Head Road. ; Mistle Thrush - 1
Totley Moss: DOTTEREL - 5+ - at least 5 together 3 Females two males at c1730hrs
Walkley: Swift - 1 - First one 'screaming' this year
10 May 2012
Barbrook Valley: Whinchat - 1 - femaleBaslow: Mandarin - 1 male - On floodwater in field near roundabout
Chapeltown: Skylark - 1 - Singing ; Swift - 8 ; House Martin - 5 - Feeding above 'Plain' below Smithy Wood ; Wheatear - 4 - 2 male & 2 female on 'plain' below Smithy Wood at end of Cowley Way ; Lapwing - 2 - Displaying
General Cemetery, Sharrow: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1+ - young calling from hole in tree ; Chiffchaff - 2 - calling
Hathersage: Swift - 6+ - Flying high early evening over centre of Hathersage
Longshaw: Cuckoo - 1 male - flew from totem pole towards Padley ; Mandarin - 2 - a pair on lake ; Lesser Redpoll - 3 - At feeders ;
Orgreave Lakes: Cormorant - 3 ; House Martin - 4 ; Sand Martin - 7 ; Great Crested Grebe - 11 ; Swift - 45 - 20+25 ; Oystercatcher - 2 ; Swallow - 10 ; Redshank - 4 ; Pochard - 4 ; Whinchat - 1 ; Yellow Wagtail - 1 - ; Linnet - 6; Common Tern - 3; Oystercatcher - 2 ; Goosander - 3 ; Dunlin - 1 - On small lake ; Common Sandpiper - 10 - including flock of 7 ; Ringed Plover - 3 ; Turnstone - 1 - On small lake island ; Wheatear - 7
Owler Tor: Wheatear - 1
Padley Gorge: Pied Flycatcher - 4 - 3 males, 1 female ;
, Redstart - 3 ; , Treecreeper - 2 ; Nuthatch - 3+ Pit-house West: Bullfinch - 4 ; Reed Warbler - 4 - singing
R Don, Kelham Island: Bullfinch - 2 - Pair feeding in riverside willow
Ravenfield: Osprey - 1 - Sat on post in field adjacent to Ravenfield Lane at about 1635
Ravenfield Ponds: Osprey - 1 - Flew low over woodland at Hooton Roberts end @ 17.30. Possibly looking for roost site. ; Willow Tit - 1 - Calling from woodland next to cinder path. Uncommon record for this site.
Rawmarsh-Haugh Rd: Buzzard - 1 - W ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 4 - N ; Swift - c100 - over playing field ; Sand Martin - 2 - N
Rivelin Filters: Pied Flycatcher - 1 - male singing over nest box for last few days
Rivelin Valley: Chiffchaff - 2 ; Dipper - 1 - Displaced from swollen river ; Swallow - 5 ; Jay - 2
Sharrow: House Sparrow - 2 - copulating ; Blue Tit - 1 - carrying foecal sac from nest
The Haywood: Swallow - 2 ; Tree Pipit - 1 ; Jackdaw - 8 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Willow Warbler - 2
Tinsley Marshalling Yard: Wheatear - 1 - female
Tyzack's Dam: Mandarin - 4 - 5 males on lake
Walkley Cemetery: Jay - 2 - one eating young bird ;
White Edge: Cuckoo - 1 - calling below Edge
White Edge Moor: Swallow - 4 ; Ring Ouzel - 4 - two pairs in two separate locations ; Wheatear - 3 ; Stonechat - 3 ; Meadow Pipit - 20+
09 May 2012
Blackburn Meadows NR: Gadwall - 4 ; Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - singing 06.30-08.10hrs at least ; Greylag Goose - 2 ; Whitethroat - 3 ; Willow Warbler - 2 ; Moorhen - 4 ; Reed Bunting - 6 ; Chiffchaff - 4 ; Song Thrush - 2 ; Blackcap - 2 ; Little Grebe - 2 ; Goldfinch - 6Canklow - Ickles: Chiffchaff - 7 - 7 singing
Catcliffe Flash: Little Grebe - 1 - trilling ; Blackcap - 1 - singing ; Mute Swan - 2 - ad pr ; Cormorant - 1 ; Gadwall - 6+ ; Great Crested Grebe - 1 ; Coot - 15+ - 2 active nests; 2 recently hatched young
Greystones: Swift - +10
Hillsborough: Swift - 6
Ickles: Lesser Whitethroat - 2 - 2 singing
Meersbrook Park: Jay - 1
Middleton Moor: Wheatear - 5 ; Whitethroat - 2
Onesmoor: Curlew - 3 ; Little Owl - 2 - hunting in field around 21.05 ;
, Wheatear - 2 ; Cuckoo - 1 Padley Gorge: Treecreeper - 1 ; Nuthatch - 2
Poolsbrook Marsh: Grey Partridge - 2 ; Whitethroat - 3 singing ; Gadwall - 3 ; Lesser Whitethroat - 1 singing ; Water Rail - 1 singing ; Sedge Warbler - 5 singing ; Reed Warbler - 10 singing
R Derwent, Leadmill: Jay - 1 ; Mandarin - 3 - 2 males, 1 female ;
, Dipper - 3 - 2 males in territorial dispute for 5+ minutes ; Redstart - 1 - singing male ; , Swallow - 4 ; Swift - 2 ; Goldfinch - 4 R Don, Rotherham Centre; N of Chantry Bridge: Sand Martin - 5+ - feeding over river; several entering pipes below Nellie Dene's pub.
Sheffield University: Sparrowhawk - 1 - one made a failed attempt at a Woodpigeon in trees at St George's, watched by unmoved Peregrine
Silverwood Lagoon: Sedge Warbler - 1 singing ; Reed Warbler - 6 singing - further arrival this morning ; Cuckoo - 1 - calling from The Close at 07.05 ; Grasshopper Warbler - 3 reeling ; Wheatear - 5
Upper Padley: Swallow - 5 ; Mistle Thrush - 2 ; Greenfinch - 2 ; Goldfinch - 2 ; Nuthatch - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 2 - singing & calling ; Redstart - 1
Wharncliffe Chase (south): Linnet - c15 - much nest building activity ; Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - Reeling ; Cuckoo - 1 ; Buzzard - 6 ; Redstart - 6 - all singing ; Curlew - 2 ; Swift - 5+ ; Tree Pipit - 6 - all singing ; Reed Bunting - 4 - all singing ; Wheatear - 2 - male and female ; Short-eared Owl - 1 - Flew up from below crags at 11.30am, settling on a boulder for 10 mins giving good views. It flew high and circled whilst being mobbed by crows ; Yellow Wagtail - 1 - low SW calling ; Skylark - 3 ; Yellowhammer - 1 - singing ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 ; Swallow - 19 - Back around usual nesting sites at Hallfield Head Farm, Wharncliffe Farm and Chase Lodge. ; Pied Wagtail - 3 ; Lapwing - 3 - 1 sitting
Wharncliffe Wood: Blackcap - 2 - singing ; Siskin - 1 ; Goldcrest - 1 - singing ; Willow Warbler - 30+ - Much singing/courtship behaviour ; Garden Warbler - 1 ; Treecreeper - 1 ; Spotted Flycatcher - 1
Woodhouse Tip: Whitethroat - 4 - singing males ; Whinchat - 1 ; Meadow Pipit - 2 ; Lesser Whitethroat - 3 - 2 singing males ; Wheatear - 1 - Male ; Skylark - 3
Wyming Brook: Cuckoo - 2 ; Wood Warbler - 3 ; Blackcap - 3 ; Chaffinch - 6 ; Willow Warbler - 4
08 May 2012
Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet: Swallow - 7+ - back on territoryBarbrook Plantation: Hobby - 2 - pair flew over NE ; Stonechat - 2 - pair ; Tree Pipit - 4+ - singing ; Treecreeper - 2 ; Pied Flycatcher - 1 - singing male ; Redstart - 5 - 4 singing males, 1 female
Beauchief: Swift - 2
Blackburn Meadows NR: Willow Warbler - 5 - 5 singing ; Garden Warbler - 2 - 2 singing ; Chiffchaff - 4 - 4 singing ; Blackcap - 4 - 4 singing ; Grasshopper Warbler - 2 - 2 singing ; Reed Warbler - 1 - 1 singing ; Whitethroat - 3 - 3 singing ; Water Rail - 1
Blue Man's Bower: Gadwall - 2 ; Mallard - 7 - female plus 6 small young
Bolehill Flash: Reed Bunting - 2 - singing ; Reed Warbler - 3 - singing ; Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - singing
Dore: Tawny Owl - 3 - Calling on Ashfurlong Rd 2125hrs
Endcliffe Park: Mandarin - 1 - male on lower lake at 0730 ; Grey Heron - 1 - On lower lake at 0730
Green Moor: Willow Tit - 1 ; Blackcap - 2
Jessops Riverside, Brightside: Kingfisher - 1 - Deceased - window casualty
Leash Fen: Wheatear - 2 - females on Slatepit Lane.
Manor Fields:: Wheatear - 1 - at 06:00 just in City Rd entrance; Whitethroat - 4
Middleton Moor: Teal - 2 - pair ; Tufted Duck - 2 - pair ; Shelduck - 4 ; Sanderling - 2 ; Ringed Plover - 1
Nether Edge: House Martin - 8
Orgreave Lakes: Pied Wagtail - 1 - 1 white wagtail ; Redshank - 4 ; Tree Pipit - 1 ; Swift - 120 plus ; Common Sandpiper - 2 ; Ringed Plover - 2 ; Dunlin - 2 ; Common Tern - 2 - @11.50 then south ; Sand Martin - 7 ; Wheatear - 9
Owler Tor: Cuckoo - 1 - accommodating male calling and showing well in small plantation between Lawrence Field and Mother Cap, very close to the car park, then flew over Owler Tor towards Padley Gorge ;
Padley Gorge: Treecreeper - 1 - gathering nest material ;
, Grey Wagtail - 1 - flew down stream calling ; Nuthatch - 6+ - at least three different pairs ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - male preparing nest hole ; , Pied Flycatcher - 6+ - at least 4 males, 2 females ; , Pied Wagtail - 3 ; Parkgate Canal Basin: Mute Swan - 44
Poolsbrook Marsh: Sedge Warbler - 2 singing ; Water Rail - 2, 1 calling, 1 singing ; Gadwall - 2 ; Reed Warbler - 7 singing ; Reed Bunting - 5 singing ; Mute Swan - 2 ; Whitethroat - 2 - singing ; Blackcap - 2 - singing ; Yellowhammer - 2 - singing ; Gadwall - 1 - male flew out of reedbed at 0640 hrs
R Don, Rotherham Centre; Chantry Bridge: Sand Martin - 8 - over/around small colony found last year @ 0815hrs.
Ravenfield Ponds: Osprey - 1 - Eating fish on telegraph pole near old Railway bridge. Flew off towards Thrybergh @ 17.10PM ;
, Osprey - 1 - Another photo. ; Rawmarsh-Haugh Rd: House Martin - 8 - N ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 5 - N ; Goldfinch - 8
Redmires Res: Short-eared Owl - 1 - hunting over fields E of Bottom Res in early evening ; Ringed Plover - 2 - ads on Bottom Res - early evening
Ringinglow: Hobby - 1 - 17:53 first summer bird flew towards Ringinglow
Shillito Wood: Little Owl - 1 - on roadside wall ; Redstart - 1 - singing male ; Wheatear - 2 - on patch of freshly cut field
Silverwood Lagoon: Grasshopper Warbler - 3 reeling
Thrybergh CP: Grasshopper Warbler - 1 ;
, Sedge Warbler - 1 ; Common Tern - 3 ; Reed Warbler - 1 ; Common Sandpiper - 2 ; Dunlin - 1 Wadsley Common: Buzzard - 1 - Over garden at 17.20 mobbed by crows-second large raptor new to the garden in 9 days!
