Sightings Archive

Burbage Bridge: Goldfinch - 4 ; Curlew - 2

Chapeltown: Swift - 5

Hay Dale: Willow Warbler - c15 ; Swallow - 3

Millhouses Park: Mandarin - 8 - Pair and a female with five ducklings

Orgreave Lakes: Black Tern - 4 - 4 adults at 17:15. 2 left north shortly after, with the other 2 remaining until early evening. ; Lapwing - 6 - Pair with 4 chicks on island. ; Black Tern - 2 - feeding on a sedge hatch. still present until 20:20 at least. ; Black Tern - 2 - another photo ; Song Thrush - 3 - Singing in the evening. ; Redshank - 4 - 2 pairs alarming and chasing corvids, one chick feeding on small lake shore ; Oystercatcher - 2 - pair ferrying food to 3 well grown chicks on small lake island ; Lapwing - 4 - pair with 3 small chicks on small lake island, and another adult with at least 2 small chicks on small lake shore

Redmires Plantation: Woodcock - 1 - roding ; Cuckoo - 1 - calling

Silverwood Lagoon: BLACK-NECKED GREBE - 5 - two adults each feeding a well-grown youngster (lost one) + third adult ; Little Grebe - 2+ - one pair now feeding young ; Great Crested Grebe - 2 ; Cetti's Warbler - 1

Tankersley - Evra wasteland: Lapwing - 6 - Adult pair with four fledglings

Tideswell area: Curlew - 2 ; Swift - 3 ; Swallow - 2 ; Swallow - 2

Wheston: Swallow - 8 ; Skylark - 1 ; House Martin - 7

Dennis Knoll: Whinchat - 1 - male

Dukes Road: Dunlin - 1 - low to N in flight calling Brusten Croft, unusual here.

Forge Dam: Chiffchaff - 2 - singing ; Rook - 10+ - including adults feeding fledged juvs ; Moorhen - 3 - no chicks ; Mandarin - 3 - pair and an eclipse male - no chicks ; Mallard - 10 - no chicks ; Tufted Duck - 1 - male

Fulwood Head: Pied Wagtail - 2 ; Tree Sparrow - 2+ - adult feeding young in farm nest box

Grange Park Golf Course: 319 - 2+ - 2 over Watson's Tip(1 brief hover), SK3993, 1 at Upper Kennel Wood SK3894 ; Stock Dove - 1 - singing ; Woodpigeon - 9+ - singing ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 3+ - nest, 20+ ft up Ash, overhanging f/p, SK384941 ; Skylark - 1+ - singing at Watson's Tip ; Swallow - 1+ ; House Martin - 1+ ; Pied Wagtail - 1+ - on fairways

Green Moor: Garden Warbler - 1 ; Song Thrush - 2 - One