Sightings Archive

Friday 7th May 2021

• Low Moor, Upper Midhope: Snipe - 2 - chipping ; Curlew - 2 ; Oystercatcher - 1 ; Lapwing - 5
• Middle Common: Red-legged Partridge - 3 ; Pheasant - 6+ ; Carrion Crow - 50+ ; Long-tailed Tit - 2 - pair? in defunct hedge.
• Middleton Moor: Fieldfare - 35+ ; Wheatear - 2 ; Lapwing - 1+ - adult with 2 small young
• Midhope Res: House Martin - 9 - Feeding over western edge ; Willow Warbler - 5+ - One seen gathering nest materials ; Goldfinch - 3 - Seen gathering nest materials ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2 - ads West ; Oystercatcher - 1 - sitting ; Curlew - 3 ; Lapwing - 2 ; 319 - 1 ; Crossbill - 02-Mar ; 320 - 3 - 2 male, 1 female resting together ; Little Grebe - 4 ; Grey Heron - 2 - adults ; Swallow - 5 ; Mistle Thrush - 10+ - Fledgling been fed by adult, separate brood to last week’s ; Meadow Pipit - 10+ - One taking food to nest ; Greylag Goose - 50+ - Incl. 29 goslings
• Miller*s Dale: Wren - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 2 ; Willow Warbler - 1
• Morley Pond: Swallow - 5+ - feeding low over water.
• Mosley Bank: Cuckoo - 1
• Orgreave Lakes: LONG-TAILED DUCK - - back on this morning ; Lapwing - 1 - Very noisy individual in rough grass adjacent small lake ; Wheatear - 3
• Oughtibridge: Starling - 1+ - adult feeding young in nest at observers house. ; Dunnock - 1+ - adult feeding young in nest.
• Parkgate; *Banana* plantation: Sparrowhawk - 1 - over, mobbed by SGs; left W/NW ; Blackcap - 3 - 1 singing ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Willow Warbler - 1 - singing ; Lesser Redpoll - 1 - NE ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing ; Linnet - 1 - over
• Ramsley Res: Whinchat - 1 ; Stonechat - 2 ; Siskin - 2 ; Lesser Redpoll - 10+ ; Willow Warbler - 1 ; Swallow - 1
• Ravensdale: Chiffchaff - 1
• Rawmarsh: Kestrel - 1 - hovering high over @ 1515hrs ; Swallow - 1 - NW
• Rawmarsh Cemetery: Sparrowhawk - 1 - circled over before dropping into treetop ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing
• Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Greenfinch - 1 - male in garden ; Robin - 1pr - f building again c20m from first nest while m feeding first brood
• Redmires: Nuthatch - 1 ; Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Swallow - 2 ; 319 - 1 - Mobbed by Lapwings ; Curlew - 3 ; Lapwing - 11 - Including 2 chicks ; Meadow Pipit - 5
• Redmires Bottom Res: Whitethroat - 1 - corner near Brown Hills Lane
• Redmires Middle Res: Stonechat - 5 - m+f and 3 young South side ; Common Sandpiper - 2 - dam wall - North end
• Redmires Res: Little Grebe - 2 - ads on Top Res ; Tufted Duck - 2 ; Yellow Wagtail - 1 - flew SE ; Fieldfare - 6 - on Bottom Res dam wall - flew off NW
• Redmires Top Res: Common Sandpiper - 2 - Seen together
• River Rother, Catcliffe: Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - Reeling at 8am and again at 12.00 ; Treecreeper - 1 ; Yellow Wagtail - 2 - Pair of birds feeding on field
• Russell Wood, Rivelin Valley: Mandarin - 3 - in flight at dusk
• RVCP, Main Lake: Little Egret - 1 - on island ; Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Yellow Wagtail - 1 - female ; Pied Wagtail - 1 - ad with food - boat yard ; Grey Wagtail - 2 - ad with food ; Grey Heron - 20+ - 12 active nests with young on the island
• Shillito Wood: Little Owl - 1 - on wall to the rear of the plantation
• Silverwood Lagoon: Redshank - 1 - SW at 09.20
• Surprise View: Pied Flycatcher - 3 ; Cuckoo - 1 ; Grasshopper Warbler - 1 ; Whitethroat - 2 ; Tree Pipit - 3 ; Willow Warbler - 20 ; Reed Bunting - 1 ; Red Grouse - 1 ; Lesser Redpoll - 200+
• Thrybergh CP: Mute Swan - 66 - 8 beautiful cygnet present on the nest in the southern arm ; Oystercatcher - 1 ; Lapwing - 2 ; Tufted Duck - 8 ; Blackcap - 8 ; Chiffchaff - 4 ; Willow Warbler - 2