Sightings Archive

Firsby Res: Mallard - 10+ - All ages. ; Pied Wagtail - 2 - Adults on grassy area feeding on insects. ; Grey Wagtail - 2 - Juvs on sluice. ; Black-headed Gull - 3 ; Swift - 4 ; House Martin - 6+ ; Swallow - 2 - Drinking from main Res. ; Kestrel - 3 - Adult feeding chicks, will soon fledge. ; Jackdaw - 1 - Over calling. ; Goldcrest - 2 - Calling in woodland near stream. ; Reed Warbler - 1 - Still calling in sluice reed bed. ; Blackcap - 1 - Singing. ; Chiffchaff - 2 ; Willow Warbler - 1 ; Yellowhammer - 2 - Singing from top of hedgerow. ; Whitethroat - 6 ; Chaffinch - 1 - Singing Male. ; Linnet - 3+ ; Treecreeper - 1

Lodge Moor garden: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - Juvenile ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - Male ; Siskin - 6+

Middleton Moor: Yellow-legged Gull - 2 - Adults ; Herring Gull - 4 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 290 ; Oystercatcher - 2 ; Greylag Goose - 6 - Pair with 4 young

Orgreave Lakes: Tufted Duck - 1+ - Female with 4 small chick's. ; Common Sandpiper - 2 ; Little Ringed Plover - 4 - Inc fledged juv ; Common Tern - 2 ; Tufted Duck - 6 - Fem with 5 ducklings ; Sedge Warbler - 1 - Carrying food ; Curlew - 1 - Among gulls on north shore

Parkgate; *Banana* Plantation: Blackcap - 3+ - 2 singing; probable family party ; Chiffchaff - 2 - 1 singing ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - male, hunting ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing (probably same as Roundwood GC bird) ; Coal Tit - 1 ; Greenfinch - 1 - female ; Chaffinch - 2 - 1 singing ; Magpie - 8 ; Long-tailed Tit - c5 ; Linnet - 1 - singing ; Goldfinch - 6 - family party?

Pingle Lane Tip: 319 - 1 - Soaring. ; Yellowhammer - 1 - Male singing from entrance gate post. ; Whitethroat - 1 ; Reed Warbler - 1 - Singing from small pond. ; Reed Bunting - 1 - Male carrying food. ; Skylark - 1 - Singing over farmland. ; House Sparrow - 30+

Rawmarsh; Barber*s Avenue: Greenfinch - 1 - singing from conifers ; Raven - 2 - W @ 0937hrs, harassed by crow

Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Dunnock - 1+ - adult & fledged but dependent juv ; Greenfinch - 1 - singing ; Blackcap - 1 - singing

Rawmarsh; Stubbin incline: Kestrel - 1 - hunting

Roundwood Golf course: Chiffchaff - 2 - singing ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing (possibly same as Banana Plantn bird?) ; Goldcrest - 1 - calling

Silver Wood/Gulling Wood: Common Buzzard - 4 - soaring over together @ 0910hrs

Silverwood Lagoon: BLACK-NECKED GREBE - 7+ - at least 7 seen this morning (3 adults, 2 independent juvs, 2 dependent juvs ; Black-headed Gull - 4 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 ; House Martin - c.12

Thrybergh CP: Tawny Owl - 1 ; Mandarin - 1 - Fem/imm in front of Cafe. ; Mandarin - 1 - photo.

Thrybergh Tip: Little Egret - 1 - Flying over from Kilnhurst towards Aldwarke. ; Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - Singing ; Chiffchaff - 8 - c8 singing and feeding ; Willow Warbler - 5 ; Cetti's Warbler - 1 - Singing ; Reed Warbler - 1 - Singing ; Stock Dove - 1 - Juvenile on track

Underbank Res: Bullfinch - 2 - juveniles ; Song Thrush - 1 - Carrying food ; Common Sandpiper - 4 ; Black-headed Gull - 16 - incl 2 juveniles ; Goldcrest - 1 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 2

Wharncliffe Chase: Linnet - 2 ; Meadow Pipit - 6 ; Wren - 3 ; Kestrel - 2 ; Swallow - 1 ; Swift - 4 ; Skylark - 2 ; Reed Bunting - 2 ; Stonechat - 2 ; Willow Warbler - 1 - Singing ; Lapwing - 1

Wharncliffe Heath NR: Nightjar - 2 - Male churring, another bird flight calling

Burncross, Chapeltown: Swift - 5 - Over nest site

Curbar Gap: Red Kite - 1 - Quartering cut silage fields.

Foxhill: House Martin - 12+ - Over Shaw Hill

Handsworth garden: Starling - 26 - mixed flock of adults and juveniles feeding on bread

Langsett Res: Great Crested Grebe - 7 - incl. brief display by a pair near western shore 18.30, all adults. ; Common Sandpiper - 04-May