Redmires Res: Lesser Black-backed Gull - 4 - flew NW

Shillito Wood: Wheatear - 9 - A total of nine spread across the two relatively bare fields E of Shillito Wood. Wheatear-fest.

Thrybergh CP: Mute Swan - 40 ; Tufted Duck - 30 ; Gadwall - 4 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Great Crested Grebe - 4 ; Lapwing - 4 ; Little Ringed Plover - 1 - West ; Pied Wagtail - 6 - At least two juvenile just fledged being feed by adults ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Sand Martin - 80 ; Swallow - 5 ; House Martin - 15 ; Swift - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 4 ; Willow Warbler - 3 ; Blackcap - 8 ; Whitethroat - 4 ; Lesser Whitethroat - 1 ; Sedge Warbler - 1 ; Reed Warbler - 1 ; Buzzard - 8 ; Kestrel - 2 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Reed Bunting - 4 ; Yellowhammer - 2 - M/F ; Lesser Redpoll - 2 ; House Sparrow - 8 ; Mistle Thrush - 1

Ughill: Linnet - 40 - feeding on the ground ; Oystercatcher - 2 ; Wheatear - 1 - male

Wharncliffe Heath NR: Pied Flycatcher - 5+ - 4+ males singing, 1 female ; Redstart - 2 - Males singing ; Willow Warbler - 30+ ; Mandarin - 1 - Male perched in oak tree, appeared agitated ; Chiffchaff - 10+ ; Raven - 2 ; Blackcap - 4 ; Linnet - 3 - singing

Woodhouse Washlands: Reed Bunting - 10+ ; Mandarin - 2 ; Egyptian Goose - 2 ; Pink-footed Goose - 6 ; Little Egret - 1

Wortley: Raven - 3 - Low over together ; Siskin - 30 - c ; Lesser Redpoll - 5+

Aldwarke: Sand Martin - 10 - c10; birds entering 4-5 cavities in stone wall adjacent to new roundabout, Aldwarke Road/Lane

Aldwarke; Liberty Steels: Lesser Black-backed Gull - 9 - 9+, inc at least 8 adults, circling low over NE end of site, calling. Present for a few weeks; prelude to a breeding attempt?

Catcliffe Flash: Scaup - 1 - male

Dalton: Whitethroat - 1 - singing on site of old SF ; Pheasant - 1 - crowing cock ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Long-tailed Tit - 1 - 1+ ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Blackcap - 2 - one singing ; Gadwall - 1 - over high from SE, dropped towards river

Endcliffe Park: Grey Heron - 1 - Fishing successfully ; Kingfisher - 1

Grindleford: Chiffchaff - 2 - Individuals singing ; Greenfinch - 1 ; Song Thrush - 3 - 2 individuals singing, & another seen

Ibbotsons Dam: Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Nuthatch - 2 - Together

Longshaw: Greenfinch - 1 - Heard ; Willow Warbler - 2 ; Moorhen - 1 ; Mandarin - 2 ; Mallard - 7 - inc duckling ; Cuckoo - 1 - Calling briefly

Orgreave Lakes: Goosander - 1 ; Grey Heron - 3 - one fishing on the river and two high south. ; Common Sandpiper - 3 ; Sand Martin - 80 - c ; Wheatear - 1

Padley: Chiffchaff - 1 ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Buzzard - 1

Padley Gorge: Grey Heron - 1

R Derwent, Grindleford - Padley: Mandarin - 3 - 1m, 1 pair ; Dipper - 4 - 1 pair on river, 1 pair on side stream ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Coal Tit - 1 ; Mallard - 4 - 1 pr, 2 m

R Don, Aldwarke: Song Thrush - 2 - singing ; Willow Warbler - 1 - singing ; Mallard - 5+ - 3m; 2f + 5 small ducklings ; Blackcap - 4 - 3 singing ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 3 - singing ; Chaffinch - 1 - singing ; Long-tailed Tit - 2 - presumed pair ; Kingfisher - 1 - flew downriver

R Don, Eastwood: Blackcap - 3 - 2m; 1f ; Mallard - 11 - all drakes ; Sand Martin - 1 - over ; Long-tailed Tit - 2 - pair ; Kingfisher - 1 - flew upriver