Sightings Archive

Dalton: Pied Wagtail - 1+ - adult feeding fledged juv on sports field ; Bullfinch - 1 - fledged, independent juv

Dog Kennel Pond: Grey Heron - 1 ; Mallard - 10+ ; Tufted Duck - 3+ - including female with 2 juvs ; Black-headed Gull - 30+ ; Sand Martin - 1 - at least 1 active at nest site

Fatty Boyns Ponds: Chiffchaff - 4 - 1 singing ; Whitethroat - 5+ - inc 1 singing ; Stock Dove - 01-Feb ; Linnet - 4 ; Moorhen - 1 - adult with nest material ; Gadwall - 3 - independent juvs ; Blackcap - 2+ - calling ; Bullfinch - 2+ - calling ; Greenfinch - 1 - in adjacent rape ; Goldfinch - 5 - in adjacent rape ; Dunnock - 5 - in adjacent rape ; Treecreeper - 1 - calling

Little London Road: Moorhen - 3 - Adult with two half-grown young. ; Grey Wagtail - 4 - Pair with two recently fledged juvs. ; Blackcap - 1 - Singing.

Malin Bridge: Swift - 20+ - screaming high up above Norris Rd area. Odd one coming down to gutter level and landing on old gutter brackets briefly

Morley Pond: Great Crested Grebe - 4 ; Swallow - 3

Near Ringinglow: Grey Partridge - 7 - Breeding record - maximum number seen. In meadows near Ringinglow, group of 3 and another of 4.

Orgreave Lakes: BLACK-NECKED GREBE - 1 - adult still on main lake tonight ; Little Grebe - 4 - ad breeding and 3 juvs/winter plumage birds on main lake. ; Sedge Warbler - 1 - Adult carrying food

R Derwent, Chatsworth: Oystercatcher - 2 - feeding on shingle bank

R Don, Aldwarke: Kingfisher - 1+ - male; calling suggested others present - family party? ; Chiffchaff - 1 - calling ; Treecreeper - 1 - calling ; Stock Dove - 1 - singing

R Don, Effingham St: Yellow-legged Gull - 2 - brute of an adult, and a 2s. ; Herring Gull - 10 - imms ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 30+ - inc a single juv

R Don, Thrybergh Banks: Stock Dove - 1 - singing, Thrybergh Bridge ; Grey Heron - 1 - adult on Thrybergh Bridge

Rotherham: Kingfisher - 1 - near Ickles Lock 07:35

Silverwood Lagoon: Little Grebe - 6+ - three pairs bred, one pair is now feeding second brood ; Tufted Duck - 2+ - 2 females with broods ; Common Buzzard - 3 - family party ; Kestrel - 1 ; Swift - 3 ; House Martin - c.15 ; Jay - 5 ; Black-headed Gull - 11 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 ; Mute Swan - 10 - resident pair with 8 cygnets

Thrybergh CP: Common Scoter - 1 - Single male drifting around the main bay 07:50-10:00 at least

Thrybergh Tip: Goldcrest - 1 - singing ; Coot - 38+ - inc juvs ; Gadwall - 38+ - adults/independent juvs + 17 juvs (7 broods) ; Mallard - 14 ; Mute Swan - 4 - resident pair + 2 in from SW ; Moorhen - 4 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - calling ; Sand Martin - 1 ; Swift - c10 ; Black-headed Gull - 3 ; Kingfisher - 1 - male ; Cetti's Warbler - 1 - singing/calling from S edge ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Reed Bunting - 3 - 1 singing ; Reed Warbler - 3 - singing ; Bullfinch - 3+ - inc independent juv ; Common Buzzard - 2 - singles NE & NW ; Song Thrush - 5 - inc 2 singing ; Chiffchaff - 9 - inc 2 singing ; Blackcap - 3+ - inc 2 singing ; Whitethroat - 4+ ; Stock Dove - 5 - over

Ughill: Whitethroat - 2 - recently-fledged juveniles in roadside shrubs on Corker Lane.

Wentworth Park: Jackdaw - c70 - over Peacock Lodge farm

Middleton Moor: Yellow-legged Gull - 5 - adult/near adults ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - c350 ; Common Gull - 1 - 2s ; Shelduck - 5 - pair and 3 well grown juvs. ; Little Ringed Plover - 1 ; Black-headed Gull - c200

Orgreave Lakes: Common Gull - 2 - Adult

R Wye, Cressbrook: Tufted Duck - 1+ - f with 8 young ; Mute Swan - 2

Stannington, west: Cormorant - 7 - flying down valley over Rails ; Lapwing - 20 - near Flash Farm ; Meadow Pipit - 12 - 2 parties 9 and 3 near Flash Farm ; Linnet - 3

Stubley Hollow: Greenfinch - 30 ; House Sparrow - 28 ; Swallow - 10 ; Swift - 2

Thrybergh CP: Common Tern - 3 ; 319 - 2 ; Kestrel - 2 ; Swift - 20 ; Sand Martin - 8 ; Whitethroat - 4 - Family party ; Lesser Whitethroat - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 6