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Birley Edge:
Tawny Owl - 1 - In large Oak
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Blacka Moor:
Whitethroat - 2 ;
Swift - 20 ;
Stonechat - 7 - 2 Family groups. 1 with 3 chicks ;
Stonechat - 7 ;
Kestrel - 1 ;
Skylark - 8
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Bowden Housteads Wood:
Great Tit - 2+ - 1 pair feeding chicks at garden nest box 21 feeds between 06.00 and 07.00 ;
Stock Dove - 8 - 4 pairs in NE section several singing birds
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Broomhead Res:
Garden Warbler - 2+ - alarming in scrub ;
Tawny Owl - 2+ - juvs calling in trees to the north of res ;
Cuckoo - 1 - Singing to the south of res ;
Oystercatcher - 1 - calling ;
Tawny Owl - 4+ - Juvs calling from 3 different parts of the res, presumably from 3 different pairs ;
Woodcock - 4 - 3 roding and another perched on wall
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Callow Bank:
Cuckoo - 1
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Calver:
Redstart - 2 - singing males W of river to south, one in St Marys Wood, another at regular breeding site nn rough bank further S towards Bramley Farm
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Calver Bridge:
Spotted Flycatcher - 3 - 3 singles, possibly 3 pairs, Calver Weir by road, below weir and S of Calver by first river bend
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Carhead Rocks:
Hobby - 1 - hunting
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Cattis-side Moor:
Hobby - 1 - over Carhead Rocks hunting
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Centenary Riverside:
Blackcap - 6+ - 2 males singing, 1 pair female alarm call near 2-3 young. ;
Whitethroat - 3 - Singing, 1 parachuting in song. ;
Wren - 10+ - Singing ;
Chaffinch - 1 - Singing ;
Chiffchaff - 1 - Singing ;
Willow Warbler - 1 - Singing ;
Reed Warbler - 1 - Singing from riverbank ;
Canada Goose - 1 - Riverbank ;
Black-headed Gull - 1 - Patrolling up and down river. ;
Robin - 1 ;
Woodpigeon - 6 - Feeding near top pond
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Dennis Knoll:
Red Kite - 1 - Flying towards GreensFarm/Hathersage
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Edge Mount:
Curlew - 2 - Adult with at least 1 juvenile in long grass.
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Graves Park:
319 - 1 over ;
Chiffchaff - 1 - Heard
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Hurlfield:
Tawny Owl - 3+ - 1 adult and now 2 young at 21:00.
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Jarvis Clough:
Ring Ouzel - 2 - 1 singing male
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Middleton Moor:
Shelduck - 2 - pair ;
Lapwing - c30 - plus 2 small chicks at side of lagoon ;
Raven - 1 ;
Curlew - 2
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Moorland Fringe:
Nightjar - 6 - churring males at 2 sites.
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Morehall Res:
Common Sandpiper - 1 ;
Great Spotted Woodpecker - 3+ - Nest in ash tree on north side of res ;
Common Buzzard - 1 ;
Mallard - 40+ - Including 2 females with 3 ducklings each
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Orgreave Lakes:
Avocet - 1 - on island ;
BLACK-NECKED GREBE - 1 ;
Avocet - 1 - On island ;
BLACK-NECKED GREBE - 1 - Still
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Oughtibridge, Birks Wood:
Nuthatch - 1 + 2 - Adult feeding at least 2 chicks.
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R Derwent, Frogatt Bridge-Bubnell:
Dipper - 3 - singles at 3 traditional territories, Calver Weir, Calver Mill and Cliff Colledge. Last bird showing interesting behaviour, stood on stone in river and flying vertically c8ft up into overhanging Alder branches to feed, dropping down with insect prey. Did this 20-30 times, before resorting to traditional feeding in river, when it then fed a fledged juv. ;
Mandarin - 33 - 25m, 8f inc broods of 5,5,6,6 and 2 ;
Canada Goose - 54 - plus 18 goslings, probably 4 broods
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Ramsley Moor:
Stonechat - 1+ ;
Lapwing - 2 - Quite agitated - presume young somewhere near path ;
Redstart - 2 ;
324 - 1 - Broad-bodied Chaser
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Ramsley Res:
Tree Pipit - 1 - singing
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Rawmarsh:
Common Buzzard - 01-Feb - one flew high to N @ 1145hrs; one soaring high over to W @ 1313hrs
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Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road:
Song Thrush - 1 - in garden ;
Swift - 6 - over
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Redmires conduit:
Curlew - 7 ;
Curlew - 2 - 2 adults on path anxiously calling and employing distraction behaviour presumably chicks nearby though not seen. ;
Tufted Duck - 4 - 2m and 2f on small res at end of conduit
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Redmires Top Res:
Hobby - 1 - Flying SE over woodland to west of top res
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Ringinglow:
Swallow - 1 - Smeltings Farm ;
House Martin - 8+ - Smeltings Farm
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Stanage Edge:
Meadow Pipit - 22+ ;
Curlew - 10+ ;
Skylark - 4 + ;
Lapwing - 6 - Overstones Farm ;
Stonechat - 2 - pair @ Cowper Stone ;
Kestrel - 1 - male hunting ;
319 - 1 ;
Rook - 10+ - Overstones Farm ;
Carrion Crow - 10+ - Overstones Farm ;
Jackdaw - 5 - Overstones farm ;
Snipe - 1 - chipping north of Cowper Stone ;
Ring Ouzel - 2 - singing males