Sightings Archive

Orgreave Lakes: Raven - 1 - Carrying food flew over going NE ; Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Greenshank - 1 ; Whimbrel - 1+ - 1 NE at c08:30 and it or anther called twice at 09:40. ; Wheatear - 3 ; Yellow Wagtail - 3 - 2 males ; Swallow - c40 ; House Martin - c30 - with 25 feeding over the weir on the R Rother. ; Willow Warbler - 2 - Singing ; Sand Martin - 60 ; Swallow - 40 ; Swallow - 40 - 2nd Photo ; Great Crested Grebe - 9 ; Greylag Goose - 10 ; Arctic Tern - 1 ; Black-headed Gull - 10 ; Pied Wagtail - 4 ; Lapwing - 3 ; Skylark - 6 ; Little Egret - 1 ; Linnet - 3 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Oystercatcher - 1 ; Gadwall - 10 ; Reed Bunting - 1 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2 ; Cormorant - 2 ; Dunlin - 1 ; LITTLE TERN - 1 - present for 45 minutes late afternoon ; LITTLE TERN - 1 - another photo ; LITTLE TERN - 1 - third photo ; Greenshank - 1 ; Sanderling - 1 - on small lake island mid-afternoon ; Dunlin - 1 - sum plum adult flew through calling ; Little Egret - 4 ; Swallow - 60 ; Sand Martin - 120 ; House Martin - 15 ; Great Crested Grebe - 23 - several displaying pairs and one pair on nest

Porter Clough: Treecreeper - 2 - pair in courtship ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - yaffling ; Blackcap - 2 - singing males ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Willow Warbler - 1 - singing

Redmires Bottom Res: Common Sandpiper - 2 ; Oystercatcher - 2 ; Reed Bunting - 2 ; Swallow - 3

Redmires conduit: Lapwing - 7 - Including one chick

Redmires Res: Swallow - 4 - feeding over Bottom Res

Rivelin Valley: Linnet - c30 - foraging on weed seeds in field off Coppice Lane

Rocher Head Fields: Ring Ouzel - 3 - 1m, 2f ; Wheatear - 4+ ; 319 - 1 - pale sandy bird catching worms

RVCP: Shoveler - 2 ; Wigeon - 2 ; Goldeneye - 1 ; Arctic Tern - 1 - North ; Whimbrel - 1 - North

Silverwood Lagoon: Great Crested Grebe - 1 - present for a week now, longest one has ever stayed here ; Little Grebe - 6+ ; Tufted Duck - 4 ; Gadwall - 1pr ; Cetti's Warbler - 1 - singing ; Willow Warbler - 11 - singing ; Blackcap - 6 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 5 - singing ; Whitethroat - 3 - singing ; Reed Warbler - 2 - singing ; Skylark - 2 - singing ; Swallow - 2 ; Wheatear - 1 - in coarse grass above NE corner of lagoon ; Kestrel - 1 ; Common Buzzard - 1 ; Jay - 3 ; Yellowhammer - 2 - 1 singing in hedgerow below lagoon, 1 singing Hollings Lane meadows

Storrs: Stock Dove - 1 - singing and performing display flight

Thrybergh CP: Whimbrel - 1 - flew NNW at 09:35

Bar Brook Valley: Red Kite - 1 ; 319 - 2 ; Raven - 4 ; Skylark - 3 - Singing ; Reed Bunting - 2 ; Tufted Duck - 2 ; Lapwing - 3 ; Meadow Pipit - 1 ; Stonechat - 1 - Male ; Red Grouse - 1 ; Willow Warbler - 3 - Singing ; Curlew - 1

Barbrook Plantation: Pied Flycatcher - 5 - a pair plus 3 males ; Redstart - 2 - 2 males singing ; Tree Pipit - 1

Big Moor: Red Kite - 2 or 3 ; Curlew - 5

Firsby Res: Mallard - 2 - Pair along stream. ; Mute Swan - 2 ; Coot - 2 - Pair with nest. ; Pied Wagtail - 1 - In sheep paddock. ; Willow Warbler - 3 - All singing.