Saturday 18th April 2026

• A621/Clodhall Lane junction: Whimbrel - 1 - Flying high West calling. ; Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - One reeling occasionally in field to W of the A621.
• Bents Green: Rook - 7 - occupied nests in roadside rookery
• Big Moor: Marsh Harrier - 1 - cream crown (probably 2nd calander year), left north over Car Road, Ramsley Moor
• Catcliffe Flash: Great Crested Grebe - 1 ; Pochard - 1 ; Gadwall - 2 ; Tufted Duck - 20 ; Scaup - 1 ; Cormorant - 2
• Chatsworth: Common Sandpiper - 1 - On the island by the cricket club ; Kingfisher - 1 ; Sand Martin - 30 ; Siskin - 2
• Dennis Knoll: Ring Ouzel - 2 - a pair on crags on lower slopes.
• Ecclesfield: Ring-necked Parakeet - 1 - Calling in Cross Hill garden. ; Buzzard - 1 - Soaring over garden.
• Firsby Res: Moorhen - 2 ; Coot - 4 - 2 pairs main Res. ; Mallard - 3 - Males chasing Gadwall Female. ; Gadwall - 2 - Pair. ; Little Grebe - 1 - Still present. ; Grey Heron - 1 - Waters edge. ; Buzzard - 2 - Circling over site. ; Swallow - 1 - Over. ; Song Thrush - 3 - Singing Males and 2 sitting Females. ; Blackbird - 3 - Females. ; Dunnock - 1 - in Brambles. ; Linnet - 10 ; Goldfinch - 20+ ; Chaffinch - 2 - Singing Males. ; Whitethroat - 2 - First of the year. ; Cetti's Warbler - 2 - Resident birds calling. ; Willow Warbler - 6 - Singing. ; Blackcap - 8 - Singing Males. ; Chiffchaff - 6 - Singing.
• Hassop: Buzzard - 5
• High Green: Swallow - 2 - Pair on territory
• Leash Fen: Grasshopper Warbler - 2 - Two birds reeling occasionally 1km apart to SE of Fox lane. ; Whitethroat - 1
• Lodge Moor: Tree Sparrow - 1 - calling in garden on Lodge Moor Road - flew off south low over fields ; Reed Bunting - 1 - singing by conduit path ; Rook - 3 - active nests in trees on Lodge Moor Road ; Sand Martin - 1 - flew NW at 06:45 hrs
• Loxley Valley: Song Thrush - 2 - adult feeding recently-fledged juvenile
• Middleton Moor: Wheatear - 1 - male ; Ruff - 6 - 1m, 5f ; Dunlin - 3 ; Little Ringed Plover - 3 ; Common Sandpiper - 2 ; Curlew - 4 ; Common Gull - 20 ; Teal - 15 ; Swallow - 30+ ; Sand Martin - 20+ ; House Martin - 2 ; Common Sandpiper - 2
• Millhouses Park: Mallard - 7 - Female with five ducklings
• New Whittington: Chiffchaff - 7 - Singing males in scrub woodland and along railway embankment ; Willow Warbler - 1 ; Meadow Pipit - 1 - Rough grassland/fallow field ; Linnet - 45+ - Feeding in rough grassland plus one singing male ; Greenfinch - 2 - Singing males ; Skylark - 40 - includes 15 singing males ; Curlew - 1 - Suitable habitat ; Yellowhammer - 5 - 4 singing males 1 female ; Whitethroat - 3 - Singing males SK401753 SK402751 SK409753 ; Lesser Whitethroat - 2 - Singing males SK402753 & SK407752
• Orgreave Lakes: Avocet - 4 - 2 flew east over main lake, 2 others on small lake island. ; Grey Heron - 2 ; Chiffchaff - 2+ - Singing ; Blackcap - 2 ; Tufted Duck - 22 ; Sand Martin - 20+ ; Willow Warbler - 3+ ; Reed Bunting - 3 - Singing ; Sedge Warbler - 1 - Singing ; Great Crested Grebe - 20+ ; Buzzard - 1 ; Black-headed Gull - 25+ ; Pied Wagtail - 1 ; Skylark - 4+ - Singing ; Oystercatcher - 2 ; Herring Gull - 2+ ; Kestrel - 1 ; Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Lapwing - 1 ; Cormorant - 3 ; Little Egret - 1 ; Stonechat - 2 - M&F together ; Linnet - 1+
• Orgreave Tip: Redpoll sp (Common/Lesser) - 30+ - Feeding north west side of tip.
• Ramsley Moor: Tree Pipit - 2 ; Cuckoo - 1
• Redmires conduit: Wheatear - 1 - Male ; Golden Plover - 4
• Redmires Res: Pink-footed Goose - 1 - Still present with Greylags ; Wheatear - 6 - In fields along conduit ; Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - Reeling briefly S side of middle res ; Whitethroat - 1 - Singing male bottom res