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18 April 2024
Canklow Woods: Whitethroat - 1 - singing17 April 2024
Agden Rocher: Cuckoo - 1 - mobbed on fence post by Meadow Pipits in sheep field.Bowden Housteads Wood: Willow Warbler - 1 - 1 singing male ; Chiffchaff - 5 - Singing males ; Nuthatch - 4 - Teratorial pairs ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 2 ; Bullfinch - 1
Canklow Woods: Whitethroat - 1 - 1 singing ; Common Buzzard - 2 - in the air together at 11:30
Ecclesfield Dam: Swallow - 7 ; Greylag Goose - 1 ; Canada Goose - 2 ; Mallard - 14 ; Moorhen - 2 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Willow Warbler - 1 - Singing ; Chiffchaff - 1 - Singing ; Blackcap - 1 - Singing
Ewden Height: Skylark - 2 - Singing ; Willow Warbler - 3 - Singing ; Kestrel - 1 ; Curlew - 5+ - Song/display ; Stonechat - 8 - 4 pairs ; Linnet - 5 ; Meadow Pipit - 10+ - Display ; Golden Plover - 1 - Singing ; Lapwing - 4 ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Wheatear - 4 ; Lesser Redpoll - 1 ; Jay - 2
High Bradfield: Jackdaw - 2 - nest building. ; Blue Tit - 1 - nest building.
Langsett Res: Swallow - 1 ; Oystercatcher - 2 ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; Sparrowhawk - 2 - Pair displaying ; Willow Warbler - 1
Low Moor, Upper Midhope: Crossbill - 2 - Flew towards Langsett. ; Curlew - 5+ ; Lesser Redpoll - 1 ; Snipe - 6+ - At least 4 in the air displaying at times ; Siskin - 2+ ; Goldfinch - 2 ; Lapwing - 10+ - 7 sitting ; Skylark - 1 - Singing
Midhope Res: Tufted Duck - 4 - 2 pairs ; Crossbill - 8 - Single group ; Willow Warbler - 8+ - All singing ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; Coot - 1 ; Buzzard - 1 ; Moorhen - 1
Orgreave Lakes: Pied Wagtail - 6 - + 1 White wagtail ; Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Wheatear - 6 - At least ;
, Wheatear - 12+ - At least 12 in fenced off area early morning. R Don, Steelbank Weir: Sand Martin - 4+ - At least 4 at regular site.
Silverwood Lagoon: Reed Warbler - 2 - singing
Tankersley - Black Lane: Yellowhammer - 1 - Singing ; Blackcap - 2 ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 2 ; Moorhen - 3 ; Lapwing - 1 ; Gadwall - 11 ; Goldfinch - 2
Tankersley - Church Lane: Moorhen - 6 - Ad + 5 juvs in flooded pool on field edge.
Tankersley - opp. Evri: Lapwing - 5 - 2 sitting
Ughill: Ring Ouzel - 2 - at Ughill Farm ; Wheatear - 5
Woodhouse Washlands: Snipe - 9 - In the southern section.
Wortley: Mistle Thrush - 1 - Carrying food