Sightings Archive

Scholes Village: Goldfinch - 1+ ; Yellowhammer - 1

Sothall: Great Tit - 2 - pair nesting in nest box - 7 eggs ; Woodpigeon - 2 - discarding egg shells from nest

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 3 ; Mute Swan - 60+ ; Pink-footed Goose - 1 ; Greylag Goose - 4 ; Wigeon - 2 - very late pair ; Tufted Duck - 25 - inc.9f ; 319 - 8 - 3-2-2-1 soar ; Kestrel - 1 ; Herring Gull - 2 - 2nd cy ; Swift - 1 - in then nw 0750 per ip ; Skylark - 7 - 6sing ; Sand Martin - 4 ; Swallow - 2 ; Song Thrush - 3 - sing ; Blackcap - 5 - sing ; Whitethroat - 1 - sing ; Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - sing ; Willow Warbler - 3 - sing ; Chiffchaff - 1 - sing ; Reed Bunting - 9 - 2sing ; Yellowhammer - 4

Upper Ox Close Wood: Chiffchaff - 1 - sing ; Treecreeper - 1 - sing

Barbrook Plantation: Pied Flycatcher - 1 - male

Bramley Dale: Redstart - 1 - singing male, Derwent end

Calver: Sand Martin - 2 - flying N

Canklow Woods: Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - 1 reeling

Centenary Riverside: Chiffchaff - 2 - singing ; Blackcap - 2 - singing ; Wren - 4 - singing ; Lapwing - 1 - over ; Reed Bunting - 1 - male ; Whitethroat - 1 ; Goldfinch - 2 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - flew East towards Canklow woods. ; Dunnock - 1 - singing ; Song Thrush - 3 - 1 singing ; Long-tailed Tit - 1 ; Chaffinch - 1 - singing ; Jay - 1 ; Gadwall - 4 ; Robin - 1 - singing ; Canada Goose - 2 ; Greylag Goose - 1

Dronfield Woodhouse: Coot - 1 - on roadside flood ; 321 - 1

Elsecar Heritage Centre: Common Buzzard - 3 - high over together, calling/interacting @ 1220hrs; left SW ; Pied Wagtail - 1pr

Firsby Res: Coot - 4 ; Moorhen - 1 ; Mallard - 2 - Pair feeding up stream. ; Grey Heron - 1 ; 319 - 1 - Worming on recently ploughed field. ; Reed Bunting - 2 - Males. ; Chiffchaff - 3 ; Willow Warbler - 7 - Singing. ; Blackcap - 3 - 1 singing ; Reed Warbler - 1 - Singing from reed bed ; Goldfinch - 5 ; Linnet - 2 - Over calling. ; Bullfinch - 6 ; Chaffinch - 1 - Singing Male. ; Yellowhammer - 2 - Males singing from top of hedge in set aside field. ; Skylark - 1 - Singing high over site. ; Meadow Pipit - 1

Fulwood: 319 - 4 - in the air at 11:30 - 3 S and 1 circling W ; Raven - 2 - over observer's house at 13:30 calling and then N; record shot ; Linnet - 5 - single party N over observer's house

Holmebrook Valley Park: Mute Swan - 3 ; Willow Warbler - 2+ - Possibly 3 singing round site. ; Canada Goose - 2 - On lake. ; Great Crested Grebe - 2

Jordanthorpe: Barn Owl - 1 - Sat on fence post

Manor Fields Park: Water Rail - 1 - in reedbed 06:10. ; Mallard - 8 - 4 m 4 f. ; Moorhen - 2 ; Reed Bunting - 1 - male in reedbed singing 06.00 ; Blackcap - 4 - 3 m 1 f ; Whitethroat - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 4 - singing round site ; Linnet - 10 ; Stock Dove - 1 ; Greenfinch - 6 ; Wren - 7 - at least 7 singing across site. 05:30-06:45

Middleton Moor: Grey Partridge - 2

Orgreave Lakes: Whimbrel - 4 - late morning

Padley Gorge: Pied Flycatcher - 4 - 2 pairs ; Tree Pipit - 1 - moorland fringe silver birches ; Redstart - 2 - a pair

R Don, Stevenson Rd: Wheatear - 1 - female on derelict ground

Redmires Top Res: Willow Warbler - 8 - singing ; Goldcrest - 1 - singing ; Greenfinch - 5+ ; Goldfinch - 5+ ; Mallard - 8 - one pair copulating ; Tufted Duck - 2 - pair