Sightings Archive

Ughill: Lapwing - 4 - adult with 3 well-grown chicks in field off Wet Shaw Lane

Waverley: Reed Warbler - 1 - Singing from reedbed

Aldwarke: Peregrine - 1 - Hunting over Liberty Speciality Steels melting shop @12.50 ; Peregrine - 2 - Pair hunting over melting shop @ 14.10 to 14.40

Bubnell: Grey Wagtail - 3 - Adult feeding two young on Mayfly. ; Dipper - 1 - Young bird ; Kingfisher - 1 ; Red Kite - 2 - South at 13.40

Canklow Woods: Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - 1 singing

Fulwood Lane: Curlew - 3 - very active and vocal near road

Hathersage: Swift - 5 - screaming and chasing low around houses by swimming pool ; House Sparrow - 4 - entering nest sites in houses by swimming pool ; Starling - 3 - adult and 2 fledged juvs by swimming pool

High Green: Swift - 4 - Seemingly 2 pairs over traditional nesting site

Langsett Res: Cuckoo - 1 - North America ; Oystercatcher - 1 ; Common Sandpiper - 2

Margery Hill: WHITE-TAILED EAGLE - 1 - G318 seen in flight 12:30-13:00. ; Red Kite - 2+ - several birds hunting over high moors.

Mickleden Beck: Stonechat - 2 - pair with 1+ fledged juv

Outer Edge: Hobby - 2 - feeding on insects, sev Northern Eggars on the wing.

Pit-house West: Little Egret - 1 - At ponds

Redmires conduit: Swallow - 1 ; Curlew - 6 - 1 juv following adult ; Lapwing - 10 ; Meadow Pipit - 9 ; Linnet - 1 ; Swift - 2 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 ; Kestrel - 2

Redmires Top Res: Swallow - 3 ; Common Sandpiper - 1 - Also seen on middle res ; Pied Wagtail - 2 - Adult feeding juv ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Tufted Duck - 2 - M&F ; Greylag Goose - 2

Wharncliffe Heath NR: Blue Tit - 100+ - 96 occupied nest boxes this year ; Pied Flycatcher - 10+ - Nine occupied nest boxes in 2023, a site record ; Great Tit - 50+ - 46 occupied nest boxes in 2023 ; Nuthatch - 10+ - seven occupied nest boxes in 2023

Whiteley Woods: Willow Warbler - 1 - Still on territory below Whiteley Woods House

Agden Res: Common Sandpiper - 3 - 1 adult and 2 juvs on North bank

Aldwarke: Sparrowhawk - 1 - Circling over Liberty melting shop @14.55 ; Peregrine - 2 - 1 over melting shop, two unsuccessful stoops on feral Pigeons, then joined later by partner@ 15.00-15.20. ; Raven - 1 - Sat on and around melting shop. ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - Male sat on tower liberty Speciality Steels @16.50

Bell Ground, Tankersley: Oystercatcher - 2 ; Lapwing - 10+ - One sitting ; Swift - 6 ; Swallow - 4

Chapeltown: House Martin - 4 - Assessing potential nest sites, first time observed here

Derwent Res: Oystercatcher - 1 ; Common Sandpiper - 3 - territorial birds

Ecclesfield: Lesser Black-backed Gull - 4 - 4 adults circling very low over houses, High St, drifting north.

Elsecar Res: Mallard - 20+ - 4 females with broods of 5,7,8,4 ; Coot - 10+ - pr + 4juv, pr +2juv, 1 sat on nest ; Great Crested Grebe - 6+ - inc 1 on nest ; Cormorant - 1 ; 321 - 1 ; Swallow - 8 ; Long-tailed Tit - 4 - 2+2 ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Goldfinch - 5 - inc juv ; Robin - 1 - juv

Firsby Res: Mallard - 3 ; Mute Swan - 2 - Resident pair breeding now appears unlikely. ; Coot - 1 ; Kestrel - 1 - Carrying food. ; Stock Dove - 3 - Around farm buildings. ; Song Thrush - 1 - Singing. ; Mistle Thrush - 2 - Juvs on grass area near houses. ; Chaffinch - 1 - Singing Male. ; Goldfinch - 5+ ; Linnet - 10+ ; Yellowhammer - 2 - Singing Males. ; Reed Warbler - 1 - Sluice Reed bed. ; Whitethroat - 3+ ; Chiffchaff - 3 ; Willow Warbler - 2 ; Grey Wagtail - 2 - Adult and Juv on sluice.

Green Moor: Red Kite - 1 - One over SW at 14.50

Houndkirk Moor: Curlew - 1

Howden Res: Canada Goose - 112 - all adults bar 3 half-grown juvs ; Mandarin - 5 - moulting into eclipse in western arm ; Mallard - 20+ - including four females with broods of 3, 3, 4 and 5 chicks ; Common Sandpiper - 2 - 2 territorial birds ; Siskin - 2 ; Cuckoo - 1 - singing from Cold Side

Keppels Field: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - calls ; Wren - 1 - singing ; Woodpigeon - 1+ ; Willow Warbler - 2 - singing ; Blue Tit - 1+ - juv calls ; Whitethroat - 1 - calls ; Starling - 1

Kirk Edge: Swift - 8 ; Swallow - 1

Orgreave Lakes: Common Tern - 3 ; Little Egret - 1 ; Pochard - 8 - 7 males