Sightings Archive

Poolsbrook Marsh: Sedge Warbler - 2 - singing ; Reed Warbler - 9 - singing ; Garden Warbler - 2 - singing ; Cetti's Warbler - 1 - singing ; Blackcap - 2 - singing ; Bullfinch - 2 - pair at nest site ; Gadwall - 1 - male

Rawmarsh Cemetery: Chaffinch - 2 - singing ; Stock Dove - 3 - pair + 1 singing ; Blue Tit - breeding confirmed - nest 2.5m up in Ash, adults bringing food

Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Greenfinch - 01-Feb - singing ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing, Rectory Fields allotments

Rawmarsh; Stubbin incline: Chaffinch - 1 - singing ; Swift - 4 - over ; Blackcap - 1 - singing

Rocher Head Farm: Red Kite - 1 ; Tree Pipit - 1 - singing and performing song-flight display on hillside east of Sick Brook ; Cuckoo - 1 - singing at top of hillside (Rocher Top) ; Yellowhammer - 1 - heard calling but not seen

Rod Moor: Stonechat - 2 - pair visiting nest site by main road

Spout House Hill: Skylark - 7 ; Wheatear - 1 ; Linnet - 7+ - feeding around site. ; Lapwing - 1 - sat on nest. ; Red Kite - 1

Thrybergh: Yellowhammer - 1 - Male singing from hedge top Thrybergh lane. ; Lapwing - 5 - On fields adjacent to Thrybergh lane, displaying and mobbing Crows.

Wadsley: 319 - 1 - Being seen off by a carrion crow ; Carrion Crow - 1

Wentworth Park: Song Thrush - 1 - near Dam Head ; Mistle Thrush - 1 - in horse paddock ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Blackcap - 1 - singing, Brookshank Wood

Wentworth Park; Dog Kennel Pond: Moorhen - 5+ - + 4 juvs (broods of 3 + 1) ; Stock Dove - 3 - 2 singing; 1 disturbed from oak, probably nesting ; Coot - 8+ - + 7 juvs (broods of 2, 2 + 5) ; Song Thrush - 2 - 1 singing ; Grey Wagtail - 3 - 2 at W end, 1 on E overflow ; Herring Gull - 28 - in from E, loafing in middle of lake, before leaving W ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 11 - with HGs ; Mallard - 22+ - + 11 juvs (broods of 5+6) ; Tufted Duck - 1 - drake ; Greylag Goose - 13 - no juvs present ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Black-headed Gull - 6 ; Red-legged Partridge - 2

Wentworth Park; Greasbrough Dam: Mute Swan - 5 - pair on lake + 3 over to E ; Mallard - 35+ - + 20 juvs (broods of 5, 6 & 9) ; Moorhen - 6+ - + 4 juvs (3 + 1) ; Black-headed Gull - 8 ; Great Crested Grebe - 3prs+ - + 4 juvs (broods of 2+2) ; Coot - 8+ - + 1 juv ; Blackcap - 1 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Chaffinch - 3 - singing ; Common Buzzard - 1 - soaring to N ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing, woodland to N ; Swallow - 1 ; Little Grebe - 1 - scarce here at any time of year; no suggestion of breeding

Wentworth Park; Morley Plantation: Song Thrush - 1 - singing ; Coal Tit - 1 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 2 - singing ; Chaffinch - 3 - singing ; Common Buzzard - 1 - soaring over

Wentworth Park; Morley Pond: Pied Wagtail - 1 - male ; Swift - 5 ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing ; Great Crested Grebe - 2prs+ - + 2 juvs (1 brood) ; Mute Swan - 1 ; Mallard - 4 ; Tufted Duck - 7 - 3prs + 1m ; Grey Heron - 1 - adult on adjacent fish ponds

West Nab: Lapwing - 2 - adult with small chick . ; Meadow Pipit - 1 - food carrying.

Wharncliffe Heath NR: Pied Flycatcher - 4+ ; Cuckoo - 1 ; Common Buzzard - 1

Wyming Brook: Wood Warbler - 5 - Singing males ; Spotted Flycatcher - 1 ; Cuckoo - 1 - At least one calling

Agden Side: Tawny Owl - 1 - hunting from wall at dusk.

Blacka Moor: Cuckoo - 2 ; Stonechat - 1

Castle Dyke: Mallard - 1+ - Female with at least 3 small chicks on pond at entrance to sports pitches

Cowell Flat: Wheatear - 1 - female ; Stonechat - 2 - pair carrying food

Dukes Road: Linnet - 2 - adult with fledged juv. ; Golden Plover - 2 - pair alarm calling . ; Curlew - 3 - pair in territorial dispute with single bird. ; Red Grouse - 5 - singles alongside track.

Fulwood garden: Stock Dove - 1 - unusual here

Hammond*s Field: Moorhen - 1

Handsworth garden: Tawny Owl - 1 - Calling from grounds of Bramley Hall, at 11pm.

Hudson*s Rough, NW of f/p: Woodpigeon - 2+ - singing ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - drumming ; Wren - 1 - singing ; Blackbird - 1 - singing ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing ; Blackcap - 1 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing