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Friday 19th May 2023

Ladybower Res, West arm: Redstart - 3 ; Common Sandpiper - 2 ; Cuckoo - 1
Ladybower Wood: Pied Flycatcher - 3 - A singing male and a pair together ; Tawny Owl - 1 - A 'branched' youngster
Lawrence Field: Curlew - 1 - 1 over ; Stonechat - 3 - 3+ with a male, female and at least one fledgling ; Meadow Pipit - 7 ; Cuckoo - 3 - 2 calling birds seen well with another distantly calling
Moscar Moor House Farm: Lapwing - 12 ; Curlew - 6 ; Snipe - 1 ; Oystercatcher - 1 ; Ring Ouzel - 1 - Female food gathering ; Kestrel - 2 ; Cuckoo - 1
New Stubbin colliery/tip: Chiffchaff - 3 - 1 (SK4396); 2 (SK4296), all singing ; Chaffinch - 4 - singing ; Song Thrush - 2 - singing ; Willow Warbler - 5 - singing ; Whitethroat - 1 - singing ; Yellowhammer - 3+ - inc 2 singing ; Blackcap - 1 - singing
New Stubbin; Back Lane: Linnet - 1 - over ; Stock Dove - 5 - feeding in recently cultivated field ; Yellow Wagtail - 1 - over then out over cereal crop on Cinder Bridge Field ; Lapwing - 3 ; Skylark - 2 - singing
Padley Gorge: Pied Flycatcher - 6 ; Redstart - 3 ; Spotted Flycatcher - 1 ; Tawny Owl - 1 ; Dipper - 1 ; Wood Warbler - 1 - 1 singing ; Jay - 1 ; Nuthatch - 2
Parkgate; fields to W: Swallow - 1 ; Skylark - 1 - singing
Parkgate; Stubbin incline: Chaffinch - 2 - singing ; Goldcrest - 1 - singing ; Blackcap - 1 - singing
Rawmarsh Cemetery: Chaffinch - 2 - singing ; Red-legged Partridge - 1pr - possibly with young nearby ; Common Buzzard - 1 - disturbed from tree ; Sparrowhawk - 2 - calling; female flew in. ; Mistle Thrush - 1+ - adult + 1+ fledged juvs
Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Blackcap - 1 - singing ; Goldfinch - 1 - singing ; Greenfinch - 1 - singing ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - NE @ 1433hrs
Rawmarsh; Stubbin incline: Chaffinch - 2 - 1 singing ; Blackcap - 1 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Willow Warbler - 1 - singing ; Swift - 2 - screaming overhead
Silverwood Lagoon: BLACK-NECKED GREBE - 5 - Pair still feeding 3 young. Very confiding, best viewed from path near bench in SW corner ; Great Crested Grebe - 2 ; Cetti's Warbler - 1
Whiteley Woods House: Willow Warbler - 1 - Below the house to the west.
Wyming Brook: Wood Warbler - 2

Thursday 18th May 2023

Agden Rocher: Pied Flycatcher - 4 - 3 singing males ; Redstart - 4 - 3 males, two singing, plus female. ; Garden Warbler - 1 - singing ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - calling briefly
Aldwarke: Willow Warbler - 2 - singing
Barlow Common: Yellowhammer - 2 ; Skylark - 1 ; Linnet - 2 ; Swallow - 2+ ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 1
Bassingthorpe Spring: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - calls ; Jay - 1 - adult on nest ; Wren - 3+ - singing ; Blackbird - 1+ - singing ; Whitethroat - 1 - singing ; Blackcap - 3 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 2 - singing ; Great Tit - 2 - singing
Bents Green: House Martin - 4
Burbage Valley: Ring Ouzel - 3 - 3 adults together in flight around rocks. ; Stonechat - 2 - Pair with scolding calls below rocks.
Canklow Woods: Woodcock - 1 - 1 roding at 2100
Canyards: Cuckoo - 3 - pair and second male chasing, female bubbling. ; Stonechat - 1 - male
Coombs Dale: Blackcap - 1 - male
Cowell Flat: Snipe - 3 - chipping
Crosspool: Tawny Owl - 1
Dungworth: Barn Owl - 1 - out hunting 17:40
Ecclesall Woods: Pied Flycatcher - 1 - Male still singing at same location as in recent weeks in wood 3
Ecclesfield: Swift - 2 - Cross Hill
Endcliffe Park: Tufted Duck - 2 - Pair on lower pond early evening
Fairholmes Visitor Centre: Pied Flycatcher - 2+ - Male at nest box staff car park. Female on 7 eggs in nest box fitted with camera
Firsby Res: Coot - 3 - No chicks yet. ; Mallard - 3 ; Mute Swan - 2 - No nesting, maybe pair not mature enough yet. ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 1 - On sluice. ; Grey Wagtail - 2 - On sluice one appearing on to be a Juvenile. ; Yellow Wagtail - 1 - Calling from top of tree.

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