Sightings Archive

Wharncliffe Chase: Fieldfare - 3 ; Raven - 1 ; Wheatear - 5 - incl Greenland type ; Cuckoo - 1 ; Starling - 5 ; Reed Bunting - 6 - 5 singing males plus a female ; Sparrowhawk - 2 - Male carrying prey to woods plus separate female. ; Ring Ouzel - 1 - Male, with Fieldfare.

White Edge Lodge: Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - reeling in bog patch between road junction and White Edge lodge

Woodhouse Washlands: Little Egret - 2 ; Goosander - 3 - 2 males + 1 Female North up the river ; Grey Partridge - 2 ; Kingfisher - 1+ - On River and on northern dipping pond. ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - 1 female took a Starling.

Barbrook Plantation: Pied Flycatcher - 1 - male ; Redstart - 2 - m+f

Bray Plantation: Mistle Thrush - 1 - singing ; Blackcap - 2 - 1 singing ; Nuthatch - 1 - singing ; Treecreeper - 1 ; Goldcrest - 1 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing

Brightholmlee: Oystercatcher - 1 - flew over calling ; Lapwing - 1

Brooks Bank Farm conservation field: Curlew - 1 ; Pheasant - 2 - males ; Lapwing - 3+ - 2 mobbing Pheasant plus one female with at least two chicks ; Meadow Pipit - c12 ; Greylag Goose - c14 - 4 joined by another 10 that flew in ; Swallow - 2 - flying low ; Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Grey Heron - 1 - by scrape for at least 1 hour ; Snipe - 2 - one chipping from wall the other briefly drumming overhead

Calf Knoll,: Red Kite - 1 - being mobbed by at least 3 Curlew S of Langsett Res..for at least 10mins. while it drifted over moor above North America path

Canklow Woods: Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - 1 singing

Cowell Flat: Wheatear - 2 - 2 males foraging on disturbed ground near Agden Side Road

Eckington: Swallow - 2 ; Chiffchaff - 1

Firsby Res: Moorhen - 2 ; Mallard - 3 - All Males. ; Grey Heron - 1 - Over. ; Pied Wagtail - 1 - On farmland. ; Black-headed Gull - 5 - Over together. ; Lapwing - 2 - Pair. ; 319 - 3 ; Jackdaw - 4 - Over. ; Swallow - 1 - Low over crops. ; Reed Bunting - 3 ; Yellowhammer - 4+ - Singing. ; Linnet - 8+ - Inc sitting Female. ; Goldfinch - 4+ - Inc pair with nest. ; Chaffinch - 2 - Singing Males. ; Chiffchaff - 5+ ; Willow Warbler - 8+ ; Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - Reeling. ; Whitethroat - 3 ; Blackcap - 10+ ; Dunnock - 1 - Sitting Female. ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 2 - 2 nests ; 324 - 1 - Juvenile Grass Snake. ; Stock Dove - 1 ; Song Thrush - 3 - 2 singing. 1 sitting. ; Kestrel - 1 - Male.

Greasbrough; Church Street: Swallow - 2

Hail Mary Wood, Treeton: Hobby - 1 - circling wood, then in hunting mode S

Hingcliff Common: Meadow Pipit - 1 ; Swallow - 3 ; Greylag Goose - 3 - flying over towards Low Moor ; Red Grouse - 2

Intake/Richmond: Greenfinch - 5+ - Good to see this species making a comeback. Between TA centre and Richmond Park at least 5 or 6 ‘wheezing/singing. Probably undercounted

Keppels Field: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - over from Bell Pits ; Linnet - 5 - inc f with nest material ; Chaffinch - 1 - singing ; Greenfinch - 3+ ; Kestrel - 1 - female ; Blackcap - 1 - singing ; Whitethroat - 1 - singing ; Willow Warbler - 2 - singing ; Swallow - 2 - over

Longshaw: Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - Heard only at bog patch between the Pole car park and road junction

Low Moor, Sheepfold: Snipe - 2 - 1 chipping from wall, 1 drumming ; Meadow Pipit - 1 ; Blackbird - 1 - singing male ; Oystercatcher - 1 - in pasture ; Swallow - 1 - feeding in flight over pasture ; Lapwing - 2+ ; Greylag Goose - 1 ; Goldfinch - 1 - singing male

Mauk Royd: Willow Warbler - at least 3 - singing males adj. S of Langsett Res. ; Robin - 3 - singing males ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Wren - 1 ; Coal Tit - 2 ; Chaffinch - 1 ; Blackbird - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; Grey Heron - 1 - flew along Calf Knoll Beck towards Stanny Common

Middle Handley: Swallow - 2 ; Mistle Thrush - 1