Sightings Archive

Linacre Res: Great Crested Grebe - 2+ - a pair with 2+ small fledged young ; Little Grebe - 1 ; Moorhen - 1 - on nest ; Mandarin - 1+ - f with 4 young ; Robin - 1 - Fledged young ; Stock Dove - 1 - singing ; Blackcap - 1 - singing ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - giving alarm call.

Middleton Moor: Ringed Plover - 2

R Derwent, Harper Lees: Mandarin - 8 - 5 ducklings ; House Martin - 1 ; Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Swallow - 14 - 5 Juveniles ; Swift - 6

Ramsley Res: Goldcrest - 2+ - a pair with 6 newly fledged young being fed in pine tree

Rawmarsh: Common Buzzard - 1 - over, mobbed by Sparrowhawk @ 1230hrs, left W/NW ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - mobbing BZ @ 1230hrs

Redmires Res: Common Sandpiper - 4 - Adult and 3 chicks. ; Common Sandpiper - 4

Ringinglow: Swift - 3+

Wharncliffe Chase (south): Swallow - 10 ; Yellowhammer - 1 ; Stonechat - 3 - Pair incl. singing male ; Lapwing - 4 ; Starling - 5 ; Skylark - 4 ; Linnet - 4 ; Meadow Pipit - 7 ; Mistle Thrush - 10 ; Reed Bunting - 4 - 2 males + 2 fledge. ; Willow Warbler - 2 ; Tree Pipit - 1 ; Swift - 1 ; Siskin - 2 ; Goldfinch - 11 ; Great Tit - 4 - ad + 4 fledglings

Whinfell Quarry Gardens: Chiffchaff - 1 heard ; Nuthatch - 1 heard

White Edge: Tree Pipit - 2 - Singing ; Stonechat - 2 - Male with recently fledged juv

Baslow: Siskin - 1 - Male visiting garden feeder

Big Moor: Snipe - 1 - doing display flight ; Skylark - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 1

Botanical Gardens: Swift - 25+ - gathered together for about 2-3 mins then dispersed again

Catcliffe Flash: Mute Swan - 1+ - just one ad visible + 4 chicks ; Little Grebe - 3+ ; Great Crested Grebe - 1 ; Coot - 10+ - brood(4) ; Black-headed Gull - 25+ - bread addicts ; Moorhen - 1+ ; Gadwall - 16+ ; Tufted Duck - 3 - 1m + 1pr ; Swallow - 2+ ; Sand Martin - 4+ ; House Martin - 2+ ; Swift - 2+ ; Blackcap - 1 - singing

Eaglestone Flat: Stonechat - 4 - Male feeding recently fledged juv, with two other juvs nearby

Fulwood: Sparrowhawk - 1 - took a juv Starling in observer's garden

Gleadless Valley LNR: Chiffchaff - 2 heard ; Song Thrush - 1 heard ; Goldfinch - 4

Green Moor: Tawny Owl - 3 - Adult and two owlets ; Tawny Owl - 3 - Photo ; Tawny Owl - 3 - Photo ; Little Owl - 1 ; Curlew - 2 - Feeding in field - good for here ; Swift - 50+ - Ahead of a rain storm ; Starling - 60+ - Village flock with many young ; Swallow - 30+ ; Magpie - 8 - In a single group ; Red-legged Partridge - 2 ; Whitethroat - 2 ; Tree Sparrow - 15+ - Including juveniles

Hollow Meadows: Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - singing below Crawshaw Head

Jack Flat: Wood Warbler - 1 - Singing ; Spotted Flycatcher - 1 ; Redstart - 1 - Male singing

Millhouses Park: Swift - 20

Moss Valley area, Bochum Parkway: 319 - 1

Moss Valley, Bridle Road Wood: Chiffchaff - 1 heard

Moss Valley, Hazlebarrow: Goldfinch - 1

Moss Valley, Long Wood: Song Thrush - 1 heard ; Chiffchaff - 1 heard

Moss Valley, Newfield Spring Wood: Chiffchaff - 1 heard ; Song Thrush - 1 heard ; Song Thrush - 1 heard

Moss Valley, upper: Yellowhammer - 1 ; Goldfinch - 1 ; Nuthatch - 1

R Don, Effingham St: Yellow-legged Gull - 1 - 3cy, different bird to last week on bill pattern ; Black-headed Gull - 20 - plus an early fledged juvenile

Rod Side Road: Whitethroat - 8 - 8 singing males counted from road

RVCP: Goosander - 16 - Redhead with a crèche of 15 goslings on River Rother ; Whitethroat - 5 - 3 carrying food ; Chiffchaff - 7 ; Blackcap - 4 ; Willow Warbler - 5