07 May 2012
Aston: Whimbrel - 1 - north over Church Lane at 19:15Beighton Marsh NR: Chiffchaff - 1 ; Reed Bunting - 2 ; Sedge Warbler - 1 - singing ; Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - reeling
Botanical Gardens: Mistle Thrush - 5+ - Pair with at least 3 fully fledged young
Burbage Valley: Stonechat - 3 ; Ring Ouzel - 3
Firsby Res: Willow Warbler - 4 ; Lapwing - 4 - 2 Adults and 2 young in plowed field next to small Res. ; Shoveler - 2 - Pair on main Res. ; Swallow - 30+ - Flying low over main Res. ; Chiffchaff - 4 ; Blackcap - 2 ; Whitethroat - 3
Graves Park: Hobby - 1 ; Stock Dove - 1
Hurlfield: Red-legged Partridge - 1: - 10:30 at entrance to Buck Wood. ;
Orgreave Lakes: Whinchat - 1 - female around small lake plantation ; Cuckoo - 1 - 1 over largest lake before landing in plantation at west side of small lake. ; Common Sandpiper - 2 ; Shelduck - 6 - Dunlin 1 ; Yellow Wagtail - 2 - Around small lake
Padley Gorge: Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Treecreeper - 3+ ; Chiffchaff - 3+ ; Willow Warbler - 6 ; Wood Warbler - 1 ; Pied Flycatcher - 5+ - at least 4 males, 1 female ; Nuthatch - 4+
Ravenfield Ponds: Chiffchaff - 6 ; Coal Tit - 1 - Coming to seed at entrance. ; Willow Warbler - 5 ; Blackcap - 4 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - Adult at nest hole. Young heard calling from inside.
Redmires: Stonechat - 1 - Male near to Ash Cabin Flat
River Don Norfolk Bridge to Washford Bridge: House Martin - 10+ ; Bullfinch - 2 males ; Goldfinch - 20+ ; Long-tailed Tit - 6 ;
, Greenfinch - 12+ - including pair taking food to nest ; Blackcap - 4 - 3 males 1 female ; Grey Wagtail - 2 ; , Sand Martin - 6+ Silverwood Lagoon: Grasshopper Warbler - 2 - 1 reeling in scrub beyond northern edge of Woodlaithes estate, 1 reeling in southern paddocks ; Reed Warbler - 3 singing ; Wheatear - 3
Thrybergh CP: Dunlin - 2 ; Ringed Plover - 1 ; Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Curlew - 1 - calling to SW ; Reed Warbler - 1 ; Lesser Whitethroat - 1 ; Yellow Wagtail - 2 ; Little Ringed Plover - 3
Treeton: Little Egret - 1 - Sat in flooded field between Treeton Sewage Works and M1 before heading towards Ulley. ;
Wharncliffe Chase (south): Swift - 1 ; Lapwing - 4 - 1 sitting ; Swallow - 7 ; Tree Pipit - 4 - all singing ; Linnet - 15+ - several collecting nesting material ; Whitethroat - 1 ; Skylark - c9 - most singing ; Reed Bunting - 5 - 4 singing males ; Wheatear - 14 - 7 male / 7 female
06 May 2012
Agden Res: Common Sandpiper - 2 ; Common Sandpiper - 4 - 2 pairs on dam wallAgden Side: Wheatear - 3 - 2female 1 male ;
, Curlew - 10+ ; Buzzard - 3 - over emlin ridge ; Sparrowhawk - 2 ; Lapwing - 10 - with 2 chicks ; Golden Plover - 1 - over north Aldwarke SF: Whitethroat - 5 - singing males ; Gadwall - 5 - 2prs; 1m ; Tufted Duck - 37 - 17prs + 3m ; Coot - breeding confirmed - 7 + brood of 4 ; Blackcap - 1 - singing male ; Kestrel - 1pr - soaring together
Bamford Moor: Ring Ouzel - 1 male ;
Bingham Park: Mandarin - 2 - Male & Female, upper pond ;
, Grey Wagtail - 2 - Lower pond ; Grey Heron - 1 - Lower pond ; Blackburn Meadows NR: Little Grebe - 2 - 1 trilling ; Sedge Warbler - 1 - singing male ; Water Rail - 1 - Calling ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - yaffling ; Kestrel - 1 ; Tufted Duck - 3 ; Reed Bunting - 2 - singing males ; Sparrowhawk - 2 - male and female ; Reed Warbler - 2 - singing males ; Grasshopper Warbler - 2 - singing males ; Garden Warbler - 2 - singing males ; Blackcap - 6 - singing males ; Whitethroat - 3 - singing males ; Little Ringed Plover - 1 - flew east
Canklow: Common Buzzard - 1 - 1 north at 0925
Canklow Woods: Garden Warbler - 2 - 2 singing
Cowell Flat: Stonechat - 1 - singing male ; Whitethroat - 1 - singing ; Cuckoo - 1 - singing
Elsecar Reservoir: Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - Reeling in hawthorn between Res. and fields 10.30
Endcliffe Park: Nuthatch - 1 - By the upper pond
Ewden Valley: Ring Ouzel - 1 - fem. flushed near shooting lodge.
Fatty Boyns Ponds: Chiffchaff - 1 - singing male ; Blackcap - 1 - singing male ; Whitethroat - 1 - singing male ; Coal Tit - 1
Firsby Res: Shoveler - 2 - both males ; Reed Bunting - 4 ; Whitethroat - 1 - Singing from undergrowth. ; Tawny Owl - 1 - Male calling from woodland near water board house. ; Blackcap - 3 - Singing Males ; Willow Warbler - 20+ ; Gadwall - 9 - 8 nervous birds landed on Res. ; Swallow - 3 ; Lapwing - 7 - 2 adults guarding 3 recently hatched young from crows 2 more adults at nest site ; House Martin - 4
Forge Dam: Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 1 - Singing in a tree on the island
Hathersage: Cuckoo - 1 - Calling in woods near Church
Hickfield Bank: Jackdaw - 11 - feeding on ploughed-in maize
Hollin Clough: Willow Warbler - 4 ;
, Pied Flycatcher - 1male ; , Lapwing - 3 ; Fieldfare - 30+ ; Middleton Moor: Canada Goose - 1 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 3 ; Oystercatcher - 2 ; Little Ringed Plover - 1 ; Teal - 8 - 4 pairs ; Shelduck - 6 - 3 prs
Old Ravenfield: Swallow - 15 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - Adult taking food to nest. ;
Pit House West: Cuckoo - 1 - Flying upstream from Chinese Bridge
Pit-house West: Reed Warbler - 1 - singing briefly 0515 ; Skylark - 1 - singing at 0745
R Rother, Brinsworth-Ickles: Chiffchaff - 4 - 4 singing ; Willow Warbler - 4 - 4 singing ; Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - 1 singing
Redmires Bottom Res: Oystercatcher - 1 ; Grey Heron - 2
Redmires Middle Res: Tufted Duck - 2 - 1M + 1F
Redmires Res: Tree Pipit - 1 - 1 briefly in Fairthorn Clough ; Chaffinch - 9 - singing males ; Oystercatcher - 1 - single adult on Bottom Res ; Yellow Wagtail - 1 - flew low to the SW at 0715 hrs ; Pied Wagtail - 8 - 4 pairs ; Ring Ouzel - 1 - male singing in rowan tree at top of Fairthorn Clough ; Lesser Redpoll - 1 - calling by Bottom Res ; Reed Bunting - 7 - singing males ; Chiffchaff - 3 - singing ; Swallow - 6 - feeding over Middle Res ; Willow Warbler - 16 - 15 singing + grey/white acredula-type bird feeding by Top Res ; Common Sandpiper - 7 - 3 pairs + single bird on Bottom Res ; Tufted Duck - 2 - pair ; Curlew - 8 - 4 displaying pairs ; Canada Goose - 25 - inc pair with 5 young ; Wheatear - 4 - on Roper Hill
Redmires Top Res: Common Sandpiper - 2 ; Pied Wagtail - 2
Redmires, Hammond's Field: Fieldfare - 10
Rocher Head Farm: Redstart - 1 - male catching insects in scrub ; Pied Flycatcher - 1 - male singing in old orchard ; Redstart - 1 - male singing
Rother Valley CP: Blackcap - 3 - singing 0600 - 0645 ; Garden Warbler - 1 - singing on west of Meadowgate at 0645 ; Whitethroat - 5 - singing 0600 - 0645 ; Cuckoo - 1 - calling from woodland at east of park at 0640
Silverwood Lagoon: Swift - 8 ; Reed Warbler - 2 singing ; Wheatear - 3 ; House Martin - 4 ; Whitethroat - 12+ singing ; Swallow - c20 ; Sedge Warbler - 1 singing
Stanage Edge: Wheatear - 3 ; Ring Ouzel - 2 Male 1 Female
Thrybergh CP: Chiffchaff - 6 - singing males ; Swallow - 30+ ; House Martin - 5+ ; Shoveler - 1 - drake; circled, left E then returned W ; Sand Martin - 30+ ; Whitethroat - 3+ - singing males ; Reed Warbler - 1 - singing male ; Common Tern - 2 - visited briefly ; Blackcap - 5 - inc 4 singing males ; Swift - c50 ; Gadwall - 3 - 2m; 1f ; Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - reeling in S-arm, giving good views. ; Willow Warbler - 4 - singing males ; Sedge Warbler - 1-2 - singing males ; Reed Bunting - 3 - males ; Great Crested Grebe - 5 ; Linnet - 6 ; Tufted Duck - 21 ; Yellow Wagtail - 2 - 1m + 2 N ; Yellowhammer - 6
Thrybergh CP; adjacent fields: Sparrowhawk - 2 - 1 to S; 1 N carrying prey
Thrybergh Tip: Blackcap - 4+ - singing males ; Blackbird - breeding confirmed - family party ; Greylag Goose - 1pr - no signs of recent brood ; Long-tailed Tit - breeding confirmed - family party ; Linnet - 2 ; Little Grebe - 1 - trilling ; Reed Warbler - 1 - singing male ; Mute Swan - 33 - 6+ left W ; Willow Warbler - 2 - singing males ; Whitethroat - 8 - inc 6 singing males ; Song Thrush - 2 - 1 singing male; 1 breaking snails ; Bullfinch - 3 ; Stock Dove - 4 ; Gadwall - 4prs ; Chiffchaff - 8 - inc 6 singing males
Totley: Raven - 2 - Flew SW over Totley at 0940hrs. ; Brambling - 1 - Female on seed feeders 1620hrs. ; Tree Sparrow - 4 - Feeding on seed feeders 1620hrs
Wardlow: Bar-tailed Godwit - 1 - feeding with Whimbrel in fields by Trot Lane, south of Stanley Lodge ;
, Grey Partridge - 2 ; Whimbrel - 1 ; Green Sandpiper - 1 - over calling Wharncliffe Chase (north): Swift - c30 - single feeding group ; Linnet - 30+ - Large nesting group in gorse bushes - seems healthy population around. ; Curlew - 1 ; Cuckoo - 1 ; Redstart - 2 - singing males ; Skylark - 3 - Est. 20-25 territories across Chase ; Tree Pipit - 3 - singing males (est. 9/10 territories across Chase) ; Siskin - 2 - incl juv ; Redstart - 5 - Singing males ; Reed Bunting - 4 - singing males ; Lesser Redpoll - 1
Wharncliffe Wood: Redstart - 1 - singing male ; Willow Warbler - 40+ - numerous singing with several gathering nesting material ; Goldcrest - 1 - singing male ; Tawny Owl - 1 - 10.30am calling
Wyming Brook: Blackcap - 3 ; Wood Warbler - 2 ; Tree Pipit - 1 ; Wood Warbler - 1
05 May 2012
Abney: Redstart - 1 - 10:30 male on wall along the road up to Abney.Agden Side: Whitethroat - 1 - Singing on Agden Side Road
Baslow Edge: Cuckoo - 1 - calling below the Edge
Blackburn Meadows NR: Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - singing at 1am
Blue Man's Bower: Great Grey Shrike - 1 - Still showing at 1900 ; Great Grey Shrike - 1 - Still showing up to 3pm
Bramley: Cormorant - 1 - Flying over high at 14.00 in direction of River Don.
