Sightings Archive

Redmires Res: Black-headed Gull - 2 - flew SW ; Blackcap - 3 - singing ; Golden Plover - 1 - calling along conduit ; Whitethroat - 2 - singing ; Linnet - 8 - pair with newly fledged young by Bottom Res + family party of five on Middle Res ; Lapwing - 4 - 2 prs on conduit ; Swift - 4 - flew S ; Swallow - 6

Silverwood Lagoon: BLACK-NECKED GREBE - 5+ - pair feeding 2 well-grown young, third adult feeding 1 well-grown young, another pair with 3 tiny chicks - Access from Hollings Lane, SK478941, please park sensibly and keep to the paths to avoid disturbance ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2 ; Siskin - 1 - over ; Yellowhammer - 1 - singing in Hollings Lane Meadows ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing ; Whitethroat - 6 - singing ; Reed Warbler - 6+ - 3 singing ; Reed Bunting - 2 - singing ; Skylark - 2 - singing ; Kestrel - 1 ; House Martin - c.15

11 Acres plantation: Woodcock - 1 - roding ; Tawny Owl - 1 - calling male

Barlow: Whitethroat - 1 ; Linnet - 2 ; Swallow - 1

Canyards: Woodcock - 1

Fatty Boyns Ponds: Gadwall - 2 - eclipse male and furtive female

Firsby Res: Jay - 1 ; Swift - 1 - Low over Res. ; Swallow - 1 - On wires. ; Skylark - 2 - Singing. ; Linnet - 10+ - Including Juvs. ; Goldfinch - 5-+ ; Reed Warbler - 2 - Calling in Reed bed. ; Willow Warbler - 1 - Singing.

Graves Park: Ring-necked Parakeet - 5

Green Moor: Tawny Owl - 3 - three calling one seen in garden - one male two female

Hudson*s Rough: Moorhen - 4 - family, adults with 2 recently fledged ; Woodpigeon - 5+ - singing ; Wren - 3+ - singing ; Dunnock - 1 - singing ; Robin - 3+ - singing ; Blackbird - 3+ - singing ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing ; Blackcap - 1 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Goldcrest - 1+ - singing ; Jackdaw - 1+ - calls ; Bullfinch - 1 - calls

Hudson*s Rough,SE of f/p: Chaffinch - 1 - singing

Moorland Fringe: Nightjar - 5 - churrring males at 3 sites

Orgreave Lakes: Pochard - 38 ; Oystercatcher - 2 - Adults on island, breeding appears to have failed. ; Common Sandpiper - 1

Parkgate; Taylor*s Lane: Blackcap - 1 - singing adjacent to Asda car park

Ramsley Moor: Cuckoo - 1 - singing ; Garden Warbler - 1 - singing ; Stonechat - 3 - fledged juvs ; Whitethroat - 1 - giving alarm call

Richmond Park: Red Kite - 1 - flew out of trees then circled on thermals to be out of sight in two minutes

Surprise View: Red Kite - 1 - 1 drifted south

Thomson House Plantation: Tawny Owl - 1 - hooting ; Woodcock - 1 - roding

Thrybergh Tip: Cetti's Warbler - 1 - singing N side ; Mute Swan - 2 - pair and 3 cygnets ; Coot - 19 - 19 adults, and 7 juvs (at least 3 broods), probably more away from main pool. ; Peregrine - 1 - over ; Reed Warbler - 2+ - singing ; Little Grebe - 1 - heard in marshy E end.

Treeton Dyke: Mute Swan - 2 - Pair and 4 cygnets (yellow Y038) ; Gadwall - 1 - female (maybe same as on pond) ; Gadwall - 1 - fem on small pond ; Lesser Whitethroat - 2 - pair (male still singing) and 1+ fledged juvs ; Great Crested Grebe - 2 - one on nest

Treeton Tip: Kingfisher - 1 ; Little Grebe - 1 - chick, no sign of adult ; Reed Warbler - 1 - singing

Wadsley Common garden: Blackbird - 4 - juveniles. ; Swallow - 4+ - At least 2 young in nest in outbuilding.

Aldwarke: Linnet - 1 - singing ; Bullfinch - 1 ; Stock Dove - 1 ; Lapwing - 3 ; Sand Martin - 11 - feeding over pond ; Pied Wagtail - 1 - fledged, independent juv ; Little Grebe - breeding confirmed - pair with brood of 4 on pond; first proven breeding at this site ; Willow Warbler - 2 - singles by railway line in SK4494 & SK4394, both singing ; Song Thrush - 2 - singles in SK4394 & SK4494, both singing ; Common Buzzard - 1 - over ; Peregrine - 1 - low over pond before leaving towards Liberty Steels

Aldwarke; Aldwarke Lane: Raven - 1 - moulting adult with missing inner primaries, over towards Liberty Steels @ 1033hrs

Aldwarke; Liberty Steels: Peregrine - 1 - on chimney briefly

Aldwarke; Waddington Way: Whitethroat - 1 - singing ; Lapwing - 1pr - feeding on verge

between Scholes Ground and Low Common: Long-tailed Tit - 10+ ; Nuthatch - 1 - calls

Blackburn Meadows: Canada Goose - 5 - 2 adults and 3 juveniles at the top of the weir near Jordan's lock ; Lapwing - 1 - Lapwing in the river shallows at the bottom of the weir near Jordan's lock

Damflask Res: Greylag Goose - 76

Don Canal, Rotherham Cut: Mute Swan - 2 - adults, Eastwood Lock ; Whitethroat - 1 - singing