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Sheffield Bird Study Group

Wednesday 22nd April 2026

  • Silverwood Lagoon: BITTERN - 1 ; Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - singing in Hollings Lane meadows ; Wheatear - 1 - female on bare ground beyond southern end of lagoon ; Reed Warbler - 5 - singing ; Sedge Warbler - 1 - singing ; Whitethroat - 14+ - at least 14 singing around pit top this morning
  • TPT, Blackburn Brook to Smithy Wood: Whitethroat - 3 - Singing males. ; Skylark - 1 - Singing. ; Swallow - 2
  • Wentworth, Dog Kennel: Stock Dove - 1 - briefly drinking from stream at overflow ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Chaffinch - 1 - singing ; Sand Martin - 5+ ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 2 - pair at overflow stream ; Gadwall - 2 - 1 pair
  • Wentworth, Low Common: Lapwing - 2 - in field, no crop, dead vegetation, recently sprayed
  • Woodhouse Washlands: Lesser Whitethroat - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 2

Tuesday 21st April 2026

  • Bamford Edge: Ring Ouzel - 4 - 3 males and 1 female chasing around
  • Brownhills Lane: Pink-footed Goose - 1 - still in fields
  • Bubnell: Coot - 6 - 3p on flood, one incubating ; Sand Martin - 1
  • Calver Bridge: Dipper - 2 - pair flying up to weir with food.
  • Middleton Moor: Ruff - 6 - still present, feeding separately in strong wind ; Shelduck - 2 ; Wheatear - 2 ; Ringed Plover - 1 ; Little Ringed Plover - 3 ; Common Gull - 50 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 30 ; Herring Gull - 1 - 2s ; Curlew - 4
  • Orgreave Lakes: Greenshank - 2 - On island early morning before leaving north at 06:55. ; Swift - 2 ; Yellow Wagtail - 1 ; Wheatear - 1 - On north shore. ; Stonechat - 2 - Pair gathering food along tip ; Swift - 2 ; Sedge Warbler - 8+ - at least 8 singing males ; Yellow Wagtail - 3 - On bank between lakes ; Swift - 10+ - 19:40
  • Padley Gorge: Pied Flycatcher - 16 - 16 Singing male ; Redstart - 1+ - 1 poss 2 singing males. ; Pied Flycatcher - 4 - including a pair defending nest box when tits showed an interest. ; Treecreeper - 1
  • R Derwent, Calver-Bubnell: Canada Goose - 117 - inc 3 birds on nests ; Greylag Goose - 16 ; Mandarin - 18 - 16m, 2f ; Blackcap - 13 - 12 singing
  • Redmires Res: Peregrine - 1 - circling top res early morning ; Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - reeling bottom res ; Mallard - 9+ - including female with 10 fresh chicks on top res and female with 5 fresh chicks on middle res ; Tufted Duck - 13 ; Swallow - 3 ; Stonechat - 1 - male S side middle res
  • Scholes Coppice: Mandarin - 2 - 1 pair ; Blackcap - 1 - singing ; Blackbird - 1 - singing ; Goldcrest - 1 - singing ; Treecreeper - 1 - singing ; Wren - 2 - singing ; Robin - 1 - singing ; Goldcrest - 1 - singing ; Blue Tit - 1 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Nuthatch - 1 - singing ; Mistle Thrush - 1 - singing
  • Stocksbridge: Sparrowhawk - 2 - Hunshelf Bank
  • Tankersley - Black Lane: Yellow Wagtail - 3 - My first multiple sighting at this site. ; Wheatear - 1 - Female ; Red-legged Partridge - 2 - Pair ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 - Over ; Black-headed Gull - 1 ; Gadwall - 12 ; Teal - 9 ; Coot - 7+ - One pair on railway flash ; Lapwing - 2+ ; Buzzard - 1+
  • Thrybergh CP: Mute Swan - 44 ; Gadwall - 8 ; Oystercatcher - 2 ; Little Ringed Plover - 1 ; Arctic Tern - 2 - Flew East over reservoir early morning ; Yellow Wagtail - 1 ; Swift - 4 ; Sand Martin - 30 ; Swallow - 8 ; House Martin - 2 ; Kestrel - 2 ; Buzzard - 2 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Lesser Whitethroat - 2 ; Goldcrest - 2
  • Underbank Res: Great Crested Grebe - 1 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Common Sandpiper - 1+ ; Grey Wagtail - 2 - Pair on overflow.
  • Upper Whiteley Woods: Treecreeper - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 1

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