Canklow Woods: Garden Warbler - 1 - 1 singing
Ecclesfield: Little Owl - 1
Grenoside: Robin - 4 - Pair feeding 2 juvs from garden fat cake.
Greystones: Waxwing - 17 - In tree on Rustlings Road (near bottom of Onslow Road) around 12.15. Flew off in direction of Ecclesall Road. ; Waxwing - 10+ - 07:00 in top of Sycamore tree in car park garden
Hillsborough: Swift - 2
Jawbone Hill: Garden Warbler - 1 - singing male by roadside W of Birley Stone
Longstone Edge: Buzzard - 1 - 11:15 flying along the edge
Moss Valley, upper: Swift - 20+ - feeding around Bradleys fishing ponds ; Whitethroat - 1 - singing male top of Geer Lane ; Common Buzzard - 3 - circling together
North Lees: Redstart - 4 - males ; Pied Flycatcher - 2 - males on edge of oak wood ; Fieldfare - 60 - feeding in field
Orgreave Lakes: Yellow Wagtail - 1 - over S ; Goosander - 1 - redhead left NE 06:00
Ravenfield Ponds: Treecreeper - 4 - 2 Adults feeding 2 young.
Rawmarsh-Haugh Rd: Jay - 2 - over garden
Redmires Bottom Res: Stonechat - 1 - Female near Bottom Res
Redmires Top Res: Pied Wagtail - 5 ; Common Sandpiper - 2 ; Tufted Duck - 2 - 1m + 1F
Rivelin Valley: Dipper - 1 ; Lesser Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - calling ; Grey Wagtail - 1
Silver Wood: Garden Warbler - 2 singing
Walkley Cemetery: Jay - 2 - one eating young bird ;
Wentworth Lakes: Great Crested Grebe - 8 - prs ; Greylag Goose - 16 - Breeding confirmed-1pr+5 ; Canada Goose - 5 - prs ; Tufted Duck - 5 - prs ; Lesser Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - Top lake car park ; Common Tern - 1 ; Kingfisher - 2 ; Treecreeper - 2 - singing ; Nuthatch - 2 ; Swift - 6 ; Whitethroat - 1 ; Grey Heron - 8 ; Arctic Tern - 2 - Top lake briefly. Flew N 07.25 ; Chiffchaff - 6 ; Blackcap - 7 ; House Martin - 12 ; Sand Martin - 8 ; Swallow - 90 ; Mute Swan - 2 - prs ; Little Owl - 1
Wharncliffe Chase (north): Wheatear - 7+
Wharncliffe Chase (south): Wheatear - 2
Wharncliffe Wood: Tree Pipit - 1 - singing ; Garden Warbler - 4 - singing ; Swift - 1 - over ; Crossbill - c15 ; Siskin - c30 - single flock
Whitwell Moor: Wheatear - 2 - 1 Male 1 Female near Trig Point
04 May 2012
Aldwarke SF: Mute Swan - 9 - W ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Bullfinch - 1pr - singing males ; Bullfinch - 1pr ; Whitethroat - 4 - singing males ; Blackcap - 1 - singing male ; Tufted Duck - 29 - 12prs + 5m ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing male ; Gadwall - 11 - 9m; 2f ; Chiffchaff - 2 - singing males ; Swallow - 3Aldwarke SF; Treatment works: Mistle Thrush - 1 - singing male
Blue Man's Bower: Great Grey Shrike - 1 - still there 13.20
Bolehill Flash: Reed Warbler - 1 - 1 singing. ; Water Rail - 2 - calling from reeds
Centenary Riverside: Whitethroat - 1 - 1 singing
Firsby Res: Swift - 4 ; Swallow - c50 ; Linnet - 6 ; Sand Martin - 1 ; Lapwing - 4 ; Yellow Wagtail - 1
Fox Hagg, Rivelin: Coal Tit - 1 ; Willow Warbler - 2 - Singing
Greystones: Stock Dove - 2 - In observer's garden ; Waxwing - 25 - 07:30 coming down to feed on berries. ; Waxwing - 15+ - Car park just past Onslow Road at 12.45 then flew towards Brincliffe Edge. Plenty of berries left!
Hickfield Bank: Rook - 4-5
Ickles: Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - 1 singing
Kilnhurst Ings: Shelduck - 1 - Over ; Whitethroat - 1 - Singing
Lodge Moor: Kestrel - 1 - Hovering over field next to Sportsman pub ;
, Wheatear - 1 - In field next to Sportsman pub ; , Pied Wagtail - 2 - In field next to Sportsman pub Longshaw Estate: Cuckoo - 1 - sat on a wooden post, occasionally dropping to the ground to feed before returning to same post
Meersbrook Park: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - Heard
Middleton Moor: Shelduck - 6 ; Turnstone - 1 ; Common Tern - 1 ; Oystercatcher - 2 ; Buzzard - 3 ; Peregrine - 1 ; Canada Goose - 2 - A nesting pair. ; Little Ringed Plover - 2
Orgreave Lakes: Arctic Tern - 7 - 4 north at 0845. 3 north at 0855. ; Shelduck - 2 - Ringed Plover - 4 ; Arctic Tern - 1 - @ 13.30 ; Wheatear - 12 ; Whimbrel - 2 - Around large lake ; Arctic Tern - 2 - North at 7:15 ; Hobby - 1 - 1515hrs, towards Treeton village. (hundreds of Swllows, Martins and Swifts around Treeton Sewage works, Long Lane) ; Yellow Wagtail - 2 - North
Pit-house West: Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Treecreeper - 1 ; Linnet - 12 ; Yellowhammer - 2 ; Coal Tit - 1 ; Willow Warbler - 3 ; Little Grebe - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 2
Prior Royd: Crossbill - 16 - single flock flew N into wood ; Blackcap - 2 - singing
Ravenfield ponds: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 2 - pair taking food into nest hole
Ravenfield Ponds: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 2 - Adults taking food to nest hole. ;
Ravenfield/Pingle tip: Common Buzzard - 1 - sat on top of bush
Rawmarsh: Swift - 3 - N
Redmires: Reed Bunting - 3 - Males ; Willow Warbler - 7 - Singing ;
, Linnet - 5 ; , Swift - 1 ; Wren - 3 - Singing ; Canada Goose - 4 - 2 upper, 2 middle ; Meadow Pipit - 4 ; Lapwing - 5 - Aerial display Redmires Bottom Res: Ringed Plover - 1
Redmires Top Res: Bullfinch - 2 - M + F ; Curlew - 2 ; Common Sandpiper - 2 ;
Sheffield University: Sparrowhawk - 1 - one over St Georges at 10.30 was unusual since the peregrines arrived but was ignored totally by the male peregrine.
Silver Wood: Lesser Whitethroat - 1 singing
Silverwood Lagoon: Grasshopper Warbler - 1 ; Wheatear - 5 ; Reed Warbler - 1 singing ; Whitethroat - 8 singing ; Sedge Warbler - 1 singing
Stanley Hill: Tree Pipit - 1 - singing ; Swallow - 2
Thrybergh CP: Tufted Duck - 11 ; Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - reeling infrequently in S-arm ; Whitethroat - 1 - singing male ; Willow Warbler - 3 - singing males ; Common Tern - 3 - visited several times, briefly ; Reed Bunting - 3 - inc 2 singing males ; Yellowhammer - 4 - inc 2 singing males ; Yellow Wagtail - 2 - superb males briefly ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing male ; Great Crested Grebe - 2prs ; Moorhen - 5 - + 2 active nests ; Chiffchaff - 5 - singing males ; Stock Dove - 3 - W ; Swift - 4 - to 0900hrs ; Hirundine - c250 - roosted on nesting rafts; 60-70% Swallows. ; Gadwall - 5 - 3m; 2f ; Blackcap - 4 - inc 3 singing males
Thrybergh CP; adjacent fields: Bullfinch - 2 - 1m; 1f ; Pheasant - 1 - crowing
Tinsley marshalling yard: Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - 1 singing
Wharncliffe Chase (south): Tree Pipit - 7+ - singing males ; Curlew - 2 ; Goldcrest - 1 - singing, Wharncliffe Farm ; Redstart - 2 - pair, Wharncliffe Farm ; Whitethroat - 1 - on wires near Wharncliffe Farm ; Lapwing - 2 - Hallfield Head Farm ; Linnet - 20+ - single flock at Hallfield Head Farm
Wharncliffe Wood: Tree Pipit - 1 ; Crossbill - 6
Wheata Wood: Blackcap - 3 - 1 singing male and a pair ; Crossbill - 3 - Pair feeding juv in trees S of car park, left E towards Greno Wood.
Worrall: Sparrowhawk - 1
03 May 2012
Blackburn Meadows NR: Chiffchaff - 5 ; Willow Warbler - 2 ; Tufted Duck - 2 ; Little Grebe - 2 ; Bullfinch - 7 ; Coot - 4Blue Man's Bower: Great Grey Shrike - 1 - still present at 17.50 ; Great Grey Shrike - 1 - at 15.45 ; Pied Wagtail - 1pr ; Great Grey Shrike - 1 - still present @ 0930hrs ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing male
Canyards: Cuckoo - 1 - Female mobbed and chased by two Meadow Pipits ; Wheatear - 3 - All female
Chapeltown: Ringed Plover - 1 ; Swallow - 20+ - Feeding over 'plain' below Smithy Wood ; Lapwing - 3 ; Pied Wagtail - 4 ; Skylark - 2 - Singing ; House Martin - 6
Curbar Gap: Little Owl - 1 - on roadside post
Endcliffe Park: Grey Heron - 1 - fishing in the upper pond - 10.30 ;
Froggatt Bridge: Mandarin - 3 - males ; Greenshank - 1 - On small flood N of Froggatt Bridge (for second day - per DOS) ;
, Curlew - 1 Greystones: Waxwing - c15 - Flying over Rustlings Road towards Brocco Bank Roundabout at 8.33 ; Swift - 1 ; Waxwing - 25 - 07:45 c25 feeding on berries in car park garden. Returned briefly again around 12:00. Not seen since.
