Sightings Archive

Redmires Res: Brambling - 1 - by Top Res ; Kestrel - 1 ; Black-headed Gull - 1 - sickly looking adult sat on Middle Res overflow ; Willow Warbler - 15 - c. singing

RVCP: Pink-footed Goose - 1 - usual bird,, ; Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Yellow Wagtail - 1 ; Peregrine - 1 - male

Silverwood Lagoon: Great Crested Grebe - 1 ; Little Grebe - 06-Aug ; Reed Warbler - 1 - singing ; Cetti's Warbler - 1 - singing ; Whitethroat - 2 - singing ; Cormorant - 1 - north

Tankersley: Whitethroat - 1 - Singing ; House Martin - 2 - flew north ; Lapwing - 1

Thrybergh CP: Oystercatcher - 2 ; Pied Wagtail - 4 - One white wagtail (per R Hayward) ; Shoveler - 2 - A pair. ; Yellow Wagtail - 1 - Female on waterside near ice cream parlour ; Sand Martin - c50 - Low over water from 07:00hrs ; Swallow - c10 - Moving through West.

Totley Bents: Blackcap - 2 - 2 singing males

Wharncliffe Heath NR: Willow Warbler - 3 - singing ; Nuthatch - 2 - calling

Barbrook Pools: Green Sandpiper - 1

Bell Ground, Tankersley: Gadwall - 2 - Pair ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 4 ; Black-headed Gull - 72 ; Canada Goose - 2 ; Chiffchaff - 2 - Singing ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Fieldfare - 2 ; Stock Dove - 2 - Pair ; Lapwing - 1 ; Linnet - 2 ; 319 - 2 ; Bullfinch - 1 - Male ; Goldcrest - 1 - Singing

Birley Edge: Willow Warbler - 1 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 2 - Singing ; Linnet - 4

Brinsworth: Sparrowhawk - 1 - Over Barrett Estate circling @17.35

Chatsworth Park: 321 - 1

Dog Kennel Pond: Great Crested Grebe - 3 ; Grey Wagtail - 1

Kimberworth Park: Goldfinch - 4+ - feeding at verges, Strafford Road/Clover Green

Middle Common: Skylark - 2+ - singing ; Linnet - 2 - up from Kale/Brassica

Middleton Moor: Shelduck - 2 ; Wigeon - 1 - Drake ; Oystercatcher - 2 ; Little Ringed Plover - 1

Morley Pond: Great Crested Grebe - 5 ; Mallard - 10+ ; Tufted Duck - 20 - 12 males

Orgreave Lakes: Greenshank - 1 ; Bar-tailed Godwit - 1 ; Red Kite - 1 ; Wheatear - 3 - Two on plains and 1 on the bund. ; Yellow Wagtail - 3 - North ; Green Sandpiper - 1 ; Greenshank - 3 - 1 early morning, 2 more in by late morning ; Bar-tailed Godwit - 15 - 1 present all morning. 14 in at 1115, briefly onto the point then flew SE. ; Green Sandpiper - 1 ; Little Gull - 20+ ; Jay - 1 ; Bar-tailed Godwit - 1 - photo ; Little Gull - 46 - at 14.00 ; Little Gull - 46 ; Arctic Tern - 1 - North at 08:20.

Rivelin Valley: Kingfisher - 1 - Frank Wheel Dam

RVCP: Hobby - 1 - early record here ; Pink-footed Goose - 1 - again with the resident geese ; Shoveler - 5 ; Wigeon - 3

Shepherd*s Plantation: Kestrel - 1 - male into wood

Silverwood Lagoon: Great Crested Grebe - 1 ; Cetti's Warbler - 1 - singing on and off at southern end. Probably bird from TCP and Silverwood r/way line pond earlier in month

Tankersley: Wheatear - 1 - Male dropped in AM

Thrybergh CP: Mandarin - 1 - male

Upper Common, Scholes: Skylark - 1 - singing ; Red-legged Partridge - 1 ; Magpie - 6 - feeding near ditch

Wentworth Park, Temple Hill Plantation: Blackbird - 1 - singing ; Long-tailed Tit - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Swallow - 1 ; Nuthatch - 1 - calls

Wentworth Park,Wood at Deer Shed: Green Woodpecker - 1 - Yaffle heard twice ; Wren - 1 - singing ; Blackbird - 1 - singing ; Long-tailed Tit - 1 ; Blue Tit - 1 - singing ; Treecreeper - 1 - singing

Wharncliffe Chase: 319 - 1 ; Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Swallow - 1 ; Lapwing - 1