Sightings Archive

Burbage Valley: Song Thrush - 2 - Singing from tree tops

Catcliffe Flash: Mute Swan - 1 - ad male ; Gadwall - 9+ ; Pochard - 1+ ; Tufted Duck - 1 - male ; Little Grebe - 3+ - inc a pair at possible nest site ; Great Crested Grebe - 1 - last week's nest apparently abandoned ; Moorhen - 3+ ; Coot - 12+ - plus first young (3 small chicks) here ; Black-headed Gull - 4 - 3 ads, 1 2cy ; Common Tern - 1 - briefly, 13:20-13:30 then left north ; House Martin - 3 ; Blackcap - 2 - singing ; Reed Warbler - 1 - singing

Chatsworth Park: 319 - 1 - Being mobbed by Crow

Cinder Hills: Whitethroat - 1 - sing ; Blackcap - 1+ - sing ; Chiffchaff - 1+ - calls and song

Dog Kennel Pond: Greylag Goose - 5 ; Mallard - 6+ ; Tufted Duck - 4 - male ; Great Crested Grebe - 2 ; Cormorant - 1 ; Black-headed Gull - 1+ ; Stock Dove - 1 - sing ; Blue Tit - 6+ - juvs

Dwarriden Farm: Lesser Redpoll - 4 - 2 pairs ; Siskin - 6+ - at least 3 pairs

Greystones garden: Great Tit - 4 - juveniles ; Bullfinch - 3 - 1 male, 2 females

Hangingwater allotments: Blackbird - 1 - m singing with phone ring tone in repertoire

Hangingwater garden: Great Tit - 2 - 1 ad feeding 1 juv

Longshaw: Grey Heron - 1

Longshaw Lodge: Siskin - 4 - 1+ juveniles ; Swallow - 5

Manor Fields Park: Whitethroat - 8 - 1pair with 4 new fledged young. 2 M singing. ; Chiffchaff - 3 ; Linnet - 6+ - inc 1 new fledged young bird. ; Mallard - 18 - 5 F,3 M,4 well grown young+ 6 duckling. ; Moorhen - 7+ - 2ad 2well grown juv 3+new chicks on top pond 19:45. ; Swift - 6

Moorland Fringe: Nightjar - 2 - 2 churring, 1 seen

Morley Pond: Great Crested Grebe - 1 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Mute Swan - 7 - family party 2 adults, 5 cygnets ; Mallard - 20+ - inc female with 10 recently fledged ducklings ; Tufted Duck - 5+ - at least 1pr ; Moorhen - 1 ; Coot - 1+ ; Black-headed Gull - 1+ ; Grey Wagtail - 2 - adult and juv ; House Martin - 10+ - feeding near boat house with 3+ swallows

Orgreave Lakes: Swift - 5-600 - at least at 0715.

Padley Gorge: Pied Flycatcher - 7 - 3 pairs visiting nest boxes with food ; Wood Warbler - 1 - carrying food to probable nest ; Mistle Thrush - 1 - chased by magpie

R Derwent, Chatsworth: Oystercatcher - 2 adults ; Mandarin - Female with 7 young

R Don, Effingham St: 319 - 1 - low over

Redmires Middle Res: Oystercatcher - 3

Scholes Ground: Reed Bunting - 1 - singing from oil seed rape

Strines: Curlew - 2

Treeton Dyke: Oystercatcher - 6 - overhead at 0830.

Trowles Wood: Wren - 1+ - sing ; Robin - 1+ ; Blackbird - 1+ - sing ; Blackcap - 2 - sing

Upper Ox Close Wood: 319 - 2 - over wood calling, one landing in tree near Cascades.

Holbrook Marsh: Cetti's Warbler - 1 - Singing ; Long-tailed Tit - 7 - Adult feeding 6 fledged juvs - phone shot ; Whitethroat - 1 - Singing ; Reed Bunting - 1 - Singing

Keppels Field: Swallow - 1 ; Whitethroat - 1 - sing ; Willow Warbler - 1 - sing ; Blue Tit - 1+ - juvs ; Dunnock - 1 - sing ; Yellowhammer - 1 - singing and calling from hedge

Ladybower Res: Hobby - 1

Loxley Valley: Barn Owl - 2 - hunting in fields at 10.15pm

R Don, Effingham St: Yellow-legged Gull - 1 - 3s/4cy bird.

R Don, Rotherham Centre; Chantry Bridge: Sand Martin - 6+prs - feeding young in at least 6 holes beneath Bridge Inn ; Pied Wagtail - 1+ - female feeding 3 fledged juvs

R.Don, Stevenson Rd to Newhall Rd: Sand Martin - 20 - 5 holes occupied both sides of River

Rivelin Valley: Barn Owl - 1 - Possibly two birds hunting over fields at 2102hrs ; Swift - 4 ; Lapwing - 1

Stanage Edge, below: Willow Warbler - 4 - 4 singing males ; Garden Warbler - 1 - Singing male Hollin Bank Car Park ; Mistle Thrush - 3 - foraging for worms, rattle calls, in fields above North Lees Hall ; Swallow - 5 - Feeding above North Lees Hall ; Kestrel - 1 - Female. Above North Lees Hall. Landed on rocks towards Cattis side

Cross hill,Ecclesfield: Swift - 18

Dukes Road: Hobby - 1

Greystones garden: Bullfinch - 3 - Male, female & juvenile ; Goldfinch - 3 - 1 juvenile ; House Sparrow - 6 - 1 juvenile, fed by female

Hope: Chiffchaff - 1 - calling

Hope Valley: Swift - 3 ; Swallow - 6