Sightings Archive

Thursday 25th May 2023

• Bell Ground, Tankersley: Skylark - 1 - Singing ; Lapwing - 6 max - 1 sitting ; Swallow - 2 ; Blackcap - 2 - Singing ; Mallard - 11 - Pair + 9 well grown ducklings ; Pied Wagtail - 2 ; Song Thrush - 1 - Singing ; Jay - 1 ; Kestrel - 1
• Bray Plantation: Stock Dove - 1 - singing ; Woodpigeon - 1 - singing ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - rattle call ; Wren - 1+ - singing ; Robin - 2+ - singing ; Blackbird - 2 - singing ; Blackcap - 1 - singing ; Goldcrest - 1 - singing ; Great Tit - 1 - singing ; Nuthatch - 1 - calls ; Treecreeper - 1 - singing
• Broomhead Moor: Hobby - 1 - Chasing a Swift ; Pheasant - 5 - Adult female with 4 very young chicks ; Lapwing - 6+ ; Lapwing - 6+ - photo
• Chapeltown: Greenfinch - 3 - Burncross Road incl 2 singing males ; Swift - 3 ; Swift - 05-Jun - 21.00 Welcome increase in numbers flying around house at entrance to Burncross Cemetery where they nest each year
• Firsby Res: Coot - 2 ; Mallard - 6+ - Inc 4 half grown ducklings. ; Mute Swan - 2 ; Little Grebe - 1 - Fishing close in. ; Pied Wagtail - 1 - On sluice. ; Black-headed Gull - 1 - Over. ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 4 - Over together. Various ages. ; Swallow - 3 - On wires near houses. ; Song Thrush - 1 - Singing. ; Reed Warbler - 2 - Pair chasing through Reed bed calling. ; Blackcap - 4+ - Singing Males. ; Whitethroat - 3+ - Singing. ; Chiffchaff - 2 ; Willow Warbler - 8+ - Adults singing nest with chicks ; Linnet - 10+ - Inc Female in nest. ; Chaffinch - 1 - Singing Male. ; Bullfinch - 2 - Calling in undergrowth. ; Yellowhammer - 2 - Singing. ; Stock Dove - 3 - Around farm buildings. ; Red-legged Partridge - 1 ; Grey Partridge - 2 - On field margin. ; Mute Swan - 2 - Resident Male pair. Diversity and equality at Firsby. ; Mallard - 4 - Female with well grown ducklings. ; Coot - 1 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Black-headed Gull - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 3 - Adult feeding chicks on spillway. ; Grey Wagtail - 2 - Fledglings on spillway with Pied Wagtails. ; Cetti's Warbler - 1 - Still present. ; Reed Warbler - 1 - Singing. ; Blackcap - 6+ - Inc Female mobbing Magpie who was sat on top of nest bush ; Willow Warbler - 1 - Singing. ; Song Thrush - 1 - Singing.
• Grange Park Golf Course: 319 - 1 - drifted over from N edge of park, harassed by 2 Carrion Crows ; Blackbird - 1 - singing, behind 8th tee ; Wren - 1 - singing ; Whitethroat - 1 - singing ; Garden Warbler - 1 - singing ; Blackcap - 1 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing
• Green Moor: Little Owl - 1 ; Red-legged Partridge - 1 ; Tree Sparrow - 10+ ; Great Tit - 10+ - At least two pairs feeding young in boxes ; Blue Tit - 5+ - Pair feeding young in box
• Holmebrook Valley Park: Chiffchaff - 1 ; Swallow - 2 ; Swift - 1 ; Bullfinch - 4 ; Treecreeper - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - c.6 ; Pheasant - 1 ; Greenfinch - 1 ; Goldfinch - 1 ; Rook - 12+
• Kirk Edge: Skylark - 1
• Middleton Moor: Shelduck - 4 - 2 prs ; Canada Goose - 2+ - A pr with 3 young ; Greylag Goose - 15 - A pr with 2 young plus 13 other adults ; Mallard - 1+ - f with 5 young ; 320 - 1 - male ; Reed Bunting - 3 - males ; Reed Warbler - 3 - singing ; Blackcap - 1 - singing
• Moorland Fringe: Nightjar - 1+ - churring 10pm.
• Old Ravenfield: House Martin - 10+ - Hunting low over Arbour lane near old collier branch line Bridge. ; Goldfinch - 10+ - Inc pair with nest on Arbour Lane. ; Reed Bunting - 1 - Male singing from top of crops near Pingle Lane approach track. ; Whitethroat - 1 - On wires on Arbour Lane. ; Chaffinch - 1 - Female sat on nest near St James church. ; Swift - 3 - Over Pingle Lane tip. ; Skylark - 4+ - Over fields bordering Pingle Lane approach track. ; Yellowhammer - 2 - Singing Males on Pingle Lane Tip.