Monday 6th April 2026

• Redmires Res: Common Sandpiper - 1 - dropped into Top Res at 08:35 hrs ; Lapwing - 18 - 9 pairs in local area ; Stonechat - 2 - pair by Bottom Res ; Swallow - 1 - flew N ; Chiffchaff - 3 - singing ; Fieldfare - 33 - flew NW ; Wheatear - 4 - in fields along conduit ; Shelduck - 1 - male briefly 09:15 ; Crossbill - 4 - low w calling ; Common Sandpiper - 1 - top res ; Little Ringed Plover - 4 ; Raven - 1 ; Wheatear - 1 ; Swallow - 2 - singles N ; Pink-footed Goose - 1 - with Greylags on middle res ; Grey Wagtail - 2 - territorial pair attacking refelctions in car windows and wing mirrors ; Buzzard - 1 ; Snipe - 1 - display flight S of res
• Rocher Head Fields: Wheatear - 2 - males
• Silverwood Lagoon: Cetti's Warbler - 3 - Singing ; BITTERN - 1 ; Little Grebe - 6 ; Coot - 10 ; Greylag Goose - 2 ; Linnet - 6 ; Buzzard - 4 - Including 2 over Hollings Lane harassed by female Sparrowhawk. ; Willow Warbler - 2 ; Chiffchaff - 7 ; Jay - 2 ; Fieldfare - 2 ; Great Crested Grebe - 2 ; Mallard - 9 - 3 adult 2 drakes and 1 female with 6 newly hatched ducklings. ; Gadwall - 4 ; Tufted Duck - 8 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - Over Hollings lane mobbing Buzzards. ; Redshank - 1 - flew west at 09.25 ; Willow Warbler - 3 - singing
• Stocksbridge: Blackcap - 1 - Singing Hunself Bank ; Bullfinch - 2 - Pair Hunself Bank
• Strawberry Lee field: Wheatear - 2 - a pair
• Tankersley - Black Lane: Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2 ; Buzzard - 5 ; Linnet - 2 - Pair, male singing ; Lapwing - 2 ; Chiffchaff - 2 ; Blackcap - 1 - Singing ; Willow Warbler - 1 - Brief song ; Gadwall - 17 ; Teal - 36 ; Moorhen - 7 ; Coot - 3 ; Mallard - 20 - Incl. females with 1 and 4 ducklings
• Tankersley - opp. Evri: Lapwing - 7 ; Pied Wagtail - 2 ; Jackdaw - 12 - Some collecting nest material
• Thrybergh CP: Mute Swan - 38 ; Gadwall - 12 ; Teal - 3 ; Goldeneye - 3 ; Great Crested Grebe - 8 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 3 ; Sand Martin - 150 ; Swallow - 3 ; Chiffchaff - 10 ; Blackcap - 4 ; Skylark - 8 ; Chaffinch - 16 ; Linnet - 8 ; Lesser Redpoll - 4 - Photo G Brabbs ; Bullfinch - 1 ; Kestrel - 2 ; Buzzard - 3 ; Reed Bunting - 4 ; Yellowhammer - 1 ; Fieldfare - 6
• Underbank Res: Common Sandpiper - 1 - Overflow ; Cormorant - 1 ; Grey Heron - 3 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - Overflow ; Tufted Duck - 11 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - Displaying ; Tufted Duck - 11 ; Kestrel - 1 - Displaying ; Buzzard - 4+ ; Willow Warbler - 1 - Singing
• Walkworth Wood: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Buzzard - 1 - over
• Wentworth, Low Common: Pied Wagtail - 4 - at least 4 feeding in recently sprayed (orange) field ; Stock Dove - 3 - feeding ; Pheasant - 1 - male, also another male dead nearby ; Mandarin - 6 - males circled, then flew into N end of Rockingham Wood
• Wharncliffe Chase (south): Raven - 1 - perched on phone mast, calling. ; Willow Warbler - 1 - singing in birch scrub near Hobb Stones,
• Wharncliffe Heath NR: Crossbill - 4 - in flight heading north ; Common Buzzard - 4 ; Willow Warbler - 1 - singing, first of the year
• Woodhouse Washlands: Pink-footed Goose - 6 ; Egyptian Goose - 6 ; Canada Goose - 10 ; Greylag Goose - 5