Monday 6th April 2026

• Brick Kiln Plantation: Blackcap - 1 - singing ; Buzzard - 1 - over E edge of wood ; Nuthatch - 1 - visiting feeding station ; Stock Dove - 1 - singing ; Nuthatch - 1 - sibging
• Canklow Woods: Grey Heron - 1 - 1 north at 0800
• Chancet Wood: Chiffchaff - 2 - singing ; Nuthatch - 2 - heard ; Mandarin - 1f
• Ecclesall Woods: Buzzard - 1 - Over
• Firsby Res: Pied Wagtail - 1 - On Barn roof. ; Buzzard - 1 ; Tawny Owl - 1 - Mobbed by Jays along stream. ; Jay - 2 - Mobbing Tawny. ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - Drumming ; Song Thrush - 2 ; Blackbird - 10 - 2 active nests. ; Goldfinch - 2 - Pair with nest ; Lesser Redpoll - 5 ; Goldcrest - 2 ; Cetti's Warbler - 2 - Singles calling from each Res. ; Blackcap - 5 - Singing Males numbers building. ; Willow Warbler - 1 - Singing near cottage. ; Chiffchaff - 6 ; Grey Partridge - 4 - On farmland margin.
• Fulwood garden: Red Kite - 1 - drifted E with a Buzzard at 11:00 ; Buzzard - 4 - interaction and calling ; Brambling - 1 - male again ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - soaring ; Lesser Redpoll - 4 ; Siskin - 5 ; Rook - 2 - pair copulating on lawn
• Grange Park Golf Course: Blackcap - 1 - singing, behind 8th tee ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing, behind 8th tee
• Grange Park, Brown Spring: Song Thrush - 1 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing
• Grange Park, Watson's Tip: Blackcap - 1 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Skylark - 1 - singing
• Graves Park: Chiffchaff - 1 - Singing ; Nuthatch - 1
• Green Moor: Green Woodpecker - 1 ; Barn Owl - 2 - Female on 4 eggs; another bird day roosting in separate location ; Lesser Redpoll - 15+ ; Siskin - 10+ ; Yellowhammer - 1
• Langsett Res: Grey Wagtail - 3 - All together, one singing
• Low Moor, Upper Midhope: Oystercatcher - 2 - Pair ; Curlew - 5 - Pairs displaying ; Snipe - 2 - Both chipping ; Linnet - 1 ; Greylag Goose - 40 - c ; Meadow Pipit - 5 - Song/display ; Stock Dove - 2 - Pair
• Manor Fields: Blackcap - 1
• Midhope Res: Redshank - 2 - Pair feeding below dam wall 6pm ; Tufted Duck - 10 - 3-4 pairs ; Little Grebe - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 1 - Singing ; Siskin - 2+ ; Lesser Redpoll - 1 ; Moorhen - 2 ; Bullfinch - 1 ; Goldcrest - 1 - Singing
• Old Ravenfield: Greenfinch - 1 - Male singing from old Colliery railway embankment. ; Swallow - 1 - Low over farmland behind St James view. ; Skylark - 6 - Over farmland next to village. ; Meadow Pipit - 1 - Over Arbour Lane calling.
• Orgreave Lakes: Buzzard - 4 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Kestrel - 2 ; Goldeneye - 1 ; Dunlin - 1 ; Common Sandpiper - 2 ; Willow Warbler - 3 - Singing in the plantation W of the Main Lake. ; Black-headed Gull - 30 - first winter attempting to catch butterflies
• Parkbank Wood: Chiffchaff - 1 - Singing ; Nuthatch - 1 - Heard
• Ravenfield Park: Moorhen - 4 - 2 with 2 chicks.
• Rawmarsh Cemetery: Greenfinch - 2 - singing ; Red Kite - 1 - S/SE, just above canopy @ 1238hrs ; Goldcrest - 1 - singing ; Chaffinch - 4 - 2 pairs ; Stock Dove - 2 - pair, male singing ; Chiffchaff - 2 - singles SK4395 (same as incline bird?) & SK4396, both singing ; Long-tailed Tit - 2 - pair ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - drumming around 0630hrs (heard from garden) & calling p.m.
• Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Robin - 1+ - bird(s) now apparently carrying food to nest in ivy ; Lesser Redpoll - 2 - E together ; Greenfinch - 1 - songflighting ; Siskin - 2 - singles heard over during morning
• Rawmarsh; Stubbin incline: Pheasant - 1 - crowing cock ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Blackcap - 2 - one singing ; Common Buzzard - 1 - over to SE carrying stick in talons, presumed nest material
• Redmires Res: Canada Goose - 8 - on res - none in fields ; Greylag Goose - 18 - on res - none in fields ; Mallard - 12 ; Tufted Duck - 6 - on Top Res ; Shelduck - 1 - male briefly on Middle Res