Sightings Archive

Handsworth garden: Carrion Crow - 5 - 2 adults and 3 young ; Cormorant - 2 - Flew over

Lady Canning*s Plantation: Cuckoo - 1 - singing S end of plantation in the evening ; Dunnock - 1+ - adult taking food to nest ; Siskin - 1 - male ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing

R Don, Stevenson Road: Little Egret - 2 - feeding in river but soon flew.

Redmires conduit: Meadow Pipit - 3 ; Swift - 3

Redmires Middle Res: Common Sandpiper - 1

Redmires Res: Mallard - 12 - inc 2 females with 10 young ; Tufted Duck - 1 - male on Middle Res ; Herring Gull - 4 - ads on Middle Res gantry ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 4 - on Middle Res gantry ; Black-headed Gull - 1 - flew W ; Sedge Warbler - 1 - singing on south side of Middle Res ; Common Sandpiper - 1 - adult alarming on road by Top Res - at least one young in long grass ; Oystercatcher - 4 - ads on Top Res dam wall - assume both were failed local breeding pairs ; Cormorant - 2 - flew N from Middle Res ; Merlin - 1 - female over Roper Hill

RVCP: Oystercatcher - 8

Silverwood Lagoon: BITTERN - 1 - flew low along western side of lagoon and dropped down in southern reedbed at 09.05 ; BLACK-NECKED GREBE - 6 - pair and 3 independent young in open together (didn't lose one as previously thought) + third adult

Stanedge Pole: Stonechat - 2

Barbrook Pools: 320 - 3 - males ; Tufted Duck - 4 - a pair plus 2 males

Barlow: 319 - 3

Baslow: Cuckoo - 1 - Heard north of village

Bell Ground, Tankersley: Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2 - Mobbed by Lapwings ; Lapwing - 10+ - Incl 2 sitting and 2 well grown juvs. ; Red-legged Partridge - 1 - Calling ; Black-headed Gull - c20

Bowden Housteads Wood: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 6+ - 3 nests, northern section, with noisy chicks and attendant adults. ; Chiffchaff - 3 - singing birds ; Blackcap - 2 - Singing birds. ; Garden Warbler - 1 - Singing bird ; 319 - 1

Cinder Bridge Field: Skylark - 14 - inc at least 5 singing (SK4296) & 2 singing (SK4295); lots of interaction

Cinder Bridge Field; The Tops: Whitethroat - 2 - presumed pair, scolding from hedgerow ; Skylark - 2 - singing over cereals ; Blackcap - 1 - singing

Cowell Flat: Cuckoo - 2 ; Stonechat - 2 - pair with food ; Cuckoo - 1 - calling and in flight

Dukes Road: Peregrine - 1

Grange Park: Dunnock - 1 - singing, former tips ; Robin - 1 - singing ; Blackbird - 3+ - singing ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing ; Goldcrest - 1 - singing ; Blackcap - 1 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Long-tailed Tit - 1+ ; Mistle Thrush - 2 - between Driving Range and Tip ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing ; Dunnock - 1 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Greenfinch - 1 - singing ; Goldfinch - 1+

Ibbotson Wheel Dam: Nuthatch - 2+ - 2 adults + two youngsters emerging from nest hole in slanting alder tree to be fed on upper branches

Millhouses Park: Mandarin - 14 - Female with six ducklings, female with three ducklings, a pair and a single male. ; Mandarin - 14 - Brood of three. ; Mandarin - 14 - Another picture. Paired male.

Nether Haugh: Skylark - 3 - over field to E

New Stubbin colliery/tip: Chiffchaff - 4 - 1 (SK4396); 3 (SK4296), all singing ; Blackcap - 4 - singing ; Chaffinch - 4 - singing ; Willow Warbler - 5 - singing ; Robin - breeding confirmed - 2+ fledged juvs ; Yellowhammer - 5 - inc 4 singing ; Lapwing - 3 - over, headed NW ; Whitethroat - 1 - singing

New Stubbin; Back Lane: Lapwing - 2 - in field ; Swift - c20 - flock, feeding over cereals ; Red-legged Partridge - 3 - pair + single ; Common Buzzard - 1 - on pylon ; Whitethroat - 2 - singles, scolding from hedgerows suggesting nests nearby ; Linnet - 1 - over ; House Martin - 5 - feeding over cereals, ; Pheasant - 1+ - female + 2+ juvs

Orgreave Lakes: Cetti's Warbler - 1 ; Redshank - 4 ; Little Ringed Plover - 2 ; Dunlin - 1

Parkgate: Swallow - 1 - over Westfield Road, then on wires ; House Martin - 1+ - nest on Westfield Road with possibly others on Holm Flatt Street ; Pied Wagtail - 1 - male, School Lane ; Pied Wagtail - 1 - female, Broad Street

Rawmarsh Cemetery: Blackcap - 3 - male singing + anxious pair ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Tawny Owl - 1 - adult, briefly in flight ; Goldcrest - 1 - singing

Rawmarsh Hill: Goldcrest - 1 - singing from garden conifer

Rawmarsh; Stubbin incline: Song Thrush - 1 - singing (SK4396) ; Coal Tit - 1 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 2 - singles singing, SK4395 & SK4396 ; Willow Warbler - 1 - singing ; Chaffinch - 2 - singing

Redmires Bottom Res: Spotted Flycatcher - 2 ; Whitethroat - 1 - singing male