Sightings Archive

Rocher Head/Church Farm farmland: Willow Warbler - 3+ - singing males ; Meadow Pipit - 1 ; Nuthatch - 1 ; Golden Plover - 1 - displaying over rough pasture near White Lee Moor ; Redstart - 4+ - 2 probable pairs plus one female seen, one singing male ; Curlew - 1 - in pasture ; Robin - 3 - including one chasing a Redstart off her perch! ; Snipe - 1 - chipping ; Lapwing - 4+ - in pasture, no young seen ; Ring Ouzel - 4 - 3 females and 1 male feeding in pasture that slopes down towards Cowell Flat ; Fieldfare - 1 - flew off from pasture towards Cowell Flat along with two other thrushes, perhaps Mistle Thrushes ; Blackbird - 2 - one feeding in pasture alongside Ring Ouzels ; Magpie - 1 ; Chaffinch - 3 - singing males ; Dunnock - 2 - courting pair ; Blue Tit - 2

Silverwood Lagoon: Coot - 2+ - 2 females with fresh broods ; Swallow - 2

Thrybergh CP: Green Woodpecker - 1

West Nab/Swan Height: Skylark - 1 - displaying ; Meadow Pipit - 7 - 2 displaying ; Lapwing - 1 - fly over ; Red Grouse - 2 ; 319 - 1 - unsuccessful hunt ; Willow Warbler - 1 ; Blackbird - 2 ; Chaffinch - 1

West Nab/Walker Edge: Whitethroat - 2 - singing males ; Swallow - 1 - fly over ; Great Tit - 2 ; Cuckoo - 1 - flew from White Lee Moor plantation over moor, calling as it went ; Willow Warbler - 3 ; Chiffchaff - 1 - feeding on insects congregating around gorse flowers ; Chaffinch - 1 - singing male ; Dunnock - 1 ; Robin - 1 - singing male ; Greylag Goose - 1 - sitting, presumably, on nest, by cattle feeder in pasture

Wharncliffe Heath NR: Pied Flycatcher - 2 - singing

White Lee Moor: Willow Warbler - 2 - singing males ; Wren - 4 - singing males ; Jay - 1 ; Pheasant - 1 - male ; Chiffchaff - 3 - singing males ; Chaffinch - 4 - singing males ; Goldcrest - 1 - singing male ; Mistle Thrush - 1 - singing male ; Carrion Crow - 1 ; Coal Tit - 4 ; Robin - 2 ; Woodpigeon - 4 ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Blackbird - 1 ; Siskin - c2

Agden Rocher: Redstart - 2 - singing males ; Pied Flycatcher - 4 - 2p, males singing ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - female ; Tree Pipit - 2 - singing males

Bole Hill, Treeton: Lapwing - 11 - 3 pairs of adult birds and at least 5 newly hatched chicks.

Bolehill Flash: Water Rail - 1 - calling from farm side of reed bed

Burbage Valley: Cuckoo - 1 - Heard

Canyards: Cuckoo - 1

Chelmorton: Swift - 2 - 2N, just inside the recording area

Cowell Flat: Snipe - 4 ; Yellow Wagtail - 1+ - calls heard twice overhead

Ecclesall: Cormorant - 1 - flew high to the NW over Ansell Road

Ecclesfield: Ring-necked Parakeet - 1 - Calling over houses.

Froggatt Wood: Pied Flycatcher - 2 - Pair ; Blackcap - 1 - Male singing

Holling Dale: Red Kite - 2

Kimberworth Park: Goldcrest - 1 - singing, Rhodes Avenue/Roughwood Road

Langsett Res: Pied Flycatcher - 1 - male singing

Longshaw: Song Thrush - 3 - One young being fead away from nest by parents ; Song Thrush - 3 - About 1 hour later - nature stepped in

Middleton Moor: Reed Warbler - 2 - Singing ; Garden Warbler - 1 - Singing ; Oystercatcher - 2

Midhope Res area: Curlew - 18 - Majority in fields but some bathing on waters edge. ; Lapwing - 8 - incl one fledgling ; Swallow - 10 - flew north ; Skylark - 1 - singing ; Common Sandpiper - 2 - a pair ; Great Crested Grebe - 1 - adult - Irregular visitor here ; Tufted Duck - 2 - a pair ; Lesser Redpoll - 1 - Song flight/display noted ; Little Grebe - 2 - Trilling ; Willow Warbler - 5 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 3 - singing ; Kestrel - 1 ; 320 - 2 - a pair ; Oystercatcher - 2 - a pair ; Meadow Pipit - 5 ; Siskin - 4 - incl display ; Cuckoo - 1 ; Greylag Goose - c70 - Incl. c15 goslings

Moss Road, Totley: Tree Pipit - 2 - Singing ; Willow Warbler - 8+ - Singing ; Stonechat - 1 - Singing ; Linnet - 2 - Female carrying nest material

Orgreave Lakes: BLACK-NECKED GREBE - 1 - Single bird feeding and showing well from south side main lake ; Shelduck - 2 - 1 pair flew across main lake