Hall Wood, High Green: Willow Warbler - 4 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 3 - singing ; Bullfinch - 3 - pair with courtship behaviour ; Blackcap - 3 - singing
Holmesfield: Tufted Duck - 4 - 2 pairs on flooded field
Lodge Moor: Brambling - 1 - frequent visitor to garden feeder since April 18th
Middleton Moor: Whimbrel - 1 ; Teal - 2 - pair ; Oystercatcher - 2 ; Shelduck - 5
Millstone Edge: Ring Ouzel - 1 - male
Moorgate, Rotherham: Ring-necked Parakeet - 1 - Flew SE, calling, over Swinden Technology Centre at 1300hrs
Orgreave Lakes: Pochard - 1 ; Common Tern - 2 - landed briefly on island, then headed strongly north 18:10 ; House Martin - 30 ; Yellow Wagtail - 2 - male and female on W bank of main lake this evening ; Sand Martin - 40 ; Swift - 34 ; Wheatear - 12 - W side of main lake ; Whimbrel - 1 - On main lake ; Yellow Wagtail - 2 - on shore of main lake ; Swallow - 100
Penistone Road, Hillsborough: Swift - 2
Poolsbrook Marsh: Willow Tit - 1 singing ; Sedge Warbler - 1 singing ; Reed Warbler - 6 singing ; Grasshopper Warbler - 1 singing ; Gadwall - 1 ; Water Rail - 1 singing
Ravenfield Ponds: Treecreeper - 5 - Adult feeding at least 3-4 young in nest hole in dead tree
Rawmarsh-Haugh Rd: Cormorant - 1 - E ; Lapwing - 3 - on playing field ; Swift - 17 - N ; Swallow - 38 - N
Shirebrook Valley: Willow Tit - 1 - singing ; Whitethroat - 1 ; Lesser Whitethroat - 1
Stoke Hall Quarry: Coal Tit - 4 ; Song Thrush - 5 ; Willow Warbler - 9 ; Blackcap - 4 ; Bullfinch - 3 ; Chaffinch - 6 ; Chiffchaff - 2 ; Tree Pipit - 2
Thrybergh CP: Common Tern - 2 ; Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Swallow - c200 ; House Martin - c60 ; Sand Martin - c40 ; Swift - 30 ; Whitethroat - 2 ; Grasshopper Warbler - 1
Wharncliffe Chase (south): Redstart - 1 - Male singing near Hallfield Head Farm ; Siskin - 1 ; Swift - 3 ; Linnet - 40+ - Several large feeding/foraging groups ; Swallow - 3 ; Tree Pipit - 2 ; Lapwing - Pair ; Curlew - Pair
02 May 2012
Agden: House Martin - severalAgden Rocher: Swallow - 10+ - Agden Rocher
Beighton Marsh NR: Whitethroat - 1 - singing ; Willow Warbler - 1 ; Sedge Warbler - 1 - Singing ; Chiffchaff - 2
Big Moor: Whinchat - 1 ; Wheatear - 7
Blue Man's Bower: Great Grey Shrike - 1 - second photo ;
, Great Grey Shrike - 1 - still present at 1115 ; , Swift - c40 ; Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - Singing in scrub bordering M1. ; Great Grey Shrike - 1 - Still present on barbed wire fence at 10:15 ; Oystercatcher - 1 - Seen from M1 flying low around area. ; Yellow Wagtail - 1-2 - Seen over flooded meadows towards sewage treatment works Bradfield: Swift - 2 - Foxholes area
Burbage Valley: Ring Ouzel - 1 - 2 sightings, 400 yards apart, may be the same bird? ; Meadow Pipit - 10+ ; Buzzard - 1 ; Reed Bunting - 1 - Male ; Curlew - 1 ; Willow Warbler - 2+ - Singing ;
Deepcar: Swift - 3
Ecclesall: Nuthatch - 2 - To feeders ; Chiffchaff - 2 ; Lesser Whitethroat - 1
Ecclesfield: Blackcap - 2 - belting their song out in the trees around steads
Greystones: Waxwing - 25 - Back at regular intervals to feed on berries. Last seen 17:45. ;
, Waxwing - 25 - Another pic ; , Waxwing - 25 - 07:30-09:00 in car park garden. Resting in Sycamore tree before descending to feed on berries. Havelock Bridge: Chiffchaff - 1 - singing
Heeley City Farm: Swallow - 3 - heading east at 0745; Chiffchaff -1; Bullfinch - 3 - in wildlife garden; Woodpigeon - 34 - feeding in fields.
Hillsborough Park: Heron - 1 - on island
Kilnhurst Ings: Swallow - 2 ; Willow Warbler - 2 ; Common Tern - 3 - Flying over several times during day ; Chiffchaff - 2 ; Tufted Duck - 1 - Male on river
Longshaw Lodge: Redpoll sp (Common/Lesser) - 3 - Around the feeders ;
, Greenfinch - 1 ; Siskin - 4 - Male, female & juvenile around the feeders ; , Coal Tit - 2 ; Swallow - 4 Meersbrook Park: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - Tree at bottom of park calling ; Chiffchaff - 1 - Calling
Middleton Moor: Dunlin - 2 ; Ringed Plover - 4
Mosborough: Long-tailed Tit - 2 - On garden feeders ; Swallow - 4 ; Kestrel - 1 - Over Mosborough Moor ; Common Buzzard - 1 - fighting rather violently in the air with a Crow.
Neepsend: Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - singing in Willows near Hillfoot Bridge
Orgreave Lakes: Canada Goose - 10 ; Redshank - 6 ; Yellow Wagtail - 1 ; Common Sandpiper - 3 ; Whimbrel - 2 ; Whinchat - 1 - male in saplings by small lake ; Ringed Plover - 2 ; Whimbrel - 3 - Together on small lake at 17.30 ; Wheatear - 17+ ; Whinchat - 1 - Male still in saplings next to small lake at 17.40 ; Oystercatcher - 2 ; Whimbrel - 3 - 2 together, small lake,1 large lake ; Swift - 2 ; Swallow - 3 ; Sand Martin - 2
Parkgate Canal Basin: Tufted Duck - 5 ; Mute Swan - 30 ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing male ; Blackcap - 1 - singing male
Parkgate; Forge Way: Jackdaw - 1 - feeding ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - f hunting ; Lapwing - 1 - mobbing hunting SH ; Ringed Plover - 1pr
Redmires Bottom Res: Cuckoo - 2 - calling ; Goosander - 1 - lone male
Sharrow: Blue Tit - 2 - feeding young in nestbox today
Silverwood Lagoon: Wheatear - 9 ; Whinchat - 1 - female ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 10 - flew east ; Whinchat - 2 - male and female on fencing around paddock beyond northern end of lagoon this afternoon (first seen Monday) ; Ringed Plover - 1
Staveley SF: Grey Partridge - 2 ; Lesser Whitethroat - 2 Singing ; Greylag Goose - 3 ; Gadwall - 6 ; Cormorant - 3
Stubley Hollow: Yellow Wagtail - 1 - Wheatear - 2; Chiffchaff - 5; blackcap- 1; Swift- 3
Thrybergh CP: Oystercatcher - 1
Thundercliffe Grange: Chaffinch - 4 ; Blackcap - 2 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 5 ; Treecreeper - 2 ; Redstart - 1
Totley: House Martin - 6+ - Returned to usual nest sites near Totley Hall
Totley Moor: Swift - 1 - 17:30 Lone Swift flying over moor. Feeding.
Totley Rise garden: Brambling - 1 female - With Greenfinches and Goldfinches under sunflower heart feeders
Wharncliffe Chase (north): Stock Dove - 3 ; Swallow - 4 ; Skylark - 2 - singing ; Tree Pipit - 1 ; Cuckoo - 1 - seen and heard calling AM
Wharncliffe Wood: Willow Warbler - 15+ ; Goldcrest - 1 - singing male ; Bullfinch - Pair - courtship behaviour ; Song Thrush - 3 - all singing males ; Chiffchaff - 2 ; Redstart - 1 - male singing on border of Wharncliffe Chase ; Blackcap - 1
Whitley: Blackcap - 1 - singing male outside Whitley Hall hotel.
Wyming Brook: Blackcap - 1 ; Willow Warbler - 8 ; Chiffchaff - 4 ; Pied Flycatcher - 1 - Male ; Curlew - 1 - Overhead ; Long-tailed Tit - 3 ; Goldcrest - 3
01 May 2012
Abbeydale Golf Course: Long-tailed Tit - 2 ; Swift - 1 ; Mistle Thrush - 1Baslow: Mandarin - 2 - Pair still on floodwater in field
Beighton Marsh NR: Willow Warbler - 2 ; Sedge Warbler - 1 ; Whitethroat - 1
Blue Man's Bower: Great Grey Shrike - 1 - still present today @ 1345
Brincliffe Edge: Siskin - 11 - unusually high number for time of year
Greystones: Waxwing - 15 - 10:20 Group back in Greystones garden car park area. Feeding on berries.
Orgreave Lakes: Wheatear - 23 ; Hobby - 1 - East at 7:35 ; Little Gull - 1 - Near adult between 8:00 & 8:15
Rawmarsh-Haugh Rd: Lesser Black-backed Gull - 6 - N ; Mistle Thrush - 3 - on playing field ; Sand Martin - 4 - over ; Swift - 4 - over
Silverwood Lagoon: Reed Warbler - 1 singing ; Lesser Whitethroat - 1 singing ; Yellow Wagtail - 1 ; Swallow - 6 ; Swift - 1 - flew north ; Grasshopper Warbler - 1 ; Wheatear - 2 ; Whitethroat - 6 singing - seem a little more widespread around pit-top today - also 3-4 singing in hedgerows around Silver Wood
Staveley SF: Gadwall - 21 ; Whitethroat - 1 singing ; Cormorant - 1 ; Pochard - 2
30 April 2012
Back Tor, Edale: Rook - 15+ - Feeding in fields with Jackdaws ; Willow Warbler - 2 - In Brockett Booth Plantation ; Swallow - 2 ; Jackdaw - 25+ ; House Martin - 1 ; Meadow Pipit - 7+ - All along the ridge from Mam Tor to Lose Hill ;Bamford: Swift - 4 - Above river at Sickleholme.
Barbrook Res: Skylark - 12 ; Reed Bunting - 1 ; Wheatear - 4
Barlborough: Chiffchaff - 4 ; House Martin - c10 ; Willow Warbler - 3 ; Blackcap - 3 ; Pied Wagtail - c23 - All in same horse field ; Mistle Thrush - 2 ; Yellow Wagtail - 2 ; Wheatear - 7
Baslow: Buzzard - 1 ; Mandarin - 2 - pair - Floodwater in corner of horse field by roundabout
Beighton Marsh NR: Sedge Warbler - 1 - 1 singing ; Reed Bunting - 2 - a pair ; Whitethroat - 1 - 1 singing ; Willow Warbler - 2 - 2 singing ; Blackcap - 2 - 2 singing ; Chiffchaff - 2 - 2 singing
Big Moor: Curlew - 1
Blacka Moor: Cuckoo - 1 - Called briefly 08.20
Blue Man's Bower: Great Grey Shrike - 1 - sat on the barbed wire fence which runs towards the motorway still present at 1300 ; Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - 1 singing ; Great Grey Shrike - 1 - Still present at 16:10, Viewed from Long Lane. ; Oystercatcher - 1
Bole Hill, Treeton: Common Buzzard - 1 ; Reed Bunting - 1 - male
Botanical Gardens: Swift - 3 - Over at 20.00
Burbage Edge: Cuckoo - 1 - Sitting and calling from rocks at bottom of edge. Wheatear - 1
Canklow: Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - 1 singing
Canklow Woods: Sparrowhawk - 2 - pair displaying ; Common Buzzard - 1
Crookes Valley Park: Goosander - 1 - male on small island in lake 08:40 ; Blackcap - 2 - singing ; Coot - 2 ; Willow Warbler - 2 - singing in woodland
Endcliffe Park: Waxwing - 25 - In tree by keepers house, flycatching and bud stripping.
Firsby Res: Great Crested Grebe - 2 - Resident pair. ; Red-legged Partridge - 1 - In plowed field. ; Gadwall - 2 ; Chiffchaff - 4 ; Blackcap - 2 ; Willow Warbler - 12
Greystones: Waxwing - 15 - Another pic ;
, Waxwing - 15 - 18:30 Group of 15 still in area. Resting in Silver Birch before feeding on berries in car park garden. ; , Waxwing - 15+ - 08:30 Feeding on Cotoneaster berries in car park garden. Hathersage Moor: Snipe - 1 - On roadside fence post
Hillsborough: Swift - 1 - 0800 over Penistone Rd.
