Sightings Archive

Green Moor: Woodpigeon - 12 - 4 pairs minimum nested with at least 4 fledged ; Raven - 1 - One over N

Kimberworth Park: Sparrowhawk - 1 - female/juv onto garden fence, mobbed by 2 Magpies ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - calling from top of Weeping Willow in grounds of Roughwood School.

Middleton Moor: Whinchat - 5 - still present ; 320 - 20

Midhope Res: Swallow - c90 ; Meadow Pipit - c250 - Moving eastwards 8.15-9.45 at moderate height, stormy weather to south over Broomhead Moor a factor. First notable movement. ; House Martin - c70 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - c40 ; Little Grebe - 7 ; Tree Pipit - 1 - ESE ; 319 - 1 ; Linnet - c150 - Large feeding groups attracted Sparrowhawk attention. ; Tufted Duck - 5 ; Hobby - 1 ; Wigeon - 5 - Flew from north and circled res before heading east.

New Stubbin colliery/tip: Chiffchaff - 2 - calling ; Long-tailed Tit - 2+ ; Swallow - 23 - 11 W; 10 SW; 2 NE ; Stock Dove - 4 - 1 E; 3 NW ; Chaffinch - 2 - NW ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - S ; Jay - 4 ; Linnet - 1 - N ; Kestrel - 1 - f/juv ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - calling ; Goldfinch - 60-70 - post-breeding flock, many juvs ; Greenfinch - 8+ ; Common Buzzard - 1 - calling ; Bullfinch - 1 - calling ; Meadow Pipit - 43+ - 9 S; 26 SE; 3 NE; 2 E + 3 dropped in. More over unseen above low cloudbase

Orgreave Lakes: Wigeon - 14 ; Shoveler - 4 ; Black-tailed Godwit - 1 - On island ; Ringed Plover - 1 ; Golden Plover - 1 - South ; Whinchat - 4 - On tip ; Sedge Warbler - 2 - 1 Tip, 1 east side of big lake ; Swallow - C.80 ; Sand Martin - 6 ; Tree Pipit - 1 - Along track on tip then south ; Swift - 1 ; Grey Partridge - 7 - Tip ; HONEY BUZZARD - 3 - 2 adults and 1 juv south at 14:30 ; HONEY BUZZARD - 3 ; Ringed Plover - 1 ; Peregrine - 1 ; Whinchat - 5 - on bank SW of small lake ; Stonechat - 1 ; Yellow Wagtail - 1 - juv main lake ; Hobby - 1 - catching insects over main lake then headed behind Hail Mary Wood ; Peregrine - 2 - ad male and juv over

Pebley Pond: Kingfisher - 2 ; Little Egret - 2 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Pink-footed Goose - 1 - Still around ; Pied Wagtail - 1 ; Mute Swan - 2 - First this year ; Black-headed Gull - c15

Poolsbrook Marsh: Kingfisher - 1 - briefly over signal box pool ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - yaffling ; Chiffchaff - 7 - in willows ; Cetti's Warbler - 2 - calling - one behind signal box pool and one by bridge over river ; Reed Warbler - 1 - juv feeding in reedbed

Rawmarsh Cemetery: Red-legged Partridge - 1 ; Woodpigeon - 50+ ; Coal Tit - 1

Rawmarsh; Haugh Road: Magpie - 11 - on playing field ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 - adult, on playing field ; Rook - 44 - max, on playing field ; Black-headed Gull - 5 - on playing field

Rawmarsh; Stubbin incline: Woodpigeon - c150 - in adjacent fields ; Blackcap - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 3 - 1 (SK4395); 2 (SK4396) ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - W

RVCP, Main Lake: Common Scoter - 1 - appeared to be a first year male

Silverwood Lagoon: Dunlin - 2

Stocksbridge: Peregrine - 1 - Over co op at 9.10

Underbank Res: Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Cormorant - 2 ; House Martin - c10 ; Chiffchaff - 2 - One singing ; 320 - 4 - Later seen leaving south ; Meadow Pipit - 10+ - Moving eastwards ; Grey Heron - 3 ; Snipe - 1 - south

Burngreave Cemetery: Redstart - 1 - Male ; Spotted Flycatcher - 1 - Chasing Redstart

Firsby Res: Moorhen - 1 ; Grey Heron - 1 - Flushed from sluice early morning. ; Little Egret - 1 - Flushed alongside Heron on sluice early morning. Flew into tree at edge of main Res. ; Herring Gull - 3 - Adult and 2 juvs over. ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 3 - Down on farmland. ; Black-headed Gull - 10+ - With LBB Gulls. ; Pied Wagtail - 1 ; Jay - 2 ; 319 - 1 - This years juv begging for food. ; Kestrel - 1 ; Yellowhammer - 3 - Juvs on top of hedgerow.