Sightings Archive

Leash Fen (edges): Stonechat - 2 - pair ; Lapwing - 8 ; Skylark - 1 ; 319 - 1 ; Wheatear - 1 - male

Longshaw: Chiffchaff - 1 heard ; Nuthatch - 1 ; Curlew - 1+ - heard

Longshaw lake: Mandarin - 7 ; Moorhen - 2

Low Moor, Upper Midhope: Oystercatcher - 5 ; Lapwing - 20+ - Several sitting ; Curlew - 3 ; 319 - 1

Loxley Valley: Dipper - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 3 ; Grey Heron - 2 ; Pied Wagtail - 2 ; Curlew - 1 - Flying and calling overhead

Mayfield Valley: Raven - 1 - over S ; Swallow - 1 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2 - adults

Midhope Res: Tufted Duck - 2 - a pair ; Little Grebe - 1 - Trilling

Orgreave Lakes: Great Crested Grebe - 20 ; Kestrel - 3 - Including a pair Copulating ; Little Ringed Plover - 1 ; Oystercatcher - 2 ; Lapwing - 4 ; Curlew - 1 - In from the south at at 12.35 and out north at 13.12 ; Red Kite - 1 - Drifted south at 12.18 ; Wheatear - 7 - 6 males

Padley: Chiffchaff - 1 heard

R Derwent, Padley to Grindleford: Mandarin - 9 - 6m, 3f ; Grey Wagtail - 1

Ramsley Moor: Red Kite - 1 - At 09:15

Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Sparrowhawk - 1 - disturbed from half-plucked male Blackbird in garden. (Edit: Blackbird gone by next morning so Sprawk presumably returned later)

Rocher Head Fields: Stonechat - 2 - pair

Thrybergh CP: Scaup - 1 - male still showing very well early morning ; Sand Martin - 400+ ; Swallow - 10+ ; Chiffchaff - 6 ; Willow Warbler - 3 ; Blackcap - 4

Underbank Res: Tufted Duck - 2 - a pair

Wadsley Common garden: Brambling - 1 - Male on feeders.

Bramley: Sparrowhawk - 1 - Male caught Blackbird at 10:05, ate most of it then flew off with remains at 11:13

Catcliffe Flash: Long-tailed Tit - 2 ; Tufted Duck - 16 ; Pochard - 1 ; Gadwall - 3 ; Shoveler - 1 ; Great Crested Grebe - 1 ; Blackcap - 1 - Singing male

Crowhole: Swallow - 5+ - up to 7

Dog Kennel Pond: Great Crested Grebe - 1 ; Cormorant - 4 ; Oystercatcher - 2 - on exposed island ; Herring Gull - 2+ ; Mallard - 7+ ; Coot - 2+

Ecclesall Woods: Mandarin - 2 - on stream

Forge Dam: Kingfisher - 1 - on stream ; Grey Wagtail - 2

Meersbrook Park: Chiffchaff - 1

Millhouses: Jay - 2 - Millhouses Lane

Morley Pond: Great Crested Grebe - 2 ; Mute Swan - 1 ; Greylag Goose - 2 ; Canada Goose - 2 ; Mallard - 20+ ; Tufted Duck - 32 - 17 male ; Treecreeper - 2 - probable pair, courtship chase

Moss Road, Totley: Pied Wagtail - 4 ; Meadow Pipit - 5 ; Wheatear - 1 ; Willow Warbler - 3

Moss Valley: Sparrowhawk - 1 - Female near Ridgeway ; Blackcap - 2 - One singing male near Ridgeway and one near Robin's Brook ; Kestrel - 2 - Pair near Carter Lane

Orgreave Lakes: Common Tern - 3 - In at 7:15, left at 7:45. ; Wheatear - 3 - On 'Plains'. ; Skylark - 10 - Singing ; Blackcap - 1 - Male Singing ; Greylag Goose - 7 ; Great Crested Grebe - 14 - 1 on nest, presents brought to nest by a 2nd. ; Tufted Duck - 9 ; 319 - 4 - Together ; Goldeneye - 2 ; Gadwall - 13 ; Black-headed Gull - 23 ; Swallow - 10 ; Lapwing - 5 ; Oystercatcher - 2 ; Cormorant - 1 ; Sand Martin - 30 ; Pied Wagtail - 2 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 3 - Singing

Padley Gorge: Pied Flycatcher - 1 - Singing briefly.