Sightings Archive

Thrybergh CP: Willow Warbler - 4 - sing ; Chiffchaff - 6 - sing ; Jay - 1 - past w ; Carrion Crow - 17 - inc. 10 in same tree ; Bullfinch - 12 - inc 8- at feed 4p at feed statr

Tyzack*s Dam: Goosander - 12 - 1 male / 11 female ; Mandarin - 4

Upper Ewden: Ring Ouzel - 1 - male in valley below Shooting Lodge.

Wharncliffe Chase (south): Ring Ouzel - 2 - pair ; Stonechat - 1 - Male singing ; Swallow - 3 - Feeding over pond ; Meadow Pipit - 30+ ; Reed Bunting - 1 - Singing

Wharncliffe Heath NR: Willow Warbler - 1 ; Tree Pipit - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 1 - Singing ; Tree Pipit - 1 - Singing from silver birch ; Willow Warbler - 1 - Singing to the north of heath

Woodhouse Washlands: Mute Swan - 2 - a pair ; Gadwall - 5 ; 320 - 2 - a pair ; Herring Gull - 1 - adult ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 - adult ; Canada Goose - 35 ; Greylag Goose - 10 ; Snipe - 7 ; Swallow - 2 ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Blackcap - 2 - male singing, separate female

Beeley Wood: Chiffchaff - 7 - Singing ; Grey Wagtail - 6 - 3 pairs by the river Don ; Goosander - 1 - Redhead

Dore: Whooper Swan - 21 - low over calling, heading in a W/NW direction @ c0900hrs. Presumably same as Langsett birds.

Dore garden: Blackcap - 1 - male ; Reed Bunting - 1 - male

Firsby Res: Moorhen - 1 ; Coot - 1 ; Cormorant - 1 - Circled but didn’t land. ; 319 - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 5 - Singing. ; Willow Warbler - 4 - Singing. ; Reed Bunting - 2 - Both Males. ; Bullfinch - 6+ - Along path. ; Linnet - 4 ; Chaffinch - 5 ; Goldfinch - 3 ; Treecreeper - 1 - Calling near road.

Forge Dam: Mandarin - 2 - m+f

Fulwood garden: Brambling - 3 - 2 males and a female around feeders

Hammond*s Field: Curlew - 1 ; Lapwing - 3 - territorial birds ; Moorhen - 1 - on pool - unusual here

Holmebrook Valley Park: Great Crested Grebe - 2 - Pair displaying to each other ; Mute Swan - 3 - Male on nest whilst female was on lake chasing last years cygnet ; Greylag Goose - 4 ; Canada Goose - 1 ; Cormorant - 1 - Left north towards Linacre Res at 14:40

Kiveton community woodland: Willow Warbler - 1 - First one back singing.

Linacre Res: Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Mallard - 29 ; Tufted Duck - 26 ; Moorhen - 8 ; Coot - 6 ; Great Crested Grebe - 4 ; Mandarin - 6 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Canada Goose - 2 ; Grey Wagtail - 2 ; Stock Dove - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 7 - 7 singing

Lodge Moor: Swallow - 3 - 3 birds flew west.

Meadowhall: Chiffchaff - 1 - singing at railway station

Middleton Moor: Shelduck - 3 ; Sand Martin - 2 ; 320 - 4

Northern General Hospital: Ring-necked Parakeet - 4 - In trees by Barnsley Road entrance

Orgreave Lakes: Ring Ouzel - 1 - Male on Tip (where weedy mound was) at 07:20 ; Ring Ouzel - 1 - Just before it vanished ; Little Ringed Plover - 2 ; Shelduck - 4 - 2 First thing then 2 north at 09:00 ; Curlew - 2 ; Swallow - 6 ; Sand Martin - 10 ; Goldeneye - 13 ; Curlew - 2 - Blogging then finally north at 11.15 ; Shelduck - 2 - pair ; Sand Martin - c.60 - Mid-afternoon ; House Martin - 1 ; Swallow - 6 ; Curlew - 1 - late afternoon ; Goldeneye - 16 ; Ring Ouzel - 1 - Still west of Small Lake late afternoon

Oughtibridge: 327 - 3 - One pale and pink leucistic bird. ; Magpie - 1 ; Siskin - 4 ; Robin - 1 ; Chaffinch - 4 ; Blackbird - 1 ; Starling - 2 ; Blue Tit - 2