Sightings Archive

Manor Fields Park: Whitethroat - 4 ; Chiffchaff - 2 ; Song Thrush - 4 - 2 pair ; Linnet - 10 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - male thru twice between 05:45-07:15

Norton Lees: 319 - 4 - Drifting south over Norton Lees Lane

Orgreave Lakes: Yellow Wagtail - 7 - 1 on bund; 4 arrived together from S followed by another 2. Most landed on bund or small island and showed well. ; Ruff - 1 - male present still ; Swift - 12 - 3 early morning joined by a noticeable arrival later ; Dunlin - 2 - summer-plumaged birds on small lake ; Herring Gull - 1 - first-year N ; Sparrowhawk - 4 - 2 pairs in the air in close proximity; one displaying ; Wheatear - 3 - N end of big lake ; Pied Wagtail - 2 - White wagtail on small island ; Swallow - 60 ; Sand Martin - 20 ; House Martin - 5

R Sheaf, Heeley: Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Moorhen - 1

Redmires Top Res: Little Ringed Plover - one

RVCP: Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - singing near Trans Pennine Trail ; Pied Wagtail - 1 - white wagtail on the Lawns ; Yellow Wagtail - 1 - male on the Lawns ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - female by the watersports centre ; Swift - 1 - main lake ; Canada Goose - 6 - pair with 4 young ; Mallard - 10 - pair with 8 young

Scholes Coppice: Kestrel - 2 - Pair food - pass ; Wren - 3+ ; Robin - 3+ ; Blackbird - 3+ ; Mistle Thrush - 1 - sing ; Blackcap - 3 - sing ; Chiffchaff - 2 - sing ; Goldcrest - 1 - sing ; Nuthatch - 1 - sing

Shillito Wood: Yellowhammer - 2 - m+f

Silver Wood/Old Ravenfield: Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - reeling on Pingle Lane Tip

Silverwood Lagoon: Mute Swan - 1pr - female has been shot and has a crossbow bolt in her shoulder. Dog-walkers have reported it to the RSPCA. ; Reed Warbler - 3 - singing ; Lesser Whitethroat - 2 - singing ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - male ; Grey Partridge - 2prs ; Whitethroat - 9 - singing ; Willow Warbler - 6 - singing ; Blackcap - 4 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 3 - singing. Numbers of all the common warblers seem well down on the pit top this year. ; Swallow - 2

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 4 ; Mute Swan - 13 ; Gadwall - 1 - m ; Tufted Duck - 5 - 3m2f ; Kestrel - 4 - 2pr ; Pheasant - 4 - crow. ; Oystercatcher - 2 - circled ; Herring Gull - 1 - 2cy ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 3 - inc1-2cy 2ad past n ; Swift - 4+ ; Skylark - 7 - sing ; Sand Martin - 250+ ; Swallow - 50+ ; House Martin - 10+ ; Yellow Wagtail - 2 ; Wren - 11 - sing ; Dunnock - 10 - sing ; Robin - 11 - 7sing ; Song Thrush - 7 - 5sing ; Blackcap - 10 - 7sing ; Whitethroat - 7 - 4sing ; Sedge Warbler - 1 - sing ; Lesser Whitethroat - 2 - sing ; Willow Warbler - 4 - sing ; Chiffchaff - 4 - sing ; Long-tailed Tit - 8 ; Bullfinch - 4 - 2pr ; Reed Bunting - 6 - 2sing ; Yellowhammer - 1 - sing

Upper Common, Scholes: Kestrel - 1 - Male hunting over scrub ; Whitethroat - 1 - sing ; Blackbird - 1 - sing ; Skylark - 1 - sing

Wharncliffe Chase (north): Ring Ouzel - Pair ; Wheatear - 15+ - All in a relatively small area, mix of M+F ; Cuckoo - 1 ; Tree Pipit - 1 - Singing ; Curlew - Pair - Display ; Meadow Pipit - 10+ ; Skylark - 1 ; 319 - 1 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Swallow - 2

Wharncliffe Heath NR: Pied Flycatcher - 2 - Males, one ringed ; Nuthatch - 2+ - In two nest boxes ; Tree Pipit - 3 - Singing ; Willow Warbler - 26 - Singing ; Robin - 17+ - Singing ; Chiffchaff - 3 - Singing ; Cuckoo - 1

Broomhead Hall: Woodcock - 3 - flying above tree height following Mortimer Road.

Broomhead Moor: Ring Ouzel - 1 - semi-concealed in heather.