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16 April 2024

Burbage Valley: Kestrel - 3 ; Buzzard - 3 ; Ring Ouzel - 6 ; Meadow Pipit - 15+ ; Wren - 10+ ; Willow Warbler - 10+ ; Carrion Crow - 5+ ; Woodpigeon - 2
Canklow Woods: Woodcock - 1 - roding 20:45
Ecclesfield Dam: Mallard - 6 - 6 drakes ; Canada Goose - 2 - New today. ; Greylag Goose - 3 - 2 new in+resident bird. ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Willow Warbler - 1 - Songing ; Grey Wagtail - 1
Elsecar Res: Red-crested Pochard - 1 - Small female present again. Potential hybrid. ; Great Crested Grebe - 2
High Bradfield: Swallow - 2 - Flying near the church
Owlthorpe: Raven - 5 ; Lesser Whitethroat - 1 ; Sparrowhawk - 3 - Include a pair nest building.
Peat Pits: Wheatear - 16+ ; View Picture
Redmires Bottom Res: Common Sandpiper - 2
Redmires conduit: Goldcrest - 2 ; Siskin - 4
Redmires Middle Res: Little Ringed Plover - 1 ; Teal - 2 - Male and female
Redmires Res: Willow Warbler - 30+ ; Chiffchaff - 3 ; Oystercatcher - 2 - 2 in ex water company car park ; Curlew - 2
Redmires Top Res: Osprey - 1 - NW over res at 10:30 ; Common Sandpiper - 2 ; Little Grebe - 1
Rocher end: Wheatear - 11 ; View Picture, Ring Ouzel - 3 - 2 males + 1 Female
Tankersley - Black Lane: Gadwall - 12 - 6 pairs ; Coot - 5 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 3 - Adults resting ; Mallard - 14 - incl. female with 10 ducklings ; Blackcap - 1 ; Buzzard - 6 - Much display ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; Lapwing - 1
Tankersley - opp. Evri: Wheatear - 2 - Pair, new arrivals passing through. ; Lapwing - 4 - One sitting ; Little Ringed Plover - 1
Thorpe Hesley: Greenfinch - 1 - Singing

15 April 2024

Bole Hill Wood, Woodseats: Song Thrush - 2 - Two males holding territory with one doing mimicry of vehicle alarm amongst other weird vocals but not doing obvious mimicry of birds.
Ecclesfield Dam: Swallow - 2
Fulwood garden: Brambling - 3 - 2m, 1f at feeders ; Lesser Redpoll - 2 - one ringed bird - not previously seen
Hathersage Moor: Red Grouse - 2 - Heard ; Meadow Pipit - 1+ - 1 seen, others heard in the heather
Kimberworth Park: Sparrowhawk - 1 - over Remount Way
Longshaw: Mistle Thrush - 2 ; Jay - 1 ; Tufted Duck - 2 - A pair ; Mandarin - 3 ; Mallard - 14 ; Heron - 1 - Over
Midhope Res: Song Thrush - 1 - Carrying food
Orgreave Lakes: Wheatear - 7 ; View Picture, Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Sand Martin - c30 - Feeding low over the water ; View Picture, Sand Martin - c30 ; View Picture, Little Egret - 2
Padley: Kestrel - 2 - Hovering together
Thrybergh CP: Swallow - 100+ - Over water and adjacent fields. ; House Martin - 100+ - Same as Swallows, ; Sand Martin - 200c - Mostly over water feeding, Along with Swallows and H, Martin numbers fluctuated between heavy rain showers and sunny spells. ; Blackcap - 5 - Singing males ; Willow Warbler - 6 - Singing. ; Chiffchaff - 6 - Singing. ; Great Crested Grebe - 6 - Including pair in courtship display.