Recent news
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
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+ ; Sedge Warbler - 1 - singing from N side, E of boathouse, SK 400965 ; 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 ; Great Crested Grebe - 3+ ; Mute Swan - 1 - adult on nest ; Greylag Goose - 20+ ; Mandarin - 2 - males ; Tufted Duck - 9
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
Malin Bridge: Swift - 20+ - screaming high up basically all day. Non coming low down though.
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
Padley Gorge: Pied Flycatcher - 3 ; Redstart - 2 ; Tree Pipit - 1 ; Meadow Pipit - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Chaffinch - 2 ; Long-tailed Tit - 14 - 9 fledglings in a tree ; Nuthatch - 1 ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Willow Warbler - 2 ; Treecreeper - 1 ; Wood Warbler - 2 - Singing male chasing presumed female. ; Spotted Flycatcher - 1 ; Pied Flycatcher - 10+ - Singing, at least 5 observed. ; Redstart - 3 - Singing males, two observed.
Peter Dale: Other Species - 1 - Brimstone butterfly ; Other Species - 1 - Peacock butterfly ; Chiffchaff - 2 ; Willow Warbler - 1
Rivelin Dams: Wood Warbler - 1 - Singing briefly, couldn’t be located. ; Pink-footed Goose - 1 - Associating with other goose species. ; Common Sandpiper - 2 ; Mandarin - 2 - Males
Scholes Ground: Mandarin - 10 - 1 pair with 8 recently fledged ducklings, in shallow pond ; Moorhen - 3 - adult with 2 recently fledged ; Robin - 1+ - singing, E edge ; Goldcrest - 1 - singing ; Blackcap - 2 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Long-tailed Tit - 1+ ; Chaffinch - 1 - singing
Sick Brook: Snipe - 1 - Chick constantly making a loud single note call. ;
Silverwood Lagoon: Cetti's Warbler - 1 - 1 heard west end ; Garden Warbler - 2 - Singing
Tankersley - Black Lane: Gadwall - 2 - both males ; House Martin - 6 - collecting mud ; Lapwing - 3 ; Mallard - c30 - at least 4 broods of varying ages
Tankersley - opp. evri: Lapwing - 6 - at least 3 fledglings visible
Thrybergh CP: Little Ringed Plover - 1 ; Swift - 50+ ; Little Ringed Plover - 1 ;
