Sightings Archive

Redmires Res: Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Lapwing - 18 - 9 pairs along conduit - a total of just 4 young ; Oystercatcher - 3 ; Redshank - 1 ; Snipe - 2 ; Curlew - 6 - 3 pairs along conduit ; Swallow - 3 ; House Martin - 2 ; Willow Warbler - 14 - singing ; Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - reeling south side of Middle Res ; Whitethroat - 1 - singing by Bottom Res ; Spotted Flycatcher - 1 - singing by Top Res ; Cuckoo - 1 - male calling along conduit ; Whinchat - 1 - male singing by Middle Res ; Linnet - 18 ; Lesser Redpoll - 1 - overhead ; Common Sandpiper - 10 ; Reed Bunting - 8 - singing males along south side of reservoirs ; Goldfinch - 6

Sherriff Wood: Pied Flycatcher - 1+ - Male seen + probably another heard 100m from Sir William Hill Road junction ; Cuckoo - 1 ; Tree Pipit - 4 ; Garden Warbler - 2 ; Grey Heron - 2 - 2 over heading east ; Blackcap - 3 - 3m singing

Silverwood Lagoon: Common Sandpiper - 1

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 4 - 2pr ; Cormorant - 1 ; Mute Swan - 55 ; Tufted Duck - 9 - 5m4f ; Pheasant - 6 - crow ; Common Sandpiper - 1 - call only ; Skylark - 6 - sing ; Swallow - 2 ; Song Thrush - 1 - sing ; Blackcap - 7 - sing ; Reed Warbler - 1 - sing ; Whitethroat - 9 - sing ; Sedge Warbler - 1 - sing ; Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - sing ; Willow Warbler - 4 - sing ; Reed Bunting - 5 - 1sing ; Yellowhammer - 2 - 1sing

Totley Moss: 319 - 1 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Curlew - 2 ; Swallow - 1+ ; Meadow Pipit - 02-Mar ; Mallard - 1 - on moor, with no water in sight ; 324 - 08-Sep - Red Deer

Wharncliffe Crags: Cuckoo - 2

Wyming Brook: Wood Warbler - 2+ - Singing males ; Wood Warbler - 2+ ; Wood Warbler - 2+ - photo ; Song Thrush - 2 - singing ; Mistle Thrush - 1 - singing ; Robin - 7 - singing ; Wren - 3 - singing - very low numbers ; Goldcrest - 4 - singing ; Blackcap - 3 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Garden Warbler - 1 - singing ; Wood Warbler - 5 - singing ; Pied Flycatcher - 2 - singing males - one Reddicar Brook with another by Rivelin Dams ; Jay - 2 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Siskin - 6 ; Nuthatch - 1 ; Coal Tit - 6 ; Blackbird - 3 - singing ; Willow Warbler - 6 - singing ; Chaffinch - 5 - singing

Agden Side: Cuckoo - 2+ ; Curlew - 1 pair

Aldwarke SF: Chiffchaff - 2 - inc one singing ; Long-tailed Tit - 1+ ; Whitethroat - 3 - singing ; Reed Warbler - 2 - singing ; Blackcap - 1 - singing ; Coot - 8+ - + 10+ juvs in 3 broods ; Little Grebe - 1 ; Lapwing - 3 - displaying over treatment works ; Black-headed Gull - 2 - adults ; Reed Bunting - 1 - singing ; Gadwall - 6 ; Shoveler - 3 - 1m; 2f ; Mallard - 12+ - 11m; 1f + 3 juvs ; Linnet - 2 ; Sand Martin - 3 - feeding over ; Kestrel - 1 - male

Aldwarke; Liberty steel: Stock Dove - 3 ; Willow Warbler - 1 - singing ; Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - singing ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing

Bamford Edge: Ring Ouzel - 2 - piping males c.1 km apart ; Cuckoo - 1 - calling from W of road below edge near stile ; 319 - 2 ; Feral Pigeon - 2 - visiting apparent nest site among rocks

Barbrook Plantation: Carrion Crow - 10 - On the previous night a Rave was held in the plantation .The morning revealed. ,tents,camp fires several hundred stoned persons . What chance this years breeding season ?

Blacka Moor: Wood Warbler - 1