Leash Fen: Whinchat - 1 - A pristine male resting on ground just in Leash Fen viewed from road junction by Shillito Wood
Lose Hill: Skylark - 2
Mam Tor: Willow Warbler - 3 - Near Mam Farm
Meersbrook Park: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - Heard
Middlewood: Swift - 5 ; House Martin - 3
Orgreave Lakes: Greenshank - 1 - North at 07:15 ; Wheatear - 22+ ; Black-tailed Godwit - 10 - Circled lake at 07:15 ; Yellow Wagtail - 4 - Around Small Lake ; Common Sandpiper - 8 ; Shelduck - 2 ; Redshank - 8+ ; Pied Wagtail - 1 - Single Alba ; Whimbrel - 1 - Still present ; Swift - 50+ - At least 50 but numbers increasing ; Oystercatcher - 4 ; Peregrine - 1 - imm flew through north 1.15pm ; Wheatear - 30+ - 10+around lakes 20 between big mound and bridge ; Sand Martin - 1 ; Common Tern - 1 - large lake then settled on island ; Arctic Tern - 6 - flock arrived from the north at 12.45pm. Stayed until 1.15pm when spooked by a peregrine ; Whinchat - 1 - male ; Little Ringed Plover - 6
Parkgate Canal Basin: Tufted Duck - c15
Parkwood Springs: Great Crested Grebe - 1 - On the river near Wardsend Cemetery. Unusual here, but the river is unusually high. ; Lesser Whitethroat - 2 - singing ; Buzzard - 1 ; Sand Martin - 1 - south along river ; Swallow - 17 - Flying north in small groups and singles. ; Wheatear - 1 - Female perched on the perimeter fence of Shirecliffe Tip then flew high to the south.
R Don, Rotherham Centre; adjacent Tesco: Sand Martin - 3 - feeding over swollen river. Small colony occupied last year just downstream, currently underwater!
Ramsley Res: Tree Pipit - 4 - At least four birds singing just to NW of Ramsley Res (within 300 metres of res) ; Redstart - 1 - Just between Ramsley Res old dam bank and road
Ravenfield Ponds: Jay - 1 ; Yellowhammer - 1 - Male coming to seed at entrance. ;
, Chiffchaff - 2 ; Willow Warbler - 4 ; Blackcap - 1 Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Swift - 5 - over, screaming & chasing @ 1645hrs
Rawmarsh-New Stubbin: Blackcap - 2 ; Wheatear - 5 ; Lapwing - 3 - prs ; Linnet - 4 - prs ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 3 - N ; Swift - 13 - N
Rother Valley CP: Chiffchaff - 4 ; Oystercatcher - 2 ; Wheatear - 1 ; Common Tern - 4
Sheffield Centre: Sand Martin - 5 - hawking by high wall on Derek Dooley way near Victoria Hotel
Shirebrook Valley: Song Thrush - 8 - 8 singing ; Chiffchaff - 13 - 13 singing ; Blackcap - 9 - 9 singing
Sothall: Willow Warbler - 1 - singing from trees in middle of the estate
Staveley SF: Cormorant - 1 ; Greylag Goose - 4 ; Dunlin - 1 ; Gadwall - 14 ; Yellow Wagtail - 4 ; Buzzard - 1 ; Arctic Tern - 1 ; Lesser Whitethroat - 2 singing ; Sedge Warbler - 1 singing ; Sand Martin - 10 flew north
Totley Moss: Cuckoo - 1
Woodhouse Tip: Chiffchaff - 3 - 3 singing ; Skylark - 3 - 3 singing ; Wheatear - 10 - 4 males 6 females at least 4 showing characteristics of greenland race ; Yellow Wagtail - 3 - 3 over north east ; Willow Warbler - 2 - 2 singing ; Blackcap - 2 - 2 singing ; Whinchat - 1 - 1 male
Wybourn: Swift - 1 - first of year - 0815
29 April 2012
Birley Edge: Yellowhammer - 2 - male and female feeding underneath garden feeding station - second day runningBlackburn Brook: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Song Thrush - 2 ; Grey Partridge - 2 ; Dipper - 1
Catcliffe Flash: Mute Swan - 2 - pair, one bird still on nest ; Coot - 12 - nests flooded by high water levels
Greystones: Waxwing - 9 - 18:00 Perched in top of Sycamore tree in carpark garden.
Hangingwater: Robin - 4 - 2 young being fed by adults in torrential cold gales ;
Heeley: Swift - 2 - N. over Raleigh Road at 10:30
Orgreave Lakes: Shelduck - 2 - pair on causeway left N at 07:30 ; Redshank - 6+ ; Cormorant - 3 ; Wheatear - 10+ ; Common Sandpiper - 1 - on large lake ; Yellow Wagtail - 1 - over N at 08:10 ; Black-headed Gull - 3 ; Ringed Plover - 4 ; Swift - 2 ; Whimbrel - 1 - long stayer still present
Rawmarsh - Haugh Rd: Golden Plover - 1 - N @ 10.00
Staveley SF: Cormorant - 1 ; Greylag Goose - 9 ; Yellow Wagtail - 1 flew north ; Snipe - 1 ; Buzzard - 2 ; Gadwall - 30
Thrybergh CP: Common Tern - 3 - in @ 0655hrs; stayed only briefly ; Ringed Plover - 1 ; Swallow - 40+ ; Black-headed Gull - 1 - adult ; Greylag Goose - 4 ; Pochard - 5 - E ; Swift - 3 ; Stock Dove - 3 - 1 E; 2 NE ; Yellow Wagtail - 6 - inc party of 4 N ; Gadwall - 1pr ; Yellowhammer - 2 - singing males ; House Martin - 20+ ; Sand Martin - 20+ ; Tufted Duck - 9 - 4prs + 1m ; Common Sandpiper - 2 ; Great Crested Grebe - 1pr ; Linnet - 1pr ; Coot - 17 ; Chiffchaff - 4 - inc 3 singing males ; Blackcap - 4 - singing males ; Cormorant - 2
Ughill: Oystercatcher - 1 ; Curlew - 2
Wadsley Common: Red Kite - 1 - Flying low over garden and N over Common in strong winds whilst mobbed by crows
Wharncliffe Side: Swift - 1
28 April 2012
Bamford Moor: Ring Ouzel - 5 - 3 male 2 femaleBanner Cross: Waxwing - 9 - in trees opposite junction of Brincliffe Edge Road and Ecclesall Road
Birley Edge: Yellowhammer - 2 - Male and female feeding underneath garden feeding station.
Blackburn Meadows NR: Reed Bunting - 1 ; Goldfinch - 6 ; Long-tailed Tit - 2 ; Cormorant - 1 - flew west ; Willow Warbler - 2
Brightholmlee: Curlew - 2
Broomhead Res: Common Sandpiper - 3 ; Tufted Duck - 2 - pair
Ecclesall: Long-tailed Tit - 1 - Ecclesall grave yard ; Jay - 2 - Ecclesall grave yard
Fairholmes: Siskin - 20+ - on feeders by visitor centre; also male in song flight above car park.
Glen Howe Park: Sparrowhawk - 1 - male
Grenoside: Swallow - 6 - Prior Royd Farm
Greystones: Swallow - 2 - 08:45 2 Swallow passed over Greystones Rd. ; Waxwing - 25 - 08:30 25 Waxwing in tree at bottom of Greystones Road/Murray Road
Hall Wood, High Green: Lesser Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - singing ; House Martin - 2
Lawrence Field: Red Kite - 1 - headed approx east over Longshaw at 1125hrs
Leash Fen: Short-eared Owl - 1 - unfortunately found dead at the side of the road ; Wheatear - 5 - all males
Longshaw: Nuthatch - 1 ; Mistle Thrush - 2 ; Siskin - 10+ - on feeders at visitor centre
Morehall Res: Blackcap - 5+ - singing ; Great Crested Grebe - 1 ; Garden Warbler - 1 - singing in scrub N of res
Orgreave Lakes: Wheatear - 5+ - At least one Greenland type ;
, Dunlin - 2 ; Great Black-backed Gull - 1 - 1stS N ; Yellow Wagtail - 1 - male ; , Pied Wagtail - 4 - one White Wagtail ; Whimbrel - 1 - still present ; Ringed Plover - 1 Oughtibridge: Brambling - 1 - male in tree outside Stony Bank Cottage
Padley Gorge: Redstart - 1 - female ; Buzzard - 1 ; Pied Flycatcher - 1 - male singing ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Red Kite - 1 - heading towards Longshaw, harrassed by crow
Padley Wood: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - 1 male ; Pied Flycatcher - 2 - 2 males ; Treecreeper - 4 ; Mandarin - 2 - 1 male + 1 female ; Tawny Owl - 1
Parkwood Springs: Grey Partridge - 1 - Walking by pond in forest garden
Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Swift - 1 - over
Redmires conduit: Swift - 3 - over NE at 14:15
Silverwood Lagoon: Reed Warbler - 1 - first of year singing ; Swallow - 1 ; Dunlin - 1 - feeding along western shoreline at 06.50 ; Grasshopper Warbler - 1
Stanage: Pied Flycatcher - 4 - 3 male 1 female ;
, Nuthatch - 4 Stanage Edge, below: Ring Ouzel - 1 - m singing under High Neb
Stanley Hill: Linnet - 14 ; Tree Pipit - 1 - singing ; Willow Warbler - 6+ - singing
Staveley Lowgates: Gadwall - 12
Staveley SF: Swift - 3 flew north ; Greylag Goose - 2 ; Gadwall - 20 ; Mandarin - 1 drake ; Common Buzzard - 3 ; Yellow Wagtail - 1 flew north ; Common Sandpiper - 1
Ughill: Greylag Goose - 15+ ; Canada Goose - 6 ; Oystercatcher - 2
Wentworth Lakes: Common Sandpiper - 1 - top lake ; Lapwing - 2 ; Gadwall - 2 ; Canada Goose - 14 ; Greylag Goose - 19 ; Heron - 6 ; Tufted Duck - 8 ; Common Tern - 3 - left NE 07.15 ; Great Crested Grebe - 10 ; Whitethroat - 1 ; Stock Dove - 3 prs ; Buzzard - 2 ; Blackcap - 6 ; Chiffchaff - 6 ; Reed Bunting - 2 - singing males ; Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - singing male ; Sand Martin - 6 ; Nuthatch - 2 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 3 ; Green Woodpecker - 1
Wharncliffe Chase (south): Linnet - c50 ; Sand Martin - 1 north ; Ring Ouzel - 1 - male In rocky area behind Wharncliffe Farm ; Tree Pipit - 2 - Wharncliffe Farm ; Redstart - 1 - singing Wharncliffe Farm ; Skylark - c30 ; Wheatear - 8 ; Crossbill - 5
Wharncliffe Heath NR: Willow Warbler - 24 - singing ; Linnet - 7 ; Tree Pipit - 3
Wharncliffe Side: Stock Dove - 2 - feeding on seed in garden
Wharncliffe Wood: Garden Warbler - 1
Woodhouse Tip: Swift - 1 - north ; Mute Swan - 7 - Flying north at 07.10
27 April 2012
Blackburn Meadows NR: Reed Bunting - 2 - 2 m ; Jay - 3 ; Pheasant - 2 ; Bullfinch - 5 ; Blackcap - 2 ; Gadwall - 4Crookes Valley Park: Goosander - 1 - male on lake all day; only third record here in 15+ years
Derwent Res: Pied Wagtail - 2 - one displaying ;
, Common Sandpiper - 3 Fairholmes: Siskin - 8 - on feeders ;
, Nuthatch - 2 - one on feeders Greystones: Goldfinch - 2 - 14:50 Regular visitors to the feeder. ;
, Waxwing - 12 - 14:50 the group of 12 Waxwing returned throughout the afternoon resting on a TV aerial and in Silver Birch before feeding again on berries. ; , Waxwing - 12 - 12:00 Bottom of Greystones Road ; , Waxwing - 12 - Another picture ; Ladybower Res, North arm: Canada Goose - 30+ ; Cormorant - 1 - flying over ; Common Sandpiper - 2 ;
, Goosander - 7 - 2 males & 5 females ; Red-breasted Merganser - 1 - Male near Fairholmes Longshaw Lodge: Siskin - 4 - On feeders
Moorfoot: Long-tailed Tit - 1 - calling in small tree on Waitrose side of dual carriageway
Nether Edge: Waxwing - 15 - distant view from Brincliffe Edge of birds over Nether Edge 9.45 am
Nether Green: Blackcap - 1 - singing in clough behind Tesco Express
Orgreave Lakes: Whinchat - 1 - In saplings at west side of small lake at 0905. ; Short-eared Owl - 1 - Flying high over towards ulley @ 08:30; Arctic Tern - 1 - flyover ; Wigeon - 1 ; Shoveler - 1 - drake ; Ringed Plover - 2 - with Dunlin flock ; Whimbrel - 1 ; Black-tailed Godwit - 1 - Islandica around edge of small lake ; Dunlin - 17 - Single + flock of 16 ; Black-tailed Godwit - 1 ;
, Whinchat - 1 - male still present in same area at 1305 ; , Redshank - 4 ; Turnstone - 1 - On large lake early morning ; Brent Goose - 3 - On causeway at dawn, flew north at 08:10 ; Swift - 4 ; Oystercatcher - 2 Padley Gorge: Cuckoo - 1 - Calling ; Pied Flycatcher - 3 - Treecreeper - 1; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 2
R Rother, North side of J33: Oystercatcher - 1 - At the side of the flooded river 12.15pm
Rawmarsh-Haugh Rd: Marsh Harrier - 1 - adult male drifted N 17.24-17.27 ; Swift - 2 - N
Silverwood Lagoon: Wheatear - 5 - on fencing above NE corner of lagoon at 15.00 - looked like they'd just arrived ; Tufted Duck - 21
Staveley Lowgates: Gadwall - 12 ; Whitethroat - 1 Singing ; Cormorant - 1
Thrybergh CP: Wheatear - 2 - Male and female together on the dam ; Yellow Wagtail - 2 - male/female ; Common Sandpiper - 4 ; Dunlin - 2 ; Common Tern - 2 ; Swallow - 30+ ; Blackcap - 4 - Singing Males. ; Ringed Plover - 1 ; Sand Martin - c70 ; Dunlin - 1 - Feeding on shore line in front of visitors centre with Ringed Plover. ;
, Swift - 3 ; Swallow - 110+ ; House Martin - 15+ Thundercliffe Grange: Treecreeper - 2 ; Chiffchaff - 2 ; Wood Warbler - 1 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1
Tullabardine Road/Ecclesall Road: Waxwing - 20 - Seen at 08.10hrs.
