Sightings Archive

Firsby Res: Moorhen - 1 ; Black-headed Gull - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 2 - Adult feeding youngster. ; 319 - 1 - Soaring. ; Little Owl - 1 - On farm building. ; Swallow - 1 - On wires. ; House Martin - 1 ; Red-legged Partridge - 2 ; Skylark - 2 ; Yellowhammer - 2 - singing males. ; Reed Bunting - 2 - singing males. ; Treecreeper - 1 - Adult talking food into nest hole. ; Chaffinch - 1 - singing ; Goldfinch - 5+ ; Linnet - 4+ ; Willow Warbler - 1 - Singing. ; Whitethroat - 2 - Entering nettles with food. ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; Song Thrush - 1

High Green: Hobby - 1 - NW 19.30 ; Swift - 4 ; Greenfinch - 3

Hucklow Edge: Whitethroat - 2 - pr ; Blue Tit - 1 - carrying food to nest in wall

Hudson*s Rough: Wren - 1 - singing ; Robin - 1 - singing ; Blackbird - 1+ ; Blackcap - 1 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Goldcrest - 1 - singing ; Coal Tit - 1 - singing ; Great Tit - 1+ ; Jay - 1 ; Jackdaw - 1+ ; Chaffinch - 1 - singing ; Bullfinch - 1 - calls ; 319 - 2

Hurlfield: Tawny Owl - 2 - 1 adult 1 fledged young finally out of box 6am.

moorland fringe: Nightjar - 17+ - 13+ churring males, 7 sites

Moscar Cross: Woodcock - 1 - roding

Nether Edge: Bullfinch - 1 - male

Orgreave Lakes: Mandarin - 1 - Single female on river alongside smaller lake.

Redmires conduit: Mallard - 10 - 1 Female & 2 Ducklings nr the road, 2 adults & 5 ducklings in the tarn ; Lapwing - 13+ - 1 well grown Juvenile ; Pied Wagtail - 3 - 1 Juvenile ; Meadow Pipit - 10 - 1 juvenile ; Curlew - 8 - 1 Juvenile ; Red Grouse - 3 - 1 Juvenile ; Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Swallow - 2 ; Skylark - 1 ; Golden Plover - 1 - Calling

Redmires Res: Woodcock - 1 - roding over Top Res ; Oystercatcher - 4 - over Top Res

Rother Valley CP: Cetti's Warbler - 1

Sir William Hill: Chiffchaff - 1 - carrying food

Swallownest: Red Kite - 1

Wadsley Common garden: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - Juvenile on feeders. ; Great Tit - 4 - Including 3 young. ; Swallow - 2 - In and out of outbuilding for past 2 weeks-one now sat on nest.

Wyming Brook: Wood Warbler - 2 - Carrying food ; Wood Warbler - 2 - M&F carrying food ; Song Thrush - 1

Canklow Woods: Common Buzzard - 3 - in the air together at 0915

Cinder Hills: 319 - 2 - one much higher than other calling

Dog Kennel Pond: Great Crested Grebe - 4 - 1 family with 2 juvs ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Greylag Goose - 10+ - on E bank ; Sand Martin - 2 - from nest site, feeding here and over Morley Pond ; Grey Wagtail - 1

Fulwood, Crimicar Lane: Green Woodpecker - 1 - Over very low and very loud. First seen here in 25years ; Bullfinch - 1 - M, calling

Greno Wood: Woodcock - 2 - Roding around dusk ; Tawny Owl - 2+

Morley Pond: Great Crested Grebe - 4+ - at least 1 family party ; Mallard - 10+ - 1 family party with 7 juvs ; Coot - 7+ - 2 family parties active at E end, with 1 adult collecting nest material ; Swift - 2 ; Sedge Warbler - 1 - singing from N side reeds

Orgreave Lakes: Sedge Warbler - 2+ - 2-3 calling and doing short display flights east side of main lake. ; Redshank - 2 - a pair off east bank main pond

R Don, Beeley Woods: Kingfisher - 1 - down river calling ; Grey Wagtail - 2

Treeton Dyke: Oystercatcher - 1 - flew over ; Mandarin - 1 - female on tip pool ; Great Crested Grebe - 2 - one adult feeding medium sized juv

Upper Common, Scholes: 319 - 1 ; Whitethroat - 1 - singing ; Bullfinch - 1 - calls from scrub

Attercliffe: Herring Gull - c20 - all immatures ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - c25 - 3 adults, one bird with blue dyed underparts Warren Street.

Kimberworth: Blue Tit - 3 - 2 juveniles on fastball feeder being by parent. ; Robin - 1 - Juvenile on garden fence. ; Song Thrush - 1 - Foraging in garden - frightened off by male blackbird. ; 324 - 1 - Hedgehog - foraging in the garden in the day for the second day running. Appeared healthy

Lawrence Field: Stonechat - 3 ; Cuckoo - 1 - bubbling female. ; Tree Pipit - 1 - singing

Oughtibridge: Red Kite - 1 - drifting slowly up the Don valley @ 16.15.

Padley Gorge: Redstart - 1 - singing male