Sightings Archive

Walkley: Blue Tit - 1 - visiting noisy nestlings in swift nestbox on house, Bentley Road

Wentworth Park: Common Buzzard - 1 - soaring over Deer Park @ 1220hrs

Wortley: Tawny Owl - 1

Wortley Hall: GOLDEN ORIOLE - 1 - Singing 12.50, but no sign rest of day

Aldwarke; Liberty Steels: Song Thrush - 1 - singing near Thrybergh Bar Mill ; Willow Warbler - 1 - singing near Thrybergh Bar Mill ; Whitethroat - 1 - singing near Thrybergh Bar Mill

Barlow Common: Little Owl - 1 ; Barn Owl - 1 ; Whitethroat - 2 ; 319 - 1 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Swallow - 5+ ; House Martin - 1 ; Stock Dove - 2 ; Goldfinch - 6 ; Chiffchaff - 2 ; Yellowhammer - 1

Bingham Park: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 2 - Ad female at nest, juv calling to be fed.

Bramley Dale: Red Kite - 1

Burbage Edge: Curlew - 1 ; Swallow - 1 ; Swift - 1

Calver: Whitethroat - 1 - singing in Hawthorn scrub to S

Calver Weir: Little Grebe - 1 - gone from 4 pairs breeding to occasional sightings on WBBS stretch Froggatt Bridge - Bubnell.

Cattis-side Moor: Curlew - 1

Cavendish Mill: House Martin - 20+ - 12+ occupied nests

Curbar Edge: Cuckoo - 1 - singing

Dalton: Willow Warbler - 1 - singing on site of SF ; Whitethroat - 1 - singing on site of SF

Fatty Boyns Ponds: Whitethroat - 2 - singing ; Pheasant - 1 - crowing ; Linnet - 1 - singing ; Moorhen - 1+ - adult + 4 juvs ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Mallard - 1 - drake ; Gadwall - 1 - drake ; Red-legged Partridge - 2 - pair ; Long-tailed Tit - 5+ - inc fledged juvs ; Blue Tit - 5+ - inc fledged juvs ; Skylark - 1 - singing over adjacent cereals ; Goldcrest - 1 - singing

Foxhill, Shaw Hill: Swift - 4 - Screaming overhead ; Swallow - 1 ; House Martin - 1

Green Moor: Tree Sparrow - 10+ - Including 4+ juveniles being fed, 1st brood out this year

Greno Wood: Woodcock - 02-Mar - Seen from 22.00 ; 319 - 1 ; Kestrel - 1

Ibbotson Wheel Dam: Kingfisher - 2 - Very vocal: looked like ritual feeding and mating

Langsett Res: Oystercatcher - 3 ; Tufted Duck - 4 - 2m, 2f

Longshaw: Hobby - 1 - Circling/drifting low over B6055

Markham Vale: Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - reeling ; Cetti's Warbler - 1 - singing - seen in open ; Sedge Warbler - 1 - singing from reedbed ; Reed Warbler - 5 - singing from reedbed ; Reed Bunting - 2 - males singing ; Kingfisher - 1 ; Yellowhammer - 2 - pair with food - watched changeover in willow scrub

Middleton Moor: Sedge Warbler - 1 - Singing and display flight ; Greylag Goose - 24+ - 24 adults plus 2 broods of 1 and 2 juvs ; Canada Goose - 4+ - a pair with 3 juvs plus 2 further ads ; Mallard - 2+ - 2f with broods of 7 and 8 young ; Shelduck - 4 - 2 prs ; Oystercatcher - 1 ; Coot - 2 ; Whitethroat - 2 - a pr carrying food ; Reed Warbler - 2+ - singing ; Redstart - 1 - a male

Midhope Res: Meadow Pipit - 1 - Carrying food ; Oystercatcher - 5 - Pair with 3 fledglings ; Common Sandpiper - 3 ; 319 - 3 ; Snipe - 1 - chipping ; Kestrel - 1 ; Tufted Duck - 2 - Pair ; Mallard - c40 - At least 4 broods seen, c30 ducklings ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Willow Warbler - 1 - Carrying food ; Blackcap - 2 ; Linnet - 1

Millhouses Park: Mistle Thrush - 3 - Adults foraging on cricket pitch and flying off to two different nest sites. ; Nuthatch - 4+ - Family party. ; Long-tailed Tit - 12+ - Post-breeding flock. ; Mandarin - 7 - Three pairs but apparently only one duckling left from six seen on Tuesday.

Orgreave Lakes: Black Tern - 2 - 2 adults circling high for 10 minutes from 08:05. ; Common Tern - 1 ; Sanderling - 2 - North ; Turnstone - 1 - In at 9:18.

Parkgate: Pied Wagtail - 1+ - fledged, dependent juv(s); Bradbury's Close

Poolsbrook CP: Reed Warbler - 2 - singing from nature reserve reedbed ; Whitethroat - 1 - singing

Poolsbrook Marsh: MARSH WARBLER - 1 - singing occasionally by bridge but very elusive ; Reed Warbler - 8 - singing ; Cetti's Warbler - 1 - singing from reedbed ; Garden Warbler - 1 - singing ; Blackcap - 3 - singing ; Whitethroat - 2 - singing