Sightings Archive

Thursday 24th May 2018

• Bar Brook Valley: Whinchat - 1pr - m singing; nest nearby ; Kestrel - 1 - male ; Swift - 2 - N/NW ; Grey Wagtail - 2 - male singing + 1; presumed pair
• Barlow Common: Yellowhammer - 2 ; Whitethroat - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; Swallow - 2 ; Swift - 06-Aug ; Linnet - 2 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Stock Dove - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 1
• Brinsworth: 319 - 1 - Over Barrett estate 14.40
• Burbage Valley: Stonechat - 2 - pair ; Ring Ouzel - 3+ - singing males ; Woodcock - 02-Mar - roding ; Grey Partridge - 2
• Canklow/Brinsworth: Common Buzzard - 1 - soaring over @ 1510hrs
• Carr Vale: Iceland Gull - 1 - juvenile again at 07:53 until 09:35 then flew north
• Catcliffe: Nightjar - 1 - Roosting in a commercial building.
• Derwent Valley: Osprey - 1 ; Common Sandpiper - 1 - nest found when collecting litter ; Oystercatcher - 4 - 2 adults with 2 young, N. arm ; Song Thrush - 4 - 1 adult feeding 3 young on the ground Fairholmes staff car park ; Dipper - 1 - flying up and down R. Derwent above Howden res
• Dungworth: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - On telegraph pole on the main road.
• Firsby Res: Mallard - 3 ; Moorhen - 1 ; Coot - 2 - No chicks yet. ; Pied Wagtail - 1iy - Collecting insects on sluice. ; 319 - 2 - Pair together on ground in set aside field. ; Kestrel - 1 ; Pheasant - 2 - Pair. ; Grey Partridge - 2 - Flushed from long grass. ; Red-legged Partridge - 4 ; Chiffchaff - 2 ; Willow Warbler - 3 ; Sedge Warbler - 1 ; Blackcap - 2 - Singing. ; Whitethroat - 5 ; Whitethroat - 5 ; Yellowhammer - 1 - Singing Male. ; Reed Bunting - 1 ; Skylark - 1 - Singing over site. ; Chaffinch - 3 ; Goldfinch - 5 ; Bullfinch - 2 ; Linnet - 3 - Over. ; Long-tailed Tit - 6 ; Song Thrush - 1 - Singing from top of dead tree. ; Swallow - 3 ; Swift - 7 - Feeding low over sheep paddock and farm buildings.
• Hangingwater garden: Common Buzzard - 1 - over low S mobbed by 4 carrions ; Blue Tit - 2+ - nest box activity suggests eggs hatched 21/22 May. Last year fledged on 26th ; Blackbird - 2 - 1f feeding 1 juv
• Lawrence Field: Stonechat - 1pr - feeding young in nest ; Cuckoo - 1 - male, calling ; Kestrel - 1 - hunting
• Middleton Moor: Ringed Plover - 5 ; Dunlin - 1 ; Sanderling - 1 ; Cuckoo - 1 - Heard
• Orgreave Lakes: Swift - c.300 - At least 300 this morning ; Black Tern - 1 - On Big Lake this evening
• Padley Gorge: Curlew - 2 - flew over from Longshaw & returned ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 2 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing ; Willow Warbler - 4+ - singing ; Siskin - 1+ - several over + a stunning male down ; Pied Flycatcher - 6 - 4m; 2f inc pair around nestbox ; Redstart - 5 - 4m; 1f, inc pair at nest in dead Birch ; Treecreeper - 2prs ; Coal Tit - 2 - singing ; Wood Warbler - 2 - singing ; Blackcap - 1 - singing ; Nuthatch - 2 ; Spotted Flycatcher - 4+ - very vocal ; Goldcrest - 1 - singing ; Tree Pipit - 1 - calling on woodland edge ; Common Buzzard - 1 - over
• Parkgate: Swift - 3 - Over nr Morrisons car park 13.00 ; Willow Warbler - 1 - Singing ; Robin - 1 - Singing
• Poolsbrook CP: Pink-footed Goose - 1 - presumed injured or escaped with greylags and canada geese
• Poolsbrook Marsh: Gadwall - 1 - male alarming on newly created pond to north of marsh ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Reed Warbler - 8 - singing ; Sedge Warbler - 1 - singing ; Blackcap - 2 - singing ; Whitethroat - 1 - singing ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - calling ; Willow Warbler - 3 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 2 - singing
• R Don, Carbrook: Garden Warbler - 1 - singing ; Willow Warbler - 1 - singing ; Kingfisher - 1 ; Sand Martin - c10 - showing no interest in nest bank.