Sightings Archive

Orgreave Lakes: Greenshank - 2 ; Dunlin - 1 ; Yellow Wagtail - 4 - juveniles ; House Martin - 2 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Mute Swan - 22

R Noe, Brough: Dipper - 1

Redmires Res: Kestrel - 6 - including pair with two recently fledged juvs ; Tufted Duck - 4 ; Curlew - 4 - juvs ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 40 - c. ; Yellow-legged Gull - 1 - ad with LBBs ; Herring Gull - 6 - with LBBs ; Swift - 10 - flew SW ; House Martin - 12 - feeding over Soughley Lane ; Willow Warbler - 31 - around res perimeter ; Chiffchaff - 4 - around Top Res ; Whitethroat - 3 ; Blackcap - 3 - family party in Fairthorn Clough ; Spotted Flycatcher - 2 - pair feeding young by Top Res ; Lesser Redpoll - 3 - family party - presumed bred locally ; Siskin - 5 - family party ; Red Grouse - 13 - ads & fledged young

Stocksbridge: Peregrine - 2 - interacting with Raven over Hunshelf Road

Thrybergh CP: Common Tern - 1 ; Mandarin - 1 - fem ; Grey Wagtail - 3

Abney Moor: Stonechat - 1 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Starling - 50+ - Flying low over jn small groups

Bar Brook Valley: Goldfinch - c5 - by small pool ; Robin - 1 ; Blue Tit - 1 - by small pool ; Mallard - 4 - 4 females and 1 male on small pool ; Tufted Duck - 2 - both juveniles, no adults seen, but swimmers had recently left, so they may have been disturbed ; Grey Wagtail - 2 - by small pool ; Reed Bunting - 1 - male, by brook N. of large pool/res

Bradwell Edge: 319 - 4 - in air at same time ; Peregrine - 1 - Mobbed one of the Buzzards

Ecclesfield: Tawny Owl - 1 - Calling in pine tree in obs.garden.

Foxhill: Swift - 1 - Over housing estate

Foxhill, Shaw Hill: House Martin - 1 ; Swallow - 4 - 4 adults. Still nest activity at farm

Fulwood garden: Common Gull - 2 - adult and imm over NW ; Swift - 1

Leash Fen: Stonechat - 3+ - family

Middleton Moor: Reed Warbler - 1 - Singing ; Redstart - 2 - Juvs ; Yellow-legged Gull - 2 - Adults ; Tufted Duck - 1 - Female ; Greylag Goose - 6 ; Mallard - 8 ; Curlew - 1 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 530 - c. roosted ; Black-headed Gull - 240 - c. roosted ; Yellow-legged Gull - 12 - ads / near ads roosted with LBBs ; Sand Martin - 6 ; Whinchat - 1 - by No. 4 lagoon

New Stubbin colliery/tip: Chiffchaff - 5 - 1 (SK4396); 4 (SK4296) ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Yellowhammer - 4 - inc 1 singing, 1 carrying food ; Willow Warbler - 3 - calling ; Chaffinch - 2 ; Goldfinch - c30 - post-breeding flock ; Bullfinch - 1 - calling

New Stubbin; Back Lane: Corvid - c100 - feeding in adjacent field; mostly Rooks with Carrion Crows, Magpie & Jackdaw in descending order of abundance ; Yellowhammer - 2 ; Chaffinch - 3 - bathing in roadside puddle

Offerton: Mistle Thrush - 20

Orgreave Lakes: Common Tern - 4 - Family party still present. ; Common Tern - 4 - Another picture. ; Greenshank - 2 - Still Present ; Redshank - 1 ; Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Lapwing - 56 ; Little Egret - 1 ; Yellow Wagtail - 5+ ; Sedge Warbler - 1 - Singing in scrub south of small lake. ; Goldfinch - 50+ - including one party of 30, all juvs, feeding on the footpath.

Parkgate; *Banana* plantation: Long-tailed Tit - 2+ ; Greenfinch - 1 - singing ; Magpie - 5

Parkgate; fields to W: Linnet - 7 ; House Martin - c20 - feeding over pea fields ; Whitethroat - 1 ; Swallow - 1 - with HMs

Ramsley Moor: Blue Tit - 3+ - family party in birch tree ; Swallow - 3 - flying over ; Lesser Redpoll - 6+ - some in tree tops others flying in small flocks

Ramsley Res: Lesser Redpoll - c5 - in tree tops

Rawmarsh: Common Buzzard - 1 - soaring over mobbed by K @ 1050hrs ; Kestrel - 1 - mobbing BZ @ 1050hrs

Rawmarsh Cemetery: Kestrel - 1 - independent juv on tower of St Mary's Church ; Stock Dove - 1 - singing ; Common Buzzard - 1 - disturbed from treetop

Rawmarsh; Stubbin incline: Goldcrest - 3+ - possibly bred? ; Chaffinch - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 3