Sightings Archive

Norton Lees: Swift - 2

Orgreave Lakes: Swift - C150 - Feeding on hatching insects over plantations at 22:00 ; Ringed Plover - 1 - Juv ; Little Egret - 2 ; Bullfinch - 4 - Family group including 2 juvs ; Siskin - 7 - Between bridges

R Derwent, Leadmill Bridge to Padley: Redstart - c5 - family party ; Swift - c50 ; Mallard - 1 - F with 3 ducklings ; Canada Goose - 4+ - 2 pairs, one with 4 goslings

Rawmarsh: Herring Gull - 1 - S @ 1425hrs

Rawmarsh Cemetery: Chiffchaff - 1 - singing

Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Chaffinch - 1 - briefly

Rawmarsh; Stubbin incline: Blackcap - 3 - all singing ; Long-tailed Tit - 6 ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Skylark - 2+ - singing over adjacent fields ; Song Thrush - 1

Redmires Middle Res: Stonechat - 3+ - 3-4 juveniles very mobile. No sign of adults

Rivelin Valley: Red Kite - 1 - One flying low over Holly Hagg Farm heading up the valley at 14:00.

Thrybergh CP: Little Egret - 1 - flew west

Arbourthorne: Feral Pigeon - 14 - going underneath roof solar panels on 2 adjacent buildings to probable nests.

Barlow Common: Swift - 7

Botanical Gardens: Swift - c 30 - Easily the largest gathering seen this year

Bradwell: Swift - 3 ; Goldfinch - 2 ; Willow Warbler - 3 ; Song Thrush - 1

Bradwell area: Skylark - c9 ; Pied Wagtail - 2

Eldon Hill: Wheatear - 3 ; Raven - 2 ; 319 - 1

Ewden Height: 319 - 2 ; Swift - 4 ; Siskin - 1 ; Curlew - c8 - Many alarming ; Hobby - 1 - catching insects for a good 5 mins before it moved towards Broomhead. ; Snipe - 3 ; Meadow Pipit - 10+ - Many food carrying ; Pied Wagtail - 2 - Singles south ; Willow Warbler - 4 - Singing ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 3 ; Linnet - 5 ; Black-headed Gull - 3

Kimberworth Park: 319 - 1 - high over Shepherd's Plantation calling

Middleton Moor: Sand Martin - 1 ; Lapwing - 25 - In fields behind lagoon

Midhope: Woodcock - 2 ; Hobby - 1

Midhope Moor: Curlew - 5 - Single party south

Oaken Bank: Stonechat - 2 - pair at foot of Broadhead Clough

Orgreave Lakes: Little Egret - 4 - Flew north early morning ; Common Sandpiper - 1

Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Chaffinch - 1 - female ; Goldfinch - 3 - max ; Greenfinch - 2

Redmires Bottom Res: Cormorant - 1

Slippery Stones: Tree Pipit - 3 - singing between Kings Tree and Slippery Stones

Upper Derwentdale: Hobby - 1 - S over Rocking Stones

Wharncliffe Heath NR: Nightjar - 3+ - males churring, calling, wing clapping, one seen flying high to catch moth ; Woodcock - 3+ - roding ; Tawny Owl - 2

Bowden Housteads Wood: Siskin - 2 - 2+ birds flying south west at 10.40 and 15.10.

Burncross, Chapeltown: Swift - 11 - Max count in day, singles visiting nest site nearby ; Jackdaw - c400 - Single group low south 21.20 calling

Centenary Riverside: Blackcap - 4 - Singing ; Chiffchaff - 2 - Singing ; Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Goldfinch - 10+ - Family feeding parties. ; Wren - 10+ - Singing ; Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - Reeling left side at entrance before bridge. ; Whitethroat - 05-Jun - Family party, 1 singing.

Fulwood: Nuthatch - 1 - One in observer’s garden this morning, first of the year here, presumed post-breeding dispersal

Fulwood Head: Red Kite - 1

Lodge Lane: Tawny Owl - 1

Loxley Valley: Barn Owl - 1 - A re-wilded adult with old jesses ; Barn Owl - 1 ; Barn Owl - 1

Norton Lees garden: 324 - 1 - Speckled Wood ; 324 - 1 - Red Admiral

Orgreave Lakes: Siskin - 4 - Between bridges ; Common Sandpiper - 2

Rawmarsh: Goldfinch - 1 - Seen in back garden.

Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Chaffinch - 1 - female; still an infrequent garden visitor ; Goldfinch - 3 - max

Rivelin Valley: Dipper - 4 - Two adults and two young ; Dipper - 4

Shillito Wood: Raven - 1 ; 319 - 1 ; Common Gull - 2 - Both birds circling feeding on flying insect swarm ; Tree Pipit - 5 - 2adults feeding juveniles

Totley Moss: Snipe - 1 ; Curlew - 02-Mar

Wharncliffe Heath NR: Nightjar - 1 - Churring intermittently from 21:09 ; Tree Pipit - 1 - singing

Bowden Housteads Wood: Siskin - 5+ - 5 lots of unseen Siskins southwest this afternoon and evening.

Catcliffe Flash: Pochard - 8 - Adult female with 7 small chicks

Chesterfield centre: Peregrine - 3 - 2 juveniles testing their wings with wing-flapping; 1 adult.

Cutthroat Bridge: Ring Ouzel - 1 - fem