Sightings Archive

Walkley garden: Blackcap - 1

Wharncliffe Heath NR: Pied Flycatcher - 4 - Males singing ; Chiffchaff - 4 - Singing ; Blackcap - 2 - Singing ; Willow Warbler - 20 - Singing, numbers significantly down from the same time last year ; Robin - 63 - Singing ; Tree Pipit - 5 - Singing ; Chaffinch - 10+ - 8 singing ; Wren - 60+ - Singing

Birley Edge: Curlew - 1 - Flying over calling. First here in 30 years.

Blacka Moor: Pied Flycatcher - 1 - male singing near Devils Elbow ; Willow Warbler - 20+ - singing males ; Chiffchaff - 2 - singing ; Tree Pipit - 2 - singing ; Stonechat - 2 - pair Cowsick ; Whitethroat - 1 - singing, seemed to be associating with Stonechat pair. ; Robin - 1+ - nest and eggs

Dog Kennel Pond: Great Crested Grebe - 1+ ; Grey Heron - 1 - E bank ; Greylag Goose - 6+ ; Mallard - 1+ ; Moorhen - 1 ; Coot - 1 - W end near nest in reeds with 1 egg at least ; Lapwing - 1 - displaying adjacent field to S ; Herring Gull - 15+ - mainly juveniles

Hangingwater garden: Sparrowhawk - 2 - circling over

Harley: 321 - 1 - 1 flying over SE

Meersbrook: Red-legged Partridge - 1 - Flew in through open back door. Caught and released

Middle Common: Kestrel - 1 - male hunting, following tractor cutting grass?

Orgreave Lakes: Little Gull - 1 - Small lake chased off by bhg ; BLACK-NECKED GREBE - 2 - Pair on big lake from 08:00. ; BLACK-NECKED GREBE - 2 - 2nd pic ; Whooper Swan - 1 - Adult until 08:30 when flew south. ; Yellow Wagtail - 4 - On North shore ; Little Gull - 1 ; BLACK-NECKED GREBE - 2 - Feeding along north side main lake. ; SPOONBILL - 2 - circling and trying to land on small lake at 19:25 ; BLACK-NECKED GREBE - 2 - pair ; BLACK-NECKED GREBE - 2 - another photo ; Common Tern - 1 ; Little Gull - 1 - 1st year bird constantly harassed by BHG ; Great Crested Grebe - 26 - on main lake ; Pied Wagtail - 12+ - several birds collecting food for young. ; Yellow Wagtail - 2 ; Little Ringed Plover - 1 ; Ringed Plover - 1 ; Dunlin - 1 - in SP ; Sand Martin - 37 ; Swallow - 26 - North in 3 hours. ; Little Egret - 2

Redmires: Oystercatcher - 2 - 1 in fields Roper Hill, and incubating bird on middle res (at least one egg visible), bird disturbed by off lead dogs.

Redmires Middle Res: Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Dunlin - 1 ; Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Little Ringed Plover - 3

Redmires Res: Whinchat - 1 - a male briefly ; Grasshopper Warbler - 2 - still present ; Mandarin - 1 - a male

Tankersley: Lapwing - 2 - 1 adult + chick ; Swallow - 2 - Sat on o/head wires ; Yellowhammer - 1 - Singing by golf course

Barbrook Pools: Garganey - 1 - a drake this morning,. first here since 1987. ; Garganey - 1 - Drake still present on western-most pool at 15:25 though flighty ; Garganey - 1 - drake still present asleep on pools at 4pm

Bingham Park: Canada Goose - 2 - on Ibbotson's Wheel

Cross Hill,Ecclesfield: Ring-necked Parakeet - 1 - Female in pine in observation.garden,calling. ; Greenfinch - 2 - Pair in pine in observation.garden

Froggatt Edge: Cuckoo - 1 - singing briefly

Froggatt Wood: Stock Dove - 1 - singing

Goodwin Sports Centre: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1

Kimberworth: Bullfinch - 2 - Male and female on garden seed feeder.

Middleton Moor: Reed Warbler - 1 - Singing ; Reed Bunting - 2 - Pair ; Wheatear - 2 ; Shelduck - 2 - Pair

Miller*s Dale: Marsh Tit - 1 - in trees near River Wye

Moscar Cross: Fieldfare - 8 ; Oystercatcher - 2 - 1 sat on nest ; Lapwing - 12 - 1 sat on nest with 4 eggs and another brooding small chicks ; Red Kite - 1

Orgreave Lakes: Yellow Wagtail - 1 - Single bird between 2 lakes. ; Skylark - 11 ; Grey Wagtail - 2 - On river downstream side of weir. ; Whooper Swan - 1 - Still feeding with resident Mute Swans.

Pit-house West: Water Rail - 1 - calling ; Willow Tit - 1 - singing male at top end

Redmires: Red Kite - 1 - mobbed by Buzzard ; 319 - 1 ; Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Grasshopper Warbler - 2 - reeling on S side of middle res ; Lapwing - 1 ; 320 - 2 ; Common Sandpiper - 3 ; Whitethroat - 1 - S side of top res ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - drumming ; Greenfinch - 2+ - v mobile ; Chaffinch - 5+ - singing ; Curlew - 5+ - calling ; Red Grouse - 3 - calling ; Jay - 1