Sightings Archive

Keppels Field: Starling - 3+ - feeding ; House Sparrow - 1+ ; Greenfinch - 1 - sing ; Linnet - 3

Kiveton community woodland: Cuckoo - 1

Kiveton Community Woodland: Reed Warbler - 3 - singing between there and the fishing lakes.

Mayfield Valley: Whitethroat - 1 - singing from hedge E of ex outdoor education centre

Middleton Moor: Shelduck - 3 ; Sedge Warbler - 1 ; Redstart - 4 ; Whitethroat - 6 ; Dunlin - 1 ; Curlew - 1 ; Lapwing - 3

Miller*s Dale: Chiffchaff - 1 - Heard

Morley Pond: Great Crested Grebe - 5 ; Mute Swan - 1 ; Greylag Goose - 3 ; Mallard - 5+ ; Tufted Duck - 3 - 2 male ; Nuthatch - 1

Norton Lees: Magpie - 5 - 2 adults, 3 juvs - 3 young Magpies now venturing out of nest in big Holly at back of observer’s garden.

Norton Lees garden: 324 - 1 - Holly Blue butterfly, and male Orange Tip

Orgreave Lakes: Shoveler - 1 - Drake ; Goosander - 4 ; Common Tern - 1 - On Big Lake mid to late morning and inspecting island.

Owlthorpe: 319 - 1 ; Green Woodpecker - 1 ; Skylark - 4+ - singing ; Blackcap - 9 - 7 singing ; Whitethroat - 3 - Numbers well down on previous years ; Lesser Whitethroat - 2 - singing ; Willow Warbler - 3 - Singing ; Yellowhammer - 4+ - 3 singing

Padley Gorge: Pied Flycatcher - 10+ - photo ; Pied Flycatcher - 10+ - photo ; Tree Pipit - 2 - photo ; Tree Pipit - 2 ; Tree Pipit - 2 ; Treecreeper - 10+ - Numerous ; Redstart - 2+

Ravensdale: 319 - 1

Redmires Bottom Res: Wheatear - 3 ; Oystercatcher - 1 - Flew across to middle reservoir ; Common Sandpiper - 2

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 2 - singles ; Mute Swan - 57 - inc party of 21 leaving w ; Tufted Duck - 8 ; 319 - 3 - soar in e ; Oystercatcher - 3 - in then left n ; Blackcap - 7 - sing ; Reed Warbler - 1 - sing ; Whitethroat - 5 - sing ; Sedge Warbler - 1 - sing ; Willow Warbler - 3 - sing ; Chiffchaff - 2 - sing

Tideswell Dale: Grey Wagtail - 1

Water-Cum-Jolly-Dale: Tufted Duck - 4 - 2 pairs ; Grey Wagtail - 2 ; Mute Swan - 2

Waterthorpe: Starling - 30+ - Finding food on playing field and carrying to nests in nearby houses.

White Lee Moor: Cuckoo - 1 - male sat on wires

Whitelow, Dore: Curlew - 1 ; Wheatear - 1 - female, not noted here before ; Swallow - 4

Agden Side: Cuckoo - 1 - Calling ; Raven - 1 ; 319 - 3

Aldwarke: Willow Warbler - 1 - singing ; Lapwing - 4 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Gadwall - 2 - drakes ; Stock Dove - 1 ; Canada Goose - 2 - NE ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 - S/SW ; Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - singing ; Linnet - 6 - inc one singing ; Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Swallow - 2 - W/NW ; Sand Martin - 1 - over ; House Martin - 3 - over ; Mallard - 1 - drake ; Skylark - 1 - singing high overhead ; Mute Swan - 30 - SW in parties of 9 between 0635-0725hrs, all to canal basin

Aldwarke; Liberty Steel: Peregrine - 1 - adult on chimney briefly around 0700hrs

Birley Edge: Fieldfare - 4 ; Jay - 2 ; 321 - 1 - Flying over

Canklow: Kestrel - 1 - Over ; Willow Warbler - 1 - Singing AMG works car park 06.45 + 19.30. ; Jay - 1 - Over works 07.00 ; 319 - 1 - Over KFC area 14.00 ; 321 - 1 - Over works harassed by 2 Carrion Crows 19.30. ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - On office rooftop AMG 19.00. ; Pheasant - 1 - Calling from works field

Centenary Riverside: Whitethroat - 2 ; Willow Warbler - 2 ; Great Tit - 2 ; Chaffinch - 1 ; Song Thrush - 1