Sightings Archive

Wharncliffe Chase: Cuckoo - 1 ; Wheatear - 6+ ; Swallow - 6 - incl 4 north ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 3 - ad N ; Garden Warbler - 1 - singing ; Curlew - 1+ ; Stonechat - 5 - Incl pair at nest ; Skylark - 10+ ; Linnet - 10+ ; Lapwing - 1 ; 319 - 2 ; Kestrel - 1

Wharncliffe Chase (south): Redstart - 3 - pair and second singing male ; Whinchat - 1 - male ; Cuckoo - 2 - presumed pair together, silent. ; Wheatear - 6

Baslow: Swallow - 1

Beauchief: 321 - 1 - over Abbeydale Rd

Big Moor: Red Kite - 1 - being mobbed furiously by Curlews and Lapwings ; Curlew - 2 ; Lapwing - 3 ; 319 - 1 ; 319 - 3 over

Blacka Moor: Woodcock - 1 - 1 flushed by dog at Cowsick bog ; Whitethroat - 3 - Singing and feeding in Birch scrub

Blacka Plantation: Garden Warbler - 1 - singing on woodland edge between Blacka Hill and plantation

Canklow Woods: Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - 1 singing

Langsett Res: Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Oystercatcher - 1 ; Sand Martin - c5 - Feeding low over water 07.45, some movement through area today ; Great Crested Grebe - 1 ; Swallow - c20

Midhope Res: Oystercatcher - 1 ; Willow Warbler - 5+ ; Siskin - 2+ ; Tufted Duck - 1 - male ; Little Grebe - 3 - trilling ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; Crossbill - 5 ; Sand Martin - 2 - Arrived 08.30 ; Goldcrest - 1 - singing ; Curlew - 2 ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing ; Common Sandpiper - 3 - Pair + single ; 319 - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 3 - Pair seen copulating plus fledging calling from tree branch above overflow. ; Skylark - 1 - singing

Norbrigg*s Flash: Coot - 3 - 2 ad 1 juv ; Lapwing - 1 ; Snipe - 1 ; Little Ringed Plover - 2 - pair ; Yellow Wagtail - 1 - male ; Whitethroat - 6 - inc 5 singing males ; Reed Warbler - 1 - singing ; Sedge Warbler - 1 - singing

Orgreave Lakes: Whimbrel - 1 - 12:00 - flew from north shore of main lake, north

Owler Bar: Lapwing - 1

Padley Gorge: Pied Flycatcher - 05-Jul - at least 5 separate individuals: 3 m, 2 f ; Tree Pipit - 1 - display flight ; Nuthatch - 2 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Willow Warbler - 1 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Coal Tit - 1 ; Lesser Redpoll - 30+

Parkgate: House Martin - 2 - circling high over 'traditional' colony site

Parkgate; *Banana* plantation: Willow Warbler - 1 - singing ; Blackcap - 1 - singing ; Greenfinch - 1 - singing ; Swallow - 33 - N in parties <6, 0640-0900hrs ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 - adult, NE then E ; Herring Gull - 8 - 2 N; 6 NE ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - NE ; Whitethroat - 1 - singing ; Mallard - 1pr - over to NE ; Linnet - 7 - over ; Goldcrest - 1 - singing

Rawmarsh Cemetery: Blackcap - 1 - singing ; Song Thrush - 1 - smashing snails at 'anvil'

Rawmarsh; Stubbin incline: Chaffinch - 1 - singing ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing

Roundwood Golf course: Willow Warbler - 1 - singing ; Blackcap - 1 - singing ; Common Buzzard - 1 - around early morning; chased off to SW by crow & Kestrel @ 0725hrs ; Sand Martin - c30 - over S edge ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing ; Kestrel - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 1

Slitting Mill Farm: Wood Sandpiper - 1 - in flooded horse field ; Little Ringed Plover - 1 ; Gadwall - 2 - pair present ; Stock Dove - 1

Sothall: Blackcap - 1 - snatch of song nocmig sound recorded 0344hr

Surprise View: Pied Flycatcher - 1 - singing male ; Tree Pipit - 4 ; Cuckoo - 1 ; Willow Warbler - 25 ; Whitethroat - 1