Walkley: Grey Heron - 2 - Pair over Freedom Rd heading for Hillsborough Park
26 April 2012
Aldwarke: Cormorant - 2 - on pylonBeighton Marsh NR: Reed Bunting - 1 - male ; Greylag Goose - 4 - flying south ; Yellowhammer - 1 ; Blackcap - 3 - singing males ; Chiffchaff - 2 - singing males ; Willow Warbler - 2 - singing males ; Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - singing male ; Grey Heron - 2 ; Sedge Warbler - 1 - singing male
Blackburn Brook: Grey Wagtail - 2 ; Dipper - 2
Blackburn Meadows NR: Gadwall - 9 ; Reed Bunting - 1 - 1 male ; Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - reeling in front of yorkshire water hide ; Chiffchaff - 2 - 2 singing ; Blackcap - 5 - 5 singing ; Willow Warbler - 7 - 7 singing
Bolehill Flash: Gadwall - 3 ; Swallow - 2 - 2 north ; Reed Bunting - 2 - 2 males ; Wheatear - 1 - a male along the river
Brincliffe: Waxwing - 23-24 - Picking at tree top buds on Quarry Lane at 16.00hrs
Chapeltown: Golden Plover - 13 - On 'plain' below Smithy Wood at end of Cowley Way ; Lapwing - 2 - Displaying on 'plain' below Smithy Wood off end of Cowley Way
Ecclesall: Waxwing - 16 - In the first large tree on Ecclesall Road South downhill from the junction with Ringinglow Road/Tullibardine Road.
Firsby Res: Swallow - 12 ; Reed Bunting - 2 ; Blackcap - 3 ; Bullfinch - 1 ; Mallard - 18 - Female with 17 ducklings. ; Willow Warbler - 15+ ; Chiffchaff - 4
Graves Park: Linnet - 1
Lodge Moor garden: Goldfinch - 4 ; Siskin - 10+ ; Brambling - 2 ; Bullfinch - 5 ; Redpoll sp (Common/Lesser) - 1
Longshaw: Siskin - 7 - On feeders outside cafe ; Cuckoo - 3 - Calling and flying in wooded areas near to lake ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - Calling and seen near to lake
Nether Edge: Jay - 1 - mobbed by pair of Blackbirds in Kenwood Hotel grounds
Orgreave Lakes: Dunlin - 2 ; Swift - 20+ ; Common Sandpiper - 2 ; Yellow Wagtail - 3 - singles north ; Arctic Tern - 1 - still present 1300hrs ; Common Tern - 3 - one at 0900 then two more in at 0930 in heavy rain ; Arctic Tern - 1 - In at 0930 in heavy rain ; Black-tailed Godwit - 1 - In at 10.25. Showing characteristics of Islandica. Not last week's long stayer. ; Yellow Wagtail - 1 ; ARCTIC SKUA - 1 - Sat on large lake at 10.05. Flew off towards RVCP at 10.15. ; Pied Wagtail - 6+ - Including 2 alba ; Wheatear - 5+ ; Grey Partridge - 2 - To the south of the small lake.
Pit-house West: Linnet - 25+ - Good numbers all round site. ; Greylag Goose - 2 - Noisy pair landed on outflow pond. ; Chiffchaff - 4 ; Buzzard - 2 - Pair calling and displaying over site. ; Reed Warbler - 1 - Calling from Reeds. ; Willow Warbler - 4 ; Blackcap - 2 ; Jay - 2
Poolsbrook CP: Gadwall - 2
Poolsbrook Marsh: Reed Warbler - 5 Singing ; Greylag Goose - 4
Rawmarsh-Haugh Road: Swift - 4 north ; Arctic Tern - 1 north - 5-30
Rivelin Valley: Linnet - 15 - mobile flock in fields behind Coppice Farm
River Don, Effingham St: Willow Warbler - 1 - Calling near Thomas wards building. ; Sand Martin - 6
Silverwood Lagoon: Grasshopper Warbler - 1 ; Wheatear - 3 - on track by Hollings Lane entrance
Staveley Lowgates: Gadwall - 2
Stubley Hollow: Wheatear - 6
Thrybergh CP: Tufted Duck - 15 - 7prs + 1m ; Yellowhammer - 5 ; Canada Goose - 8 ; Swallow - 40-50 - by 0930hrs ; Wheatear - 1 - male on dam ; Coot - 25 ; Moorhen - 6 - + 2 active nests ; Chiffchaff - 3 - singing males ; Blackcap - 4 - singing males ; Gadwall - 1pr ; Common Tern - 3 ; Reed Bunting - 3 - inc singing male ; Common Sandpiper - 3 ; Sand Martin - 20-30 - by 0930hrs ; Pied Wagtail - 3 - 1pr + 1m ; Yellow Wagtail - 1 - male ; House Martin - c20 - by 0930hrs ; Black-headed Gull - 7 - 1 1st S E; 4 ads & 2 1st S, S ; Swift - 5 - by 0930hrs ; Great Crested Grebe - 4 ; Greylag Goose - 2 ; Willow Warbler - 4 - singing males
Thrybergh CP; adjacent fields: Red-legged Partridge - 1 - calling to E
25 April 2012
Abbeydale Golf Course: Mistle Thrush - 2Agden: Mistle Thrush - 4 - In a group ; Nuthatch - 1 ; Reed Bunting - 1 - garden feeder near Smallfield farm
Blackamoor: Cuckoo - 1 - calling from trees in Blacka Plantation to the right of Lenny Hill
Blackburn Brook: Dipper - 1 - first time seen at this location ; Jay - 2 ; Water Rail - 1
Blackburn Meadows NR: Willow Warbler - 2 ; Bullfinch - 2 ; Little Grebe - 2 - male and female ; Pied Wagtail - 2 ; Long-tailed Tit - 2 ; Gadwall - 7 ; Mute Swan - 1 ; Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - Singing at 1 am. Water level up, but still at only 25% full
Bradfield: Song Thrush - 1 - feeding on the cricket pitch
Crookes Valley Park: Goosander - 1 - Successfully fishing in the pouring rain
Damflask Res: Swallow - 50+ - over water at low level in rain & wind
Fulwood garden: Reed Bunting - 1
Kimberworth: Robin - 2 - Male feeding female
Moorgate, Rotherham: House Sparrow - 8 - 5m 3f - on seed feeders ; Bullfinch - 2 - pr - feeding in garden
Orgreave: Swift - 3
Orgreave Lakes: Dunlin - 2 ; Greenshank - 1 - On small lake at 06:40 ; Reed Warbler - 1 - On river ; Whimbrel - 1 ; Common Tern - 1 ; Ringed Plover - 2 - 2 tundra types on large lake early morning ; Sanderling - 1 - on large lake from 07:00
Poolsbrook CP: Yellow Wagtail - 1
Poolsbrook Marsh: Grasshopper Warbler - 1 singing ; Reed Warbler - 3 singing ; Gadwall - 1
Rawmarsh Community School: Ring-necked Parakeet - 2 - calling birds SE 09.00
Silverwood Lagoon: Redshank - 1
Staveley Lowgates: Whitethroat - 1 singing ; Gadwall - 2
Thrybergh CP: Common Tern - 2 ; Little Ringed Plover - 1 ; Yellow Wagtail - 2 ; Ringed Plover - 2
24 April 2012
Agden Side: TWITE - 12 - Low over Agden Side Road towards Emlin Moor at 09:10 ; Merlin - 1 - Male from Agden Bog area up towards Canyards ; Linnet - 20+Blackburn Meadows NR: Blackcap - 2 ; Reed Bunting - 2 - pair collecting nesting material ; Gadwall - 2 ; Tufted Duck - 2 - male and female ; Willow Warbler - 2 ; Little Grebe - 1
Brightside: Common Buzzard - 1 - over Weedon St. overspill carpark 1040-1055, in no hurry to move on despite attention of local Crows
Broomhead Res: Common Sandpiper - 3 ; Mandarin - 2 - M+F On North bank of res at 19:15 then flew East towards Morehall Res. No sign on checking there though.
General Cemetery, Sharrow: Tawny Owl - 1
Gillfield Wood: Tawny Owl - 1 - Calling at 2100 ; Woodcock - 1 - Roding over wood at 2100
Greasbrough: Swift - 1 - over Church Street 2015hrs
Midhope: Redstart - 1 - male around nw corner of res. ; Fieldfare - 17+ - in fields nw corner of res.
