Sightings Archive

Orgreave Lakes: Arctic Tern - 1 - In at 06:15 ; Wheatear - 3 ; Yellow Wagtail - 1 ; Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - Singing between bridges ; Arctic Tern - 1 - still present at 09.00 ; Arctic Tern - 1 - second photo ; Goosander - 2 - males ; Whimbrel - 1 - in bay at SE corner of large lake around 15.00/15.15hrs ; Arctic Tern - 1 - still present at 15.45hrs ; Whitethroat - 1 - singing by monitoring station behind big hill ; Canada Goose - 1+ - including pair with brood of 6 on small lake ; Common Sandpiper - 2 - small lake ; Wigeon - 1 - male.

Parson Cross: Swift - 1 - Flying over Adrian Crescent at 14:00

Snake Pass: Cuckoo - 1

Stanage Edge, below: Redstart - 1 - Female with nest material

Summerley: Chiffchaff - 1+ - 1 seen, several singing between Unstone & Summerley ; House Martin - 6+ ; Swallow - 2 ; Pied Wagtail - 1

Totley, Moss Road: Willow Tit - 1 - Seen and heard ; Siskin - 1 - Male on feeder

Unstone: Blackcap - 2 - Pair in woods along Unstone line path

Wadsley Common garden: Swallow - 2 - Over-first of the year here.

Wentworth Park: 319 - 4

Wyming Brook: Wood Warbler - 1 - towards the northern end; showing v. well and singing ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; Treecreeper - 2 ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Coal Tit - 5

Agden Rocher: Redstart - 1 - Male singing ; Wheatear - 2 - on sheep fields. ; Red Kite - 1 - drifting north @ 18.15. ; Cuckoo - 1 ; Green Woodpecker - 1

Bassingthorpe Spring: Wren - 3 - singing ; Dunnock - 2+ - at least 1 singing ; Robin - 1+ - singing ; Blackbird - 1+ - singing ; Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Blackcap - 1 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Blue Tit - 1+ - singing ; Great Tit - 1 - singing ; Treecreeper - 1 - singing ; Chaffinch - 1 - singing

Bolsterstone: Curlew - 7 ; Willow Warbler - 5 - Singing ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; Skylark - 2 ; Jay - 1 ; Greenfinch - 5 ; Swallow - 1 ; Lapwing - 12 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2 ; Song Thrush - 2 - Singing ; 324 - 1 - Brown Hare

Canklow Woods: Common Buzzard - 5 - in the air together at 1330

Clough,Indian Warpath: Wren - 1+ - singing ; Dunnock - 1 - singing ; Blackbird - 1 - singing ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing ; Whitethroat - 1 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 1+ - calls ; Great Tit - 1 - singing ; Greenfinch - 1 - singing

Clough,Scrub at Brick Pit: Robin - 1 - singing ; Dunnock - 1 - singing ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing ; Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - singing ; Blackcap - 1 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Willow Warbler - 1 - singing ; Long-tailed Tit - 1

Fairholmes: Pied Flycatcher - 2 - Male and female feeding on edge of car park and reservoir ; Willow Warbler - 1 ; Goosander - 2 - 2 males wrangling over a fish

Graves Park: Wood Warbler - 1 - Still present singing by Charles Ashmore Road car park

Hudson*s Rough: Woodpigeon - 2+ - singing ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - feeding low on tree trunks through centre of wood ; Wren - 3+ - singing ; Dunnock - 1 - singing ; Robin - 3+ - singing ; Blackbird - 3 - singing ; Blackcap - 2 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Coal Tit - 1 - singing

Leash Fen: Kestrel - 1 ; Lapwing - 8+ ; Skylark - 2

Loxley Common: Garden Warbler - 1 - Calling from bushes next to 4th tee.

Orgreave Lakes: Pintail - 2 - a pair this morning - unusual ; Pintail - 2 - still present at 10:00 ; Wheatear - 1 ; Yellow Wagtail - 1 ; Wigeon - 1 - Male ; Little Ringed Plover - 1 ; Swift - 50+

Peat Pits: Lapwing - 0 - field has been chain harrowed. Small chicks seen there previously.

Poolsbrook Marsh: Reed Warbler - 10 - inc 9 singing