Sightings Archive

Orgreave Lakes: Ringed Plover - 1 - juv ; Greylag Goose - 147

Peat Pits: Merlin - 1female - female hunting a flock of pigeons.

Peter Dale: Jay - 1 ; Kestrel - 1

Rawmarsh: Swift - 1 - W @ 1335hrs

Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Grey Heron - 1 - E @ 0620hrs

Redmires Res: Tufted Duck - 1 ; Mallard - 12 ; Lapwing - 32 - on Middle Res ; Willow Warbler - 3 ; Chiffchaff - 9 ; Blackcap - 3 ; Whitethroat - 1 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; 319 - 7 - seen from Roper Hill - 6 circling to the N ; Sparrowhawk - 3 ; Kestrel - 2 - Juvs ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 40 ; Yellow-legged Gull - 1 - ad W over Roper Hill ; Black-headed Gull - 55 ; Linnet - 16 - post-breeding flock ; Goldfinch - 65 - c.Post-breeding flock ; Meadow Pipit - 25 - c. starting to congregate ; Swallow - 25 - flew N ; House Martin - 2 - flew N ; Yellow Wagtail - 3 - flew SW (1 + 2)

Redmires Top Res: Little Egret - 1 - at the North edge of the Dam wall

Tideswell: Pied Wagtail - 3+ ; Linnet - c26 ; Wren - 1 ; Swallow - 6

Tideswell Dale: Kestrel - 1

Wadsley Common garden: Chiffchaff - 3 - Juveniles feeding around shrubs. ; Long-tailed Tit - 18 - Through garden with 17 blue tits. ; Goldcrest - 1 - Singing.

Wheston: Raven - 1

Blue Man*s Bower: Common Buzzard - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 1 - calling

Centenary Riverside: Grey Wagtail - 1 - over ; Cormorant - 1 - W ; Mallard - 3 - on river ; Chiffchaff - 3 - calling ; Blackcap - 1 - calling

Greystones garden: House Sparrow - 30+ - Inc lots of Juv's

Orgreave Lakes: Arctic Tern - 1 - a juv until 07:30 ; Pintail - 2 - briefly ; Greenshank - 1 ; Ringed Plover - 1 ; Yellow Wagtail - 5 ; Sand Martin - 30 ; Swift - 4 ; Arctic Tern - 1 - Juv on big lake ; Wigeon - 1 - Drake ; Sand Martin - 40 - Mostly juvs ; Mandarin - 1 - Drake on island ; Pintail - 2 ; Greenshank - 1

Parkgate Canal Basin: Mute Swan - 46 ; Mallard - c30

Parkgate; *Banana* plantation: House Martin - 3 - feeding over ; Bullfinch - 1 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - over, towards golf course

R Derwent, Calver: Dipper - 2 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Mandarin - 2 ; Moorhen - 6 - including one juv ; Chiffchaff - 3

Redmires: Swallow - 9 ; Grey Wagtail - 3 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 30+ ; Herring Gull - 1 ; Meadow Pipit - 2 ; Kestrel - 2 ; Red Grouse - 1 ; Goldfinch - 30+ - Feeding on thistle seeds

Redmires Res: Starling - 60 - in fields ; Grey Wagtail - 4 ; Raven - 1 - flew N ; Sand Martin - 3 ; Swallow - 60 - c. over Soughley Lane ; Moorhen - 2 - on Top Res shoreline ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Yellow Wagtail - 1 - flew SW ; Mallard - 72 ; 320 - 5 ; Common Gull - 1 - ad flew W

Roundwood Golf course: Sand Martin - 12 - feeding over

Ulley Brook at Long Lane: Chiffchaff - 2 ; Blackcap - 1 - male ; Whitethroat - 1

Ulley Brook Bog: Pheasant - 1 - cock ; Chiffchaff - 1 - calling ; Reed Bunting - 1 - anxious female ; Kestrel - 1 - flew from pylon ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 3 - all N/NW ; Common Buzzard - 2 - low over adjacent field to E

Barlow Common: 319 - 6 - all seen at the same time

Brincliffe Edge: Red Kite - 1 - Flying North over the edge at 17:05

Kimberworth Park: Sparrowhawk - 1 - Hunting Starlings @ Hampstead Green