Sightings Archive

Rawmarsh; Stubbin incline: Whitethroat - 1 - singing, at Greasbrough Lane

Redmires conduit: Swallow - 10 ; Curlew - 3 - 1 mobbing Red Kite ; Red Kite - 1 ; Kestrel - 2 - 1 mobbed by Swallows, then mobbed by Lapwings ; Golden Plover - 3 - 1 in horse field, 2 together towards the west end of the conduit, calling to each other ; Lapwing - 9 ; Meadow Pipit - 8 ; Red Grouse - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 1 ; Oystercatcher - 2

Redmires Middle Res: Lesser Black-backed Gull - 14

RVCP: Lapwing - 73

Ughill Moors: Raven - 2

Walkley garden: Swift - c.30 - Flying about at medium height over Bentley Road gardens.

Brightholmlee: Barn Owl - 2 - hunting over meadows

Brincliffe Edge Wood: Sparrowhawk - 1 - leisurely soaring over Brincliffe

Catcliffe Flash: Reed Bunting - 1 ; Great Crested Grebe - 2 ; Gadwall - 7 ; Cormorant - 1 ; Pochard - 1

Dalton; Odd Hill: Common Buzzard - 1 - circling low over @ 1120hrs

Firsby Res: Moorhen - 1 ; Mute Swan - 2 - Resident pair. ; Swift - 1 - Over. ; Swallow - 6+ - Over main Res. ; Pied Wagtail - 4 - All juvs on sluice. ; Reed Warbler - 2 - Singing in sluice Reed bed. ; Willow Warbler - 1 - Singing. ; Chiffchaff - 1

Greystones: Swift - 3 - Over observer's garden

Orgreave Lakes: Swift - 1 ; Whitethroat - 2 ; Black-headed Gull - 25 ; Sand Martin - 3 ; Great Crested Grebe - 27 - 4 Juveniles ; Reed Bunting - 4 ; Pied Wagtail - 10 - inc Juv ; Greylag Goose - 12 - 3 Juv ; Little Egret - 2 ; Skylark - 6 ; Tufted Duck - 27 ; Lapwing - 20 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Cormorant - 1 ; Pochard - 36 ; Oystercatcher - 5 ; Linnet - 2 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 25 ; House Martin - 3

R Derwent, Calton Lees to Rowsley: Chiffchaff - 10 ; 319 - 2

R Don, Effingham St: Black-headed Gull - 20 - plus first fledged juv of the year.

R Don, Stevenson Road: Little Egret - 1 - flew upriver to Sandersons Weir ; Kingfisher - 1 ; Sand Martin - 20+

Redmires Res: Cormorant - 6 - party flew W at 07:15 hrs ; Greylag Goose - 50 - c. ads and young ; Oystercatcher - 2 - in fields along conduit ; Snipe - 8 - pairs holding territory ; Lapwing - 12 - including pair with young on Roper Hill + several pairs in fields along conduit with at least 2 well grown young ; Curlew - 8 - four pairs with young in Ocean View / conduit ; Golden Plover - 2 - pairs along conduit ; Kestrel - 4 ; Swift - 57 - flew W in 3 hours ; Swallow - 4 ; Garden Warbler - 1 - singing in Fairthorn Clough ; Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - reeling ; Moorhen - 3 - ad with 2 freshly hatched young on Top Res ; Common Sandpiper - 10 - 4 pairs with young ; Lesser Redpoll - 1 - by Top Res ; Crossbill - 1 - by Top Res ; Reed Bunting - 4 - singing males - south side of Middle Res ; Spotted Flycatcher - 1 - singing by Top Res ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 22 - mostly W ; Black-headed Gull - 4 - flew SW ; Starling - 10 - c.

Rivelin Valley: Raven - 4 - several sightings in June/July low over Malin Bridge. Family party wandering from further up the valley?

RVCP: Egyptian Goose - 5 - no sign of the juvenile,,,thought to have perished

Thrybergh CP: Common Tern - 2 - Mid morning. ; Nuthatch - 1 - Calling along cottage drive, possible juv also. ; Common Sandpiper - 1 - Flew from dam wall shore calling. ; Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Common Tern - 2 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Swift - 12+ ; Reed Warbler - 6

Walkley garden: Long-tailed Tit - 8+ - circulating fruit trees for 30 minutes ; Blackbird - 2+ - 2+ adults nesting in privet and mahonia

Waverley: Grey Partridge - 2 - Pair flushed from road side

Wharncliffe Chase (south): Nightjar - 2 - males churring

Aldwarke; Liberty Steels: Peregrine - 02-Mar - one on water tower; a male left strongly W @ 0800hrs; one hunting over melting shop + 1 soaring high over @ 0825hrs before settling on chimneys

Bell Ground, Tankersley: Lapwing - 15 - incl 2 relatively new chicks feeding

Broomhead Moor: Red Kite - 1

Canklow Woods: Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - 1 singing

Green Moor: Little Owl - 1

Langsett: Swallow - 4 ; Pied Wagtail - 1 ; 319 - 1 - Mobbed by Kestrel