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11 May 2025

Greasbrough Dam,Wentworth: Mute Swan - 2 - adult still at nest while partner( Y 645) came to food along with Mallards and Coot ; Mallard - 70+ ; Moorhen - 1+ - including adult on nest ; Coot - 12+ - at least 2 family parties, one with 6 recently fledged ; Black-headed Gull - 1 ; Stock Dove - 1 - singing ; Whitethroat - 2+ - singing
Green Moor: Little Owl - 1 ; Tree Sparrow - 2
Greystones: Swift - 3 - Over observer's garden, 1st this year
Malin Bridge: Swift - 6 - flying around The Anvil pub on Stannington Rd.
Morley Pond: Mute Swan - 10 - family party, resident pair, Y 316 and Y 035 with 8 recently fledged cygnets, at E end of lake, SK 401965. female led young back into water and all headed back to W end of lake.
Old Ravenfield: Swallow - 4 - Over Arbour Lane. ; House Martin - 5 - Over farm at end of Arbour Lane. ; Whitethroat - 3 - Calling from hedgerow along Arbour Lane.
Orgreave Lakes: Coot - 3+ - 2 Cootlings ; View Picture, Great Crested Grebe - 22 - 1 pair on a nest, another pair in courtship display ; View Picture, Chiffchaff - 1+ - Singing ; House Martin - 5 ; Grey Heron - 2 ; Swift - 2 ; Tufted Duck - 25 ; Pochard - 7 ; Black-headed Gull - 6 ; Sedge Warbler - 1+ - Singing ; Reed Warbler - 1+ - Singing ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 15 ; Herring Gull - 1 ; Reed Bunting - 7 - Singing ; Little Egret - 1 ; Oystercatcher - 4 ; Skylark - 1 - Singing ; Lapwing - 2 ; Cormorant - 3 ; Pied Wagtail - 2 ; Gadwall - 3 ; Whitethroat - 2+ - Singing ; Kestrel - 1 ; Song Thrush - 1 - Singing ; Willow Warbler - 6+ - Singing
Owlthorpe: Sparrowhawk - 2 - Display. ; Long-tailed Tit - 14+ - Two adults bringing food to a nest and elsewhere a family party of at least 12. ; Yellowhammer - 3 - Three males singing.
Padley Gorge: Wood Warbler - 2 - At least two singing males
Rockingham Wood: Woodpigeon - 1+ - singing ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - calling ; Wren - 2+ - singing ; Robin - 3+ - singing ; Blackbird - 1+ ; Blackcap - 2 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 3 - singing ; Great Tit - 1 - singing ; Treecreeper - 1 - singing ; Chaffinch - 1 - singing
Shepherd's Plantation: Robin - 1 - singing ; Blackbird - 1 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Nuthatch - 1+ - nest in Ash, 20+ft, calls of chicks adult calls and song ; Chaffinch - 1 - singing
Tankersley - Black Lane: Yellowhammer - 2 - Pair leaving nest site ; Ringed Plover - 1 - Female ; Gadwall - 3 - Pair and a separate male ; Lapwing - 5