Sightings Archive

Redmires: Red Kite - 1 - mobbed by Common Buzzard ; 319 - 1 ; Grasshopper Warbler - 2 - reeling S of middle res ; Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Lapwing - 1 ; 320 - 2 ; Common Sandpiper - 3 ; Whitethroat - 1 - S side of top res ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - drumming ; Greenfinch - 2+ ; Chaffinch - 5+ - singing ; Curlew - 5+ - calling ; Common Sandpiper - 3 ; Red Grouse - 3 - calling ; Pheasant - 1 - calling ; Willow Warbler - 20+ - singing ; Jay - 1

Orgreave Lakes: Sedge Warbler - 1 - Between bridges ;

Orgreave Lakes: Whitethroat - 1 - Singing below wheel wash ; Green Sandpiper - 1 - On small lake ; Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Little Ringed Plover - 3 - Big lake ; Ringed Plover - 3 ; Yellow Wagtail - 3 - 2 males, 1 fem on island ; Pied Wagtail - 1 - White Wagtail on island ; Carrion Crow - 72 - On west side of Big Hill ; Goosander - 1 - Drake Big Lake ;

Orgreave Lakes: Wheatear - 3 ; Common Sandpiper - 4 - Small lake ; Grey Partridge - 4 ; Carrion Crow - 62 - Below Big Hill ; Short-eared Owl - 1 - Hunting tip ; Swift - 3 ; House Martin - 1 ; Yellow Wagtail - 1 ;

Orgreave Lakes: Dunlin - 1 ; Common Sandpiper - 2 - West shore of Big Lake ; Wheatear - 2 ; Little Egret - 2 - On small lake ; Yellow Wagtail - 7 ;

Orgreave Lakes: Whimbrel - 1 - East ; Common Tern - 1 ; Dunlin - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 4 - 4 White Wagtails on island ; Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Wheatear - 1 - Male standard northern ; Yellow Wagtail - 4 - On island

Loxley Valley: Swallow - 1 - 1 over Langlands garden centre

Rivelin Valley: Mallard - 6 - 6 tiny ducklings on pond near fire station

Orgreave Lakes: Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Yellow Wagtail - 5 ; Wheatear - 2 - Standard northern birds

Orgreave Lake: Common Sandpiper - 4

Orgreave Lakes: Curlew - 1 ;

Orgreave Lakes: Little Ringed Plover - 5 ; Ringed Plover - 1 ; Oystercatcher - 2 - Pair incubating on south side of island ; Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Snipe - 1 - Small Lake ; Short-eared Owl - 1 - Hunting along tip early morning

Aston: Red Kite - 1 - Over Church Lane at 12:25 then north

Orgreave Lakes: Common Sandpiper - 2 ; Curlew - 1 ; Sand Martin - 30 ; Swallow - 6 ; Pied Wagtail - 2 - White Wagtail ; Yellow Wagtail - 1

Derwent Res: Whooper Swan - 1 - On dam at 14.50

Orgreave Lakes: Pied Wagtail - 1 - Male White Wagtail ; Sand Martin - 4 ; Little Ringed Plover - 1 ;

Orgreave Lakes: Curlew - 1 ; Ringed Plover - 1 - On north slope of tip. ; Pochard - 1 - Drake ; Yellow Wagtail - 1

Aston: Peregrine - 1 - East over Church Lane at 17:20

Orgreave Lakes: Goldeneye - 4 - 4 Drakes ; Shoveler - 4 - 3 drakes ; Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Swallow - 1 ; Wheatear - 1 - On northern slope of tip ; Snipe - 1 - On Small Lake ; Wheatear - 1 - Male Greenland type on north facing bank of tip ; Pochard - 10 - 8 males ; Tufted Duck - 20 - On Big Lake ; Dunlin - 1

Upper Common, Scholes: Red Kite - 2 - E over Shepherd's Plantation @11;55

Barlow: Blackcap - 01-Feb ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 1

Agden Rocher: Wheatear - 5 - in fields to the north west of the cliffs

Brightholmlee: Barn Owl - 1

Peat Pits: Little Owl - 2 - pair on dry stone wall ; Curlew - 6+

Stanage Edge, below: Ring Ouzel - 2 - At least two displaying all day.

West Nab: Red Kite - 1 - in field, mobbed by carrion crow

Aldwarke: Peregrine - 1 - Hunting Pigeons over Liberty melting shop 13.50

Barlow Common: Chiffchaff - 1 - showing well and singing