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03 May 2025

Dunston Hall: Skylark - 1-2 ; Buzzard - 1
Ecclesfield Dam: Buzzard - 1 ; House Martin - 4 ; Swallow - 4
Hillsborough: Swift - 6 - Over Middlewood Road
Loundsley Green: Swift - 2
Malin Bridge: Swift - 1+ - heard screaming over Norris Road, , but not seen.
Oughtibridge: Whitethroat - 1 - Usual bush on Long Lane
Redmires Res: Crossbill - 12 - Flighty party ; View Picture, Mistle Thrush - 3 - 2 singing ; View Picture, Ringed Plover - 1 ; Stock Dove - 2 - Including one singing ; Goldfinch - 6 ; View Picture
Rocher Wood: Pied Flycatcher - 1 - Singing loudly from tree branch ; Nuthatch - 1 ; Tawny Owl - 1 ; Buzzard - 2
Silver Wood: Lesser Whitethroat - 2 - one singing hedgerow beyond SE finger of wood, one singing old r/way line at base of Pingle Lane Tip ; Blackcap - 12+ - at least 12 singing in area ; Garden Warbler - 1 - singing near r/way line pond ; Grey Partridge - 1 - in fields to north of woods
Silverwood Lagoon: Greylag Goose - 2 ; Mute Swan - 2 ; Tufted Duck - 5 ; Gadwall - 2 ; Little Grebe - 4+ - heard ; Great Crested Grebe - 1+ ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Cetti's Warbler - 1 - singing at regular intervals western side of lagoon ; Reed Warbler - 6 - singing ; Sedge Warbler - 2 - singing ; Garden Warbler - 3 - singing ; Common Buzzard - 1 ; Linnet - 20+ ; Swallow - 1 ; Jackdaw - 1 - over ; Song Thrush - 2 - singing ; Jay - 1 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - female
Thrybergh CP: Buzzard - 4+ ; Kestrel - 2 ; Sparrowhawk - 2 ; Swift - 15 ; Swallow - 3 ; House Martin - 4 ; Sand Martin - 1 ; Little Ringed Plover - 1 ; View Picture
White Lee Moor: Cuckoo - 2