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06 May 2025

Peter Dale: 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. ; View Picture
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 ; View Picture, Lesser Whitethroat - 1 ; View Picture
Tideswell: Greenfinch - 1 - Heard ; Skylark - 1 - Fields west of Tideswell ; Other Species - 1 - Hare - Fields near Meadow Farm ; Skylark - 3 - near Meadow Farm ; Swallow - 2 - near Meadow Farm
Tideswell - SW: Other Species - 1 - Wall Brown butterfly ; Skylark - 8 ; Curlew - 1 - Calling ; Goldfinch - 2
Tideswell - Wheston: Skylark - 4
Tideswell Dale: Other Species - 1 - Hare ; Chiffchaff - 4 ; Willow Warbler - 2
Treeton Dyke: Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - Singing.
Wadsley: Swift - 5
Walkley: Swift - 20+ - Screaming & circling to West.
Wheston: Skylark - 2 - Fields near Wheston ; Curlew - 2 - Heard calling; fields near Wheston