Orgreave Lakes: Green Sandpiper - 1 ; Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Ringed Plover - 4 ; Pied Wagtail - 5 - + at least 4 'white' wagtails. ; Yellow Wagtail - 1 ; Willow Tit - 1 - By the river ; Avocet - 2 - On small lake island at 07:30 ; Cormorant - 5 - 1 with green ring ; Swallow - 5 ; House Martin - 2 ; Wheatear - 12 ; Yellow Wagtail - 1 ; Great Crested Grebe - 13 ; Redshank - 5 ; Whimbrel - 2 - between lakes ; Whimbrel - 1 - On causeway at 10.15am ; Sand Martin - 13 ; Oystercatcher - 2
R Don, Rotherham Centre; Main Street to Don Island: Kingfisher - 1 - Flew upriver @ 1355hrs
Ravenfield Church: Sparrowhawk - 2 - Pair displaying
Rawmarsh-Haugh Rd: Sparrowhawk - 4 - overhead 16.30 ; Buzzard - 3 - overhead 16.40 ; Black-headed Gull - 87 - N
Redmires conduit: Snipe - 1 - Calling and drumming ;
, Golden Plover - 1 ; , Skylark - 2+ ; Curlew - 4+ ; Lapwing - 12+ - Displaying ; Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Silver Wood: Willow Warbler - 6 singing ; Blackcap - 8 singing
Silverwood Lagoon: Willow Warbler - 4 singing ; Grasshopper Warbler - 1 ; Yellow Wagtail - 1
Thrybergh CP: Lesser Whitethroat - 1 ; Common Tern - 2
Tinsley Marshalling Yard: Lapwing - 2 - a pair ; Ringed Plover - 4 - 2 pairs
23 April 2012
Barbrook Plantation: Redstart - 1 - singing. Tree pipit -1 singingBeighton Marsh NR: Willow Tit - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Willow Warbler - 2 - 2 singing ; Bullfinch - 3 - 2 males 1 female
Blackburn Meadows NR: Song Thrush - 2 ; Wren - 2 ; Reed Bunting - 1 ; Moorhen - 3 ; Willow Warbler - 6 ; Goldfinch - 8 ; Long-tailed Tit - 6 ; Bullfinch - 2 ; Tufted Duck - 2 ; Little Grebe - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 2
Bradfield Dale: Oystercatcher - 2 - On rocks above Blindside Lane level of dam at Dale Dike reservoir
Canklow Woods: Woodcock - 2 - 2 roding at 2045
Middleton Moor: Dunlin - 4
Millhouses: Ring-necked Parakeet - 2 - NW over Abbeydale Road at 1400hrs
Orgreave Lakes: Redshank - 5 ; Pied Wagtail - 3 - + 3 white wagtail ; Greenshank - 1 - West at 7:25 ; House Martin - 6 ; Swallow - 25 - several perched on sapling support tubes ; Oystercatcher - 2 ; Sand Martin - 40+ ; Common Tern - 1 - circled island then south ; Shelduck - 3 - 2m 1f ; Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Wheatear - 12 ; Dunlin - 1
Parkgate Canal Basin: Tufted Duck - 17 - 8prs; 1m ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing male ; Mute Swan - 37 ; Lapwing - 1 ; Willow Warbler - 1 - singing male
Pit House West: Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - Calling near bittern pool ; Cuckoo - 1 - Calling near bittern pool
R Don, Effingham St: Chiffchaff - 1 ; Sand Martin - 2 - Flying around Norfolk railway bridge @ lunchtime. ; Kingfisher - 2 - One circling across river @ 13.20, other flying downstream at same time.
Rawmarsh - Haugh Rd: Meadow Pipit - 6 - playing field ; Golden Plover - c130 - NW @ 19.00 ; Starling - 55 - playing field
Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Goldfinch - 6 - in garden briefly
Rivelin Valley: Jay - 5 ; Goldcrest - 2 ; Moorhen - 6 ; Blackbird - 10 ; Blackcap - 3 ; Bullfinch - 2 ; Chaffinch - 10 ; Nuthatch - 5 ; Dipper - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 5 ; Wren - 36 - From Holly Bush Inn to Manchester road ; Chiffchaff - 10
Shirebrook Valley: Willow Tit - 3 - a pair and 1 singing ; Willow Warbler - 1 - 1 singing ; Song Thrush - 16 - 15 singing ; Bullfinch - 2 - 2 males ; Chiffchaff - 11 - 11 singing ; Blackcap - 7 - 7 singing
Silverwood Lagoon: Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - again 'reeling' in paddocks towards western edge of Woodlaithes estate.
Sugworth: Greylag Goose - 5 - In field just above road
Wadsley Common: Collared Dove - 2 - Nesting behind sky-dish. ;
Woodhouse Tip: Blackcap - 4 - 4 singing ; Bullfinch - 3 ; Whitethroat - 1 - singing ; Willow Warbler - 3 - 3 singing ; Chiffchaff - 3 - 3 singing ; Meadow Pipit - 3 - 1 singing ; Skylark - 5 - 2 singing ; Song Thrush - 4 - 4 singing
22 April 2012
Agden Side: Curlew - 15+ ; Golden Plover - 200+ ; Buzzard - 2Aldwarke: Cormorant - 3 - on pylon
Aldwarke SF: Snipe - 1 - flushed from wet area ; Tufted Duck - 43 - 26m; 17f ; Greylag Goose - 2 - NW, returning to later. Nest appears to have failed ; Gadwall - 4prs ; Stock Dove - 2 ; Reed Bunting - 1
Aldwarke; Waddington Way: Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - singing male
Bamford Moor: Ring Ouzel - 6 - 4 male 2 female ;
Barlborough: Nuthatch - 2 ; Chiffchaff - 6+ ; Blackcap - 2 ; Green Woodpecker - 2 ; Treecreeper - 2 - Carrying nesting material to tree hole ; Lapwing - 3 ; Common Buzzard - 3 ; Fieldfare - c60 - Feeding in park with a large flock of Starling ; Blue Tit - 5+ - 3 separate nests in a small wood
Bradwell: Fieldfare - 5+ - In fields on Smalldale Head Road
Broomhead Res: Lesser Black-backed Gull - 5 NE ; Common Sandpiper - 2
Burrs Wood: Buzzard - 1 ; Blackcap - 4 singing ; Fieldfare - 3
Canklow Woods: Sparrowhawk - 1 - male displaying
Cutthroat Bridge: Ring Ouzel - 3
Fulwood garden: Brambling - 1 - over calling mid-morning
Gibbet Moor: Cuckoo - 1 ; Snipe - 1 drumming
Gleadless Valley LNR: Willow Warbler - 1 ; Blackcap - 14 ; Chiffchaff - 21 ;
High Green: House Martin - 1 - Seen over Sundew Estate at 10:30am approx.
Hollin Clough: Mandarin - 2 - feeding under the bird feeders ; Coal Tit - 5 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ;
, Nuthatch - 3 ; Hordron Farm: Ring Ouzel - 14 - in fields nearby
Kimberworth: Coal Tit - 2 - Male feeding female
Lodge Moor garden: Brambling - 1 - frequent visitor to garden for the last 5 days ;
Mayfield Valley: Meadow Pipit - 15 - in fields at Mayfield Alpacas ; Pied Wagtail - 4 - in fields at Mayfield Alpacas
Middleton Moor: Tufted Duck - 4 - 2 pairs. ; Shelduck - 6 ; Teal - 7 ; Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Oystercatcher - 2
Padley Gorge: Pied Flycatcher - 1 - male ; Mandarin - 2 - pair on footpath in woods feeding in mud
Peat Pits: Ring Ouzel - 1 male
Plumbley: Wheatear - 1 - male ; Lapwing - 2 ; Pied Wagtail - 1 - Singing from top of grain silo.
R Don, Warren Street: Kingfisher - 1
Ravenfield: Chiffchaff - 1 - Calling from garden
Ravenfield Ponds: Wren - 10 ; Chaffinch - 20 - Numbers increasing daily. ; Lesser Redpoll - 1 - calling from woodland. ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - Male hunting
Redmires Res: Willow Warbler - 24 - singing ; Goldfinch - 10 ; Bullfinch - 1 - male singing by Top Res ; Linnet - 31 ; Chiffchaff - 2 - singing ; Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - reeling by Middle Res ; Mistle Thrush - 4 - singing ; Song Thrush - 5 - singing ; Fieldfare - 14 - along conduit ; Pied Wagtail - 6 ; Common Sandpiper - 4 ; Oystercatcher - 3 - local pair + a single driven off W ; Greylag Goose - 2 - in fields ; Chaffinch - 10 - singing
Roper Hill: Wheatear - 4 - on Roper Hill
Sheffield Airport: Linnet - 4 - 1 female carrying nest material
Silverwood Lagoon: Wheatear - 1 ; Common Sandpiper - 1
Thrybergh CP: Greylag Goose - 5 - inc 2 SW ; House Martin - 10-15 ; Moorhen - 8 - inc pair at nest 4-5m up in Hawthorn hedge ; Coot - 33 - + 2 active nests ; Tufted Duck - 10prs ; Common Tern - 3 ; Cormorant - 4 ; Chiffchaff - 4 - singing males ; Sand Martin - 40+ ; Yellow Wagtail - 1 - male ; Yellowhammer - 4 - 1pr + 2 males ; Canada Goose - 17 ; Oystercatcher - 1 - in from NE circled & left S, then W @ 0740hrs ; Swallow - 40+ ; Great Crested Grebe - 2 ; Gadwall - 3 - 1pr + 1
Thrybergh Tip: House Martin - 1 ; Gadwall - 21 ; Shoveler - 3 - 2m; 1f ; Oystercatcher - 1 - briefly. (presumed same as at TCP earlier) ; Sparrowhawk - 3 - 1f, + 2 displaying ; Tufted Duck - 57 ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - calling ; Little Grebe - 4 ; Linnet - 7 ; Willow Tit - 1 ; Reed Warbler - 1 - singing male ; Pochard - 1 - drake ; Chiffchaff - 7 - inc 6 singing males ; Blackcap - 8 - singing males ; Shelduck - 2prs - territorial behaviour. One bird of evicted pair with white parts of plumage uniform pinkish-buff ; Mute Swan - 15 ; Willow Warbler - 2 - singing males
Treeton Dyke: Whitethroat - 1
Ughill Moors: Willow Warbler - 3 - all singing ; Wheatear - 1 female
Walkley: Swallow - 1 - Flying NE
Wharncliffe Chase (south): Green Woodpecker - 1 ; Wheatear - 5+ - behind Wharncliffe farm, 1 singing ; Redstart - 1 - Wharncliffe Farm, singing ; Curlew - 2 ; Crossbill - 7 - N ; Lesser Redpoll - 10 - N ; Common Buzzard - 2+ ; Siskin - 1+
21 April 2012
70 Acre Hill: Kestrel - 1 - Hunting near ponds ; Skylark - 1 - singing high above cattle fieldsBarbrook Plantation: Tree Pipit - 3
Barbrook Pools: Wheatear - 8 - 5 males, 3 females
Blackburn Meadows: Little Grebe - 1 ; Willow Warbler - 2 ; Song Thrush - 3 ; Gadwall - 6
Canklow Woods: House Martin - 2 - 2 north at 1245 ; Sparrowhawk - 3 - 2 males 1 female displaying ; Tawny Owl - 2 - 2 calling at 2130 ; Woodcock - 1 - roding at 2055
Centenary Riverside: Little Ringed Plover - 1
Damflask Res: House Martin - 1 ; Sand Martin - 1 ; Common Sandpiper - 2 ; Swallow - 50+ - low over water
Duckmanton: Lapwing - 9 pairs ; Cormorant - 1 ; Reed Warbler - 1 singing ; Reed Bunting - 3 singing ; Shoveler - 1 ; Redshank - 3 ; Gadwall - 2
