Sightings Archive

Upper Haugh; Chapel Walk: Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Blackcap - 2 - singing

Wentworth Park: Common Buzzard - 2 - soaring over (seen from New Stubbin)

Wharncliffe Heath NR: Pied Flycatcher - 2

Wharncliffe Wood: Wood Warbler - 3 - males singing

Wyming Brook: Pied Flycatcher - 2 - 2 singing, 1 near dam, 1 at western end of top res

Burbage Valley: Ring Ouzel - 2 - Males, seen together ; Wheatear - 1 - Female ; Stonechat - 4 - 1 Female, 3 Males ; Willow Warbler - 2 ; Willow Warbler - 2 ; Whinchat - 2 ; Meadow Pipit - 8 ; Cuckoo - 1 - Heard from plantation

Gleadless Valley LNR: Kestrel - 1

Green Moor: House Sparrow - 10+ - Family parties, feeding at least 4 juvs ; Greenfinch - 6+ - Bred , at least two juveniles present

Greystones garden: Dunnock - 3 - 1 adult & 2 Juveniles in observer's garden

Malin Bridge: Barn Owl - 1 - nocmig 3 flight calls at 23:36

Meersbrook Park: Mistle Thrush - 2

Middleton Moor: Whimbrel - 1 ; Ringed Plover - 1 ; Sedge Warbler - 1 - Singing in reedbed by footpath to hide

Norton: Kestrel - 1

Norton Lees: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - On tree on ‘green’, Thorpe House Rise

Orgreave Lakes: Whinchat - 1 - Male on bank briefly ; Arctic Tern - 1 - On west shore at 06:15

Padley Gorge: Grey Wagtail - 3 ; Meadow Pipit - 2 ; Cuckoo - 1 - Heard

Rails: Tree Sparrow - 2 - pair at nest hole in wall of house opp Bingley House

Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Goldfinch - 4 - max together; 2 later feeding on dandelion heads

Redmires Res: Sedge Warbler - 1 - singing by Middle Res - soon moved on ; Whitethroat - 4 - singing ; Stonechat - 2 - pair feeding young - south of Middle Res ; Kestrel - 1 ; Curlew - 6 ; Common Sandpiper - 4 ; Lesser Redpoll - 2 - pair of adults feeding in trees - one was a leucistic individual with washed out brown-grey plumage and a white head, breast & mantle ; Golden Plover - 2 - pair over ridge to south of Middle Res ; Stock Dove - 6 ; Cuckoo - 2 - pair seen on south side of Middle Res ; Moorhen - 1 - ad still on nest by Top Res

Rivelin Dams: Little Grebe - 1 - ad on Top Res ; Grey Heron - 1 - arrived from South ; Wood Warbler - 1 - singing ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - by overflow

Southgrove Road: Long-tailed Tit - 3 - Nest with young is being attended by 3 adults

Load Brook: Tree Sparrow - 2 - pair at nest box, Beeton Farm

Orgreave Lakes: Yellow Wagtail - 3 ; Wheatear - 1 - Female on rocks ; Ringed Plover - 6 - Including 3 tundrae types ; Common Sandpiper - 1

Rivelin: Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - singing male at Roscoe Bank

Rivelin Valley: Dipper - 2 - pair feeding young ; 319 - 2 - Over Toft Wood, mewing, one had been swooping up and down.

Load Brook: Lesser Redpoll - 1

Orgreave Lakes: Pochard - 2 - Pair ; Common Sandpiper - 2 ; Whimbrel - 1 ; Little Ringed Plover - 2 ; Grey Partridge - 4 - 2 pairs on tip

Bamford Edge: Pied Flycatcher - 1 - singing in woods along New Road

Cutthroat Bridge: Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - singing in bushes at car park

Ladybower Wood: Pied Flycatcher - 3 - inc pair at nest box

Orgreave Lakes: Kingfisher - 1 ; Dunlin - 2 ; Ringed Plover - 3 ; Yellow Wagtail - 1 ; Great Crested Grebe - 25 - On both lakes

Dennis Knoll: Spotted Flycatcher - 1

Upper Burbage Bridge: Whinchat - 2 - pair present (and 25th June) - the only ones I found in almost 100 hours birding in SK28 this spring

Walkley Bank: Swift - 8

Orgreave Lakes: Whimbrel - 1 ; Whinchat - 1 - Male ; Dunlin - 3 ; Little Egret - 1 - North ; Common Sandpiper - 2 - On north shore

Middleton Moor: Whitethroat - 8 - Singing males ; Garden Warbler - 5 - Singing males

Orgreave Lakes: Whimbrel - 2 ;

Orgreave Lakes: Whimbrel - 4 - Long staying bird + 3 north ; Dunlin - 2 ; Ringed Plover - 1 ; Oystercatcher - 5 ; Grey Partridge - 2 - Pair ; Grey Partridge - 2 - 2nd Pair ; Wheatear - 1 - On tip ; Swift - 150 - At least 150 ; Coot - 6 - Nest with 5 chicks

Sugworth Hall: Crossbill - 5 ; Wood Warbler - 1

Wharncliffe Heath NR: Pied Flycatcher - 6 - singing males

Orgreave Lakes: Greenshank - 1 ; Whimbrel - 1 ; Shelduck - 4 ;

Orgreave Lakes: Garden Warbler - 1 - Singing between bridges ; Whimbrel - 2

Wharncliffe Chase (south): Skylark - 1 - bird flushed from nest and 4 eggs

Middleton Moor: Whitethroat - 1 - Singing