Sightings Archive

Middleton Moor: Lapwing - 13 ; Tufted Duck - 3 ; Shelduck - 1 - a juv ; Whinchat - 2

Orgreave Lakes: 320 - 7 ; Greenshank - 2 - NE at 09:00 ; Common Sandpiper - 2 ; Snipe - 1 ; Linnet - 200 - c200 along north bank and development site.

Ramsley Moor: Spotted Flycatcher - 1 ; Stonechat - 4

Tankersley: Greenshank - 3 ; Snipe - 3 ; Lapwing - 6 ; 320 - 10

Thrybergh CP: Nuthatch - 2

Underbank Res: Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Snipe - 1 ; Grey Heron - 4 - incl 3 juvs ; Swallow - 4 ; Chiffchaff - 4

Burbage Valley: Ring Ouzel - 10+ - flock up and down the crag. Vocal. ; Wheatear - 3+ - juvs + fem types ; Stonechat - 8+ - juvs + adults ; Chiffchaff - 7+ - 1 singing male, calling birds, mainly juvs ; Willow Warbler - 2+ - calling ; Chaffinch - 1 ; Great Tit - 1+ ; Reed Bunting - 2+ - juvs ; Dunnock - 2+ - adult + juv ; Meadow Pipit - 25+ ; Wren - 5+ ; Rook - 11 - heading east ; Jackdaw - 2 - flew east ; Kestrel - 1 - towards Friar's Ridge

Ecclesfield: Chiffchaff - 1 - Singing in garden, Cross Hill

Kilnhurst Ings: GREAT WHITE EGRET - 1 - Flew over mid morning heading south

Orgreave Lakes: 320 - 2 ; Common Sandpiper - 2 ; VARIOUS ESCAPED SPECIES - 1 - ringed RED-BREASTED GOOSE with 50+ Greylag Geese

Poolsbrook Marsh: Cetti's Warbler - 1 - calling from main pool ; Whitethroat - 1 - juv ; Blackcap - 2 - juvs ; Chiffchaff - 7 ; Bullfinch - 3

R Rother, Orgreave: Goosander - 1 - Juvenile on river around weir.

R Sheaf, Broadfield Rd: Mandarin - 4

Rawmarsh Cemetery: Tawny Owl - 1 - female calling around 2230hrs

Redmires: Swallow - 30 ; Starling - 100 ; House Martin - 15 ; 319 - 1 ; Cormorant - 1 ; Meadow Pipit - 1

Shepherd Wheel: Moorhen - 6 - 2 adults and 4 third brood chicks

Tankersley: Greenshank - 1 ; Snipe - 7 - Increase ; 320 - 11 ; Red-legged Partridge - 100+ - Assumed game release ; Meadow Pipit - 3+ - Heard over but unseen ; Yellow Wagtail - 1 - South ; Tree Pipit - 1 - South ; Lapwing - 7 ; Willow Warbler - 1 - Sub-song heard at various times ; Chiffchaff - 2 - Singing intermittently ; 319 - 1 ; Stock Dove - 6 - 2 south, 4 east ; Herring Gull - 1 - South ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 3

Wharncliffe Side: Woodpigeon - 1 - Sat on nest in observers garden

Bannerdale: 319 - 1 - Circling over Bannerdale and Brincliffe Edge

Birley Edge: Raven - 2 - Flying over, calling

Brincliffe Edge Wood: Long-tailed Tit - 8+ - Feeding party moving through trees. ; Chiffchaff - 1 - Brief snatches of song

Crowhole: Swallow - 5+

Greystones: Sparrowhawk - 1 - Observer's garden

Hathersage: Nuthatch - 1

Langsett Res: Great Crested Grebe - 2 - Adult + juvenile

Low Moor, Upper Midhope: Curlew - 2 - Juvs ; Raven - 1 ; Swallow - c10 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - Followed south over moorland until lost from view

Midhope Res: Ringed Plover - 2 ; Lapwing - 15 ; Mandarin - 2 ; 320 - 4 ; Tufted Duck - c20 ; Little Grebe - 10+ ; Black-headed Gull - c250 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - c30 ; Siskin - 10+ ; Swallow - 1 ; House Martin - 5 ; Bullfinch - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 2 - singing ; Ringed Plover - 2

Millhouses: House Sparrow - 30+ - 30+ in the observer's garden. A fairly good breeding season. ; Bullfinch - 3+ - A pair and at least one juv in the observer's garden

Padley: Nuthatch - 2 - singles ; Jay - 1