Recent news


07 May 2025

Dore: Goldcrest - 2 - Calling on Kerwin Dv
Halfway: Reed Warbler - 1 - singing ; Reed Bunting - 1 - singing
Howden Dam: Common Sandpiper - 2 ; Cuckoo - 2
Poolsbrook CP: Peregrine - 1 - male with feral pigeon prey
Poolsbrook Marsh: Garden Warbler - 3 - singing ; Cetti's Warbler - 1 - singing
Poolsbrook Marsh/ Markham Vale: Reed Warbler - 9 - singing
RVCP, Meadowgate Lake: Shelduck - 1 ; Common Sandpiper - 1
Silverwood Lagoon: Oystercatcher - 1 - north at 08.50 ; Swift - 1 ; Swallow - 2 ; Great Crested Grebe - 1+ ; Sedge Warbler - 2 - singing ; Reed Warbler - 5 - singing ; Cetti's Warbler - 1 - singing ; Grey Heron - 2 ; Yellowhammer - 1 - singing ; Reed Bunting - 1 - singing ; Common Buzzard - 1 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Garden Warbler - 4 - singing
Thorpe Hesley: Swift - 3
Thrybergh CP: Common Tern - 1 ; Mandarin - 1 ; View Picture, Little Ringed Plover - 2 ; View Picture, Little Ringed Plover - 2 - second photo ; View Picture, Oystercatcher - 2
Whitwell Moor: Spotted Flycatcher - 4 - 2 pairs back in the usual areas of Millstones Wood. Both males singing. ; Cuckoo - 1 - Singing from Millstones Wood. ; Garden Warbler - 1 - Singing. ; Whitethroat - 1 - Singing.

06 May 2025

Chapeltown: Swift - 4 - Back over Burncross Road, suspect they’ve been back a few days but first confirmed sightings.
Cinder Hills: Mistle Thrush - 1+ - calls ; Long-tailed Tit - 1+ - 1 carrying food near nest in ivy covered tree
Cutthroat Bridge: Spotted Flycatcher - 1
Dog Kennel Pond: Buzzard - 1 ; Coot - 1+ ; Black-headed Gull - 2 ; Stock Dove - 1 - singing ; Woodpigeon - 1+ - singing ; Pied Wagtail - 2 - probable pair ; Wren - 1 - singing ; Dunnock - 1 - singing ; Blackbird - 3+ ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Great Crested Grebe - 3+ ; Grey Heron - 2 ; Greylag Goose - 10 - some crossing over to Morley later ; Canada Goose - 3 ; Mandarin - 1 - male ; Gadwall - 1 ; Mallard - 10+ ; Tufted Duck - 2 - 1 pair ; Moorhen - 2 - 1 pair mating, in stream from overflow at W end ; Coot - 1+ ; Black-headed Gull - 1 ; Sand Martin - 3 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Stock Dove - 1 - singing ; Woodpigeon - 2+ - singing ; Wren - 1 - singing ; Blackbird - 1+ - at least 1 singing ; Whitethroat - 1 - singing ; Blackcap - 1 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 3 - singing ; Goldfinch - 1+ - singing
Ecclesfield Dam: Swallow - 4 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Mallard - 6 - Plus 2 broods of 8 ducklings.
Green Moor: Little Owl - 1 - On wall
Hay Dale: Other Species - 1 - Hare ; Other Species - 1 - Small Heath butterfly ; Willow Warbler - 7
Hillsborough: Swift - 5 - Back over Burton Street nest sites
Jarvis Clough: Ring Ouzel - 1 - singing male
Ladybower Brook: Garden Warbler - 1 - singing male
Limb Valley: Pied Flycatcher - 2 - Two males singing Upper Limb Valley. Not had them here before.
Malin Bridge: Swift - 20+ - screaming high up basically all day. Non coming low down though.
Millhouses Park: Mandarin - 10 - 5 pairs along the Sheaf early morning
Monk's Dale: Raven - 1 - top of the Dale where it runs on from Hay Dale ; Willow Warbler - 7
Morley Pond: Great Crested Grebe - 3+ ; Mute Swan - 1 - at nest ; Greylag Goose - 20+ ; Mallard - 10+ - several family parties ; Tufted Duck - 9 ; Mandarin - 2 - males near island at W end ; Sedge Warbler - 1 - singing, SK 400965, E of boathouse
Orgreave Lakes: Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Little Ringed Plover - 1 ; Yellow Wagtail - 1 - North shore of main lake. ; House Martin - 20 - In at 1430. No other Hirundines or Swifts present ; Reed Warbler - 5+ - At least five singing in North shore reed beds. ; Cetti's Warbler - 1 - Singing.
Padley Gorge: Pied Flycatcher - 3 ; Redstart - 2 ; Tree Pipit - 1