Sightings Archive

Orgreave Lakes: Shoveler - 2 - males ; Little Ringed Plover - 1 - adult ; 324 - 10+ - Dingy Skippers. around the path on the west side.

Outokumpu: Skylark - 1 - singing ; Willow Warbler - 1 - singing

Padley Gorge: Pied Flycatcher - 4 - 2 m, 2 f ; Spotted Flycatcher - 01-Feb ; Nuthatch - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 2 ; Pied Wagtail - 1 ; Coal Tit - 1 ; Jay - 1

Parkgate: Kestrel - 1 - male, low over Broad St heading south; settled on lamp post on Rotherham Road

Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Greenfinch - 1 - male dropped in to bathe

Thorpe Hesley: Swift - 10 ; Swallow - 2 ; House Martin - 5

Thrybergh CP: Lapwing - 3 ; Oystercatcher - 2 ; Swift - C100 ; House Martin - 4 ; Swallow - 6 ; Sand Martin - 10 ; Whitethroat - 6 ; Reed Warbler - 2 ; Chiffchaff - 3 ; Willow Warbler - 1 ; Blackcap - 3 ; 319 - 4+ ; Kestrel - 2 ; Tawny Owl - 1 - Adult ; Reed Bunting - 1 ; Yellowhammer - 1

Totley Moss: Curlew - 1

Wharncliffe Heath NR: Pied Flycatcher - 10+ - 6+ males, 4 females ; Redstart - 1 - singing ; Tree Pipit - 5 ; Spotted Flycatcher - 1 - singing briefly

Wortley: Sparrowhawk - 2 - M+F in air together ; 319 - 2 ; Swift - 10 ; Blackcap - 3 - Singing

Agden Res: Osprey - 1 - over reservoir at 10:30 then flew NW ; Greenfinch - 3 - 3 adults and fledged juv Smallfield

Agden Rocher: Pied Flycatcher - 4 - two pairs feeding chicks in nestboxes, first pair female was ringed, second pair male ringed. ; Redstart - 2 - singing males

Barlow Common: Blackcap - 1 ; Swift - 01-Feb ; House Martin - 2 ; Kestrel - 1 ; 319 - 1

Bell Ground, Tankersley: Oystercatcher - 1 ; Lapwing - 10+ - incl one sitting ; Swift - 10 ; Swallow - 4

Bradfield Moors: Red Kite - 3 - over large area, one Hollingdale - Hobson Moss, two Canyards.

Castleton: House Martin - 2 - Visiting probable nest ; Swift - 2 ; Chiffchaff - 1

Cowell Flat: Cuckoo - 1 - singing

Damflask Res: Great Crested Grebe - 4 - pair neck end, two adults threat display and fourth bird on main res.

Derwent Edge: Ring Ouzel - 1 ; Cuckoo - 1 ; Tree Pipit - 1 ; Stonechat - 1 ; Curlew - 8 ; Golden Plover - 4 - 3+ with 1 adult with at least one chick in tow ; Lapwing - 1 ; Snipe - 1 ; Red Grouse - 6 - 1 female with at least one young ; Meadow Pipit - 20 ; Skylark - 12 ; Kestrel - 2 ; 319 - 4 ; Red Kite - 1

Derwent Res: Jay - 1 ; Wood Warbler - 1 - 1 singing near Fairholmes ; Siskin - 6 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Garden Warbler - 3 ; Willow Warbler - 4 ; Chiffchaff - 3 ; Cuckoo - 1 ; Oystercatcher - 3 ; Mandarin - 2 - 2 moulting/eclipse males ; Common Sandpiper - 1

Ecclesfield: Swift - 3 - Screaming and chasing, High St

Green Moor: Goldfinch - 10+ - Newly fledged Juvs- bred ; Greenfinch - 4+ - Juvs - bred

Loxley Valley: Hobby - 1 - high over, headed towards driving range

Malin Bridge: Goldfinch - 2 - pair and fledged juv on nyger feeder

Redmires Res: Stonechat - 4 - family party on track to Stanage ; Nightjar - 4 - 3 'churring' + male & female briefly seen consorting ; Woodcock - 1 - roding over plantation by Top Res ; Tawny Owl - 2 - juvs calling from plantation by Top Res ; Sedge Warbler - 1 - singing in am ; Tufted Duck - 2 - on Top Res ; Oystercatcher - 4 - ads on Top Res ; Redstart - 1 - singing by Top Res ; Herring Gull - 3 - ads