Sightings Archive

Centenary Riverside: Linnet - 1 - male ; Willow Warbler - 1 - calling ; Reed Bunting - 1 - female (ringed bird) ; Chiffchaff - 2 - calling ; Whitethroat - 3+ - inc at least 1 juv ; Sand Martin - 2 - SW ; Cormorant - 3 - NE ; Jay - 2 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - over ; Kingfisher - 1 - on river ; Moorhen - 1+

Damflask Res: Spotted Flycatcher - 2 - 2 on north bank in trees near the large water pipe. ; Swallow - 40+ - Around dam wall

Firsby Res: Grey Heron - 1 ; Moorhen - 7 - Family feeding on mud., ; Black-headed Gull - 1 ; Yellowhammer - 1 - Singing Male ; Linnet - 1 ; House Martin - 25+

Howden Res: Whinchat - 9 - a group of two adults and seven young watched moving around together on the heather scrub calling constantly.

Longshaw: Mistle Thrush - 20 - Seen in Longshaw woods a small flock feeding in same place as last year at this time.

Middleton Moor: Yellow-legged Gull - 2 - arrived at c07:45 ; Sedge Warbler - 1 ; Redstart - 5 ; Spotted Flycatcher - 1 - overdue site tick ; Tawny Owl - 1 ; Stock Dove - 5 ; Swallow - 24 ; Sand Martin - 2 ; Willow Warbler - 13 ; Chiffchaff - 3 ; Whitethroat - 2 ; Linnet - 2 ; Meadow Pipit - 32 ; Bullfinch - 2

Orgreave Lakes: Mediterranean Gull - 1 - juvenile, first thing this morning ; Little Egret - 1 ; Dunlin - 4 ; Common Sandpiper - 2

Parkgate Canal Basin: Mute Swan - 31 ; Mallard - 10 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 11 - 10 ads/near ads; 1 2cy ; Black-headed Gull - c80 - inc 22 juvs ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 11 - 10 ads/near ads; 1 2cy ; Black-headed Gull - c80 - inc 22 juvs ; Mediterranean Gull - 1 - juv/1cy on water with BH then onto roof of adjacent retail unit; left NE @ 0935hrs (record shots) ; Mediterranean Gull - 1 - another shot

Redmires Top Res: Crossbill - 1 - male in conifers from roadside

Roe Wood: Blackcap - 6 - 5 "chacking" males, 1 female ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 2 - Male & female separately ; Chiffchaff - 1 - Singing bird ; Nuthatch - 7 - Mainly juvs

Silver Wood: Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - reeling on Pingle Lane Tip at 09.55

Silverwood Lagoon: Curlew - 1 - south at 08.40 ; Gadwall - 5 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 6 - 2-2-1-1 SW ; Herring Gull - 2 - SW ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - female over western paddocks ; Kestrel - 1 ; Goldfinch - c.30 - several small parties on pit top

Thrybergh CP: Little Egret - 1 - Over East Arm at approx 11:00

Treeton Dyke: Mute Swan - 2+ - pair with two well-grown cygnets; Falconer Road end ; Great Crested Grebe - 2+ - pair with two fully grown juvs; ; Pochard - 4 ; Tufted Duck - 11 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Skylark - 2+ - adult attended at least one well-grown juv (able to fly) in recently cut field ; 324 - 2 - pair of Small Red-eyed Damselflies ovipositing

Wardsend Cemetery: Dipper - 1 - On River Don

White Edge: Swift - 1 - 1 N in uncharacteristic straight flight ; Skylark - 2 - 1 ad, 1 juv, both at Curbar end. ; Stonechat - 2 ; Kestrel - 3 - 3 together, incl poss juv

Barbrook: Whinchat - 5 - one adult and four juveniles, ; 319 - 1 ; Linnet - 3+ ; Swallow - 3+ ; Pied Wagtail - 1 ; Meadow Pipit - 2 ; Kestrel - 1 ; 324 - 2 - Red Deer

Brinsworth: Sparrowhawk - 1 - Young male sat on neighbours fence nr Thirsty Flame 12.25 , flew low over Whitehill lane - West.

Canklow Woods: Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - reeling at 0700

Firsby Res: Little Egret - 1 - On mud at far end of main Res. ; Lapwing - 1 - Feeding on Mud. ; Grey Heron - 1

Greystones: Swift - 3

Lodge Moor: Tawny Owl - One - Regular visitor to a telegraph pole after dark over last two weeks

Middleton Moor: Whinchat - 3 - a nice surprise ; Sand Martin - 6 ; Willow Warbler - 11 ; Whitethroat - 3 ; Swift - 1 ; Sedge Warbler - 1 - Still singing ; Swallow - 65 - West in 30 minutes 12.00-12.30 ; Coot - 2 - Adult and well grown juv

Millhouses: House Sparrow - 26 - In a Springfield Rd garden,

Orgreave Lakes: Sanderling - 1 - summer plumaged adult with 3 adult Dunlin ; Dunlin - 5 - 3 adults with Sanderling, plus 2 flighty birds ; Common Sandpiper - 2 - plus probable Whimbrel through N tonight