Edge Mount: Wheatear - 1 - male ; Golden Plover - c400 - In tilled field by Lumb Lane crossroads
Firsby Res: Kingfisher - 1 ; Gadwall - 8 - 4 pairs on main Res. ; Willow Warbler - 20+ - Singing all round the site. ; Sand Martin - 3 - On dead Willow with Swallows. ;
, Blackcap - 2 - Singing Males. ; Kestrel - 2 - Displaying pair. ; Shoveler - 2 - Pair on main Res. ; , Swallow - 30+ - Hunting over main Res and perched on dead Willows. ; Greave's Piece: Tree Pipit - 4 - singing ; Willow Warbler - 25+ - At least 25 singing in 45 minute walk
Grindleford: Tree Pipit - 1 - singing ; Redstart - 1 - singing
High Hazels Park: Long-tailed Tit - 2 - Feeding young in nest ; Goldfinch - 7
Holdworth: Little Owl - 2
Hutcliffe Wood: Swallow - 2
Mam Tor: Kestrel - 1 - hunting
Midhope Res: Oystercatcher - 2 - low Moor fields
Mosborough: Wheatear - 1 - Male in horse field ; Coot - 3 ; Chiffchaff - 2 - Singing ; Yellowhammer - 2 ; Red-legged Partridge - 5 ; Blackcap - 3 - Males all singing ; Nuthatch - 2
Old Whittington SF: Gadwall - 6 ; Willow Warbler - 5 singing ; Lapwing - 3 pairs
Orgreave Lakes: Wheatear - 12 ; Black-tailed Godwit - 1 ; Golden Plover - 90 - Still on 'plains' many now in pristine breeding plumage. ; Pied Wagtail - 5 - 5 White Wagtails ; Whimbrel - 1 - feeding on South Plains ;
, Curlew - 1 ; Ringed Plover - 2 ; Yellow Wagtail - 1 - calling ; Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Golden Plover - c90 ; , Green Sandpiper - 1 Poolsbrook CP: Common Sandpiper - 1
Poolsbrook Marsh: Gadwall - 2 ; Reed Warbler - 3 singing ; Water Rail - 1 calling
Priddock Wood: Pied Flycatcher - 3 - males singing
Ravenfield Ponds: Blue Tit - 5 - Inc bird taking food into nest hole. ; Goldfinch - 5 - Feeding in tree tops. ;
, Blackcap - 4 - Singing males. ; Willow Tit - 1 ; Willow Warbler - 5 ; Treecreeper - 2 - One bird taking food into nest hole. ; Chiffchaff - 2 Rawmarsh - New Stubbin: Red-legged Partridge - 1 - pr ; Yellowhammer - 5 - singing males ; Greylag Goose - 1 - SW ; Linnet - 3 - prs ; Grey Partridge - 1 - pr ; Chiffchaff - 4 ; Blackcap - 3 ; Garden Warbler - 1 - singing male ; Whitethroat - 2 ; Wheatear - 1 - male ; Swallow - 10 - N ; Meadow Pipit - 5 - singing males ; Lapwing - 3 - prs ; Buzzard - 1
Redmires Res: Fieldfare - 10 - c. in fields along conduit ; Cormorant - 2 - flew W
Renishaw Park: Blackcap - 5 singing ; Gadwall - 11
Rivelin: Green Woodpecker - 2-3 - Calling from S-bend, Wolf Dam and Bell Hagg pub areas ; Stock Dove - 2 - Windless House Farm ; Nuthatch - 2 - Entering nest hole near Wolf Dam ; Blackcap - 1
Rivelin Valley: Greenfinch - 1 - Irregular here ; Chiffchaff - 3 ; Linnet - 30 - In fields behind Coppice farm ; Nuthatch - 2
RVCP, Meadowgate Lake: Common Tern - 2 - ; Common Sandpiper - 2; Oystercatcher - 2
Sheffield University: House Martin - 1 - W over St George's church 12:30 ; Peregrine - 2 ;
Silverwood Lagoon: Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - reeling in paddocks towards western edge of Woodlaithes estate ; Whitethroat - 2 singing ; Swallow - 3 ; Tufted Duck - 9
Thrybergh CP: Common Sandpiper - 4 ; Whitethroat - 1 - first of year ; Yellow Wagtail - 1
Wharncliffe Chase: Ring Ouzel - 1 - Male bird to the rear of Wharncliffe Farm. ;
Wharncliffe Chase (north): Willow Warbler - 3+ - singing ; Reed Bunting - 3 - 1 singing ; Fieldfare - c40 - Roundabout Plantation ; Wheatear - 18 ; Chaffinch - 8 - 4 singing ; Redstart - 2 - singing males Roundabout Plantation and Pales Wood ; Meadow Pipit - 3+ ; Golden Plover - 3 - N ; Skylark - 3+ - singing ; Common Buzzard - 3 - in air together
Wharncliffe Chase (south): Meadow Pipit - 23+ - inc some singing/display ; Pied Wagtail - 4 - 2 pairs ; Wheatear - 1 - by Flash ; Swallow - 5 - 2 by Flash, 1 Wharncliffe Farm, 2 Hallfield Head Farm ; Tree Pipit - 5 - singing ; Yellowhammer - 1 - singing ; Carrion Crow - 12+ ; Snipe - 1 - chipping in field at Hallfield Head Farm ; Lapwing - 6 ; Skylark - 10+ - 7+ singing ; Redstart - 2 - singing males at Wharncliffe Farm, and stand of trees NE of Hollow Plantation ; Linnet - 12+ - 1+ singing ; House Sparrow - c15 - Hallfield Head Farm ; Willow Warbler - 23+ - singing ; Curlew - 2
Wheata Wood: Blackcap - 1 - singing male
Wyming Brook: Pied Flycatcher - 1 male - ; Wood Warbler - 1 male ; Crossbill - 7
20 April 2012
Aldwarke: Cormorant - 2 - on pylonAldwarke SF: Blackcap - 1 - singing male ; Chiffchaff - 3 - inc 2 singing males ; Jay - 1 ; Little Grebe - 1 ; Tufted Duck - 11 - 5prs + 1m ; Red-legged Partridge - 1 ; Gadwall - 9 - 4prs + 1m ; Reed Bunting - 1pr ; Kestrel - 1pr
Big Moor: Great Grey Shrike - 1
Blacka Hill: Stonechat - 1 - male
Blacka Moor: Wheatear - 3 - males on top of the pastures ; ROUGH-LEGGED BUZZARD - 1 - Possible briefly mid-afternoon. Seen hovering at distance in heat haze so details hard to make out but upper-tail pattern looked good. Left south over Totley Moor ; Lapwing - 2 - on the pastures
Blackburn Meadows NR: Blackcap - 2 - 2 singing ; Gadwall - 12 ; Little Grebe - 2 ; Willow Warbler - 8 - 8 singing ; Chiffchaff - 2 - 2 singing
Canklow: Whitethroat - 1 - singing, first of the year
Canklow Woods: Sparrowhawk - 4 - in the air together
Endcliffe Park: Goosander - 1 - m still there at midday ;
, Goosander - 1 - Male on lower pond at 9am Ewden Height: Sand Martin - 1
Grenoside: Swallow - 1 - Prior Royd Farm ; Willow Warbler - 1 - singing on Hill Top Lane
Norton Lees: Blackcap - 1 - sang briefly then moved on
Orgreave Lakes: Wheatear - 15 ; Curlew - 1 ; Wheatear - 17 - 12 around large lake 5 on "plains" ; Oystercatcher - 5 ; Redshank - 5 ; Little Ringed Plover - 3 ; Cormorant - 3 - 1 with green ring ; Black-tailed Godwit - 26 - Still present around small lake ; Common Buzzard - 1 - south ; Goosander - 1 - male ; Skylark - 27 ; Pied Wagtail - 4 - white wagtail 3 ; Sand Martin - 11 - 6+5
R Don, Attercliffe: Sand Martin - 2 - Norfolk Bridge
R Don, Effingham St: Kingfisher - 2+ ;
, Wren - 1 - Near Norfolk Bridge ; , Sand Martin - 8 - Nesting in Railway bridge near Norfolk Bridge ; , Goldfinch - 10+ - Near Bailey Bridge with nesting material ; , Pied Wagtail - 2 ; Grey Wagtail - 3 R Don, Salmon Pastures: Chiffchaff - 2 ;
Ramsley Res: Grey Partridge - 2
Rivelin Valley: Grey Wagtail - 1
Rother Valley CP: Blackcap - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 4 ; Willow Warbler - 4 ; Common Tern - 2 ; Grey Wagtail - 1
Rough Wood: Pied Flycatcher - 2 - Singing males. ; Redstart - 2
Shillito Wood: Ring Ouzel - 2 - Pair near gate for over an hour
Silver Wood/Gulling Wood: Sparrowhawk - 2 - displaying over
Thrybergh CP: Common Tern - 3 ; Pied Wagtail - 5 ; Sparrowhawk - 2 - inc 1 SW ; Little Ringed Plover - 1 - heard only ; Gadwall - 2prs - inc 1pr E ; Shelduck - 1pr - in, circled & left NE @ 0710hrs ; Pied Wagtail - 3-4 - 'White' wagtails ; Greylag Goose - 7 ; Great Crested Grebe - 2 ; Canada Goose - 5 ; Chiffchaff - 4 - singing males ; Moorhen - 9 ; Coot - 33 - + 2 active nests ; Yellowhammer - 4 ; Willow Warbler - 4 - singing males ; Blackcap - 2 - singing males ; Reed Bunting - 3 - inc 2m ; Swallow - 4 - to 0850hrs ; Sand Martin - c20 - to 0850hrs ; Cormorant - 2 ; Tufted Duck - 13prs
Totley Bents: Willow Tit - 1 - by Strawberry Lee Lane near the Blacka Moor entrance ; Lesser Redpoll - 2 - near Blacka Moor entrance
Totley Moss: Stonechat - 1 - male ; Raven - 1
19 April 2012
Abbeydale: Mistle Thrush - 2 - Abbeydale golf course ; Buzzard - 1 - Abbeydale golf course mobbed by crowAgden Rocher: Redstart - 1 - Male singing
Barbrook Plantation: Lesser Redpoll - c8 ; Tree Pipit - 1 - singing ; Stonechat - 2 - pair
Blackburn Meadows NR: Gadwall - 9 ; Chiffchaff - 2 ; Willow Warbler - 1
Canyards: Snipe - 2 - Displaying ; Wheatear - 4 - 1 Male 3 Females
Longshaw: Lesser Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - calling near main entrance carpark
Monsal Dale: Mandarin - 8 - 6 males ; Raven - 1 ; Goldcrest - 1 - singing near viaduct ; Tufted Duck - 4 - 3 males ; Redstart - 1 - singing male by viaduct
Mosborough : Greenfinch - 5 ; Chaffinch - 2 - On feeders ; Robin - 3 ; Bullfinch - 2 - Pair on garden feeders ; Goldfinch - 3
Orgreave Lakes: Oystercatcher - 7 - including 4 passing through ; Wheatear - 3 ; Little Gull - 1 - Adult on large lake 08:15 - 08:30 ; Swallow - 30+ ; Curlew - 1 - North ; Yellow Wagtail - 1 ; Black-tailed Godwit - 26 - Flock of 26 feeding on causeway between two lakes then flew to south side of small lake. ; Black-tailed Godwit - 26 - Still present at 11am ; Whimbrel - 1 - down at 11.15am ; Curlew - 1 ; Common Sandpiper - 1 ; House Martin - 2 ; Black-tailed Godwit - 26 - Photo from this morning ;
, Wheatear - 15+ - still at least 15 individuals at 1500hrs ; Sand Martin - c10 ; Wheatear - 15+ - All on west side of large lake R Don, Effingham St: Kingfisher - 1 - Looking very wet next to swollen Don @ 0650
Rawmarsh - Haugh Road: Skylark - 3 - singing males ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 6 - NW ; Common Gull - 1 - N ; Goldfinch - 12 ; Linnet - 4 - NW ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - pair displaying
RVCP: Oystercatcher - 4 - 2 on Meadowgate, 2 on Main Lake
RVCP, Meadowgate Lake: Common Tern - 3 - On tern rail ; Goldeneye - 3 - male, imm male, female
Silverwood Lagoon: Wheatear - 2
Thrybergh CP: Arctic Tern - 5 ; Little Gull - 1 - 1 ad s/plum