Sightings Archive

Greystones garden: Starling - 22 - 17 Juvs in observer's garden ; Woodpigeon - 3 - 1 Juv

Ibbotson*s Dam: Grey Heron - 1 - Trying to catch Mallard ducklings, chased off my female Mallard

Millthorpe Brook, Cordwell Valley: Dipper - 1

Shepherd Wheel: Moorhen - 7 - 5 Juv

Silverwood Lagoon: BLACK-NECKED GREBE - 2+ - young now too big to ride on parents backs and are mostly being fed out of sight in reedbeds. Third adult still being seen daily ; Cetti's Warbler - 1 ; Reed Warbler - 4 ; Swallow - 4 ; House Martin - c.10 ; Swift - 3 ; Coot - 20+ - at least five broods of various ages being fed ; Gadwall - 1 - male ; Tufted Duck - 10 ; Little Grebe - 6 - at least three pairs on territory, but no young txt ; Song Thrush - 2 - singing ; Yellowhammer - 2 - singing ; Linnet - 12+ - at least six breeding pairs in suitable habitat around pit top ; Willow Warbler - 6 - singing ; Whitethroat - 6 - singing ; Garden Warbler - 1 - singing ; Blackcap - 6 - singing ; Common Buzzard - 1 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Sparrowhawk - 1

Tankersley - Bell Ground: Redshank - 1 ; Lapwing - 5 - including a sitting bird ; Herring Gull - 2 - 3rd year sub-ad plus younger bird begging. ; Swallow - 3 ; Yellowhammer - 2

Thorpe Hesley: House Martin - 3 - Back over traditional breeding site at 22:00

Wharncliffe Chase: Blackcap - 3 ; Linnet - c15 - More subdued, assumed birds sitting ; Redstart - 4 - singing ; Skylark - 20+ ; Meadow Pipit - 30+ - many food carrying ; Reed Bunting - 7 - Singing ; Tree Pipit - 15 - 10-12 singing ; 319 - 1 ; Yellowhammer - 2 - Separate singing males ; Swallow - 4 ; Stock Dove - 3 ; Curlew - 02-Mar ; Lapwing - 3 ; Willow Warbler - 15+ ; Stonechat - 2 - Males ; Kestrel - 1

Wharncliffe Chase (north): Cuckoo - 1 ; Nuthatch - 2 ; Coal Tit - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 2

Wire Mill Dam: Mandarin - 4 - 7 Juv ; Kingfisher - 1 - Male ; Tufted Duck - 1 - Male

Barlow Common: Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Swallow - 9+ ; House Martin - 1 ; Tufted Duck - 4 - usually uncommon here, but these 2 pairs have been here a month ; Greylag Goose - 2 ; 319 - 1

Brownhills Lane: Curlew - 7 - in newly cut fields

Ecclesfield: Swift - 3 - Chasing and screaming, High St at 08:25

Endcliffe Park: Grey Wagtail - 4+ - 2 adults feeding at least 2 fully-fledged young in the Porter Brook by the bridge leading up to the mid-point of Rustlings Road.

Forge Dam: Stock Dove - 1 - singing

Greystones garden: Magpie - 3 - 1 Juvenile being fed from nest in observer's garden

Hay Wood: Willow Warbler - 4

Hillsborough: Swift - c10 - Burton Street

Langsett Res: Common Sandpiper - 1

Langsett Wood: Wood Warbler - 1 - Singing ; Blackcap - 4 - singing ; Bullfinch - 2 ; Willow Warbler - 3 ; Chiffchaff - 2

Longshaw: Chiffchaff - 1 ; Willow Warbler - 11 - 11 heard ; Stonechat - 1

Low Moor, Upper Midhope: Whitethroat - 1 - Singing ; Cuckoo - 1 ; Curlew - c15 - incl. pair watching over 4 young ; Snipe - c5 - incl adult with single young ; Snipe - c5 - Adult chipping ; Lapwing - c15 - incl 2 young ; Reed Bunting - 1 - Singing ; Swallow - 3

Markham Vale: Sedge Warbler - 1 - singing by small pool near Great Bear warehouse ; Reed Warbler - 2 - singing

Midhope Res: 319 - 3 - One carrying prey. ; 319 - 3 - Another pic ; Tufted Duck - 8 - 6 males ; Little Grebe - 2 ; Meadow Pipit - 5 - All assumed to be nesting ; Willow Warbler - 8 ; Chiffchaff - 2 ; Mallard - c20 - incl. 8 duckling a few days old. ; Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Blackcap - 2 ; Mandarin - 1 - Male

Northern General Hospital: Ring-necked Parakeet - 1 - over A & E early evening ; Grey Wagtail - 2 - pair in gorunds

Padley Gorge: Willow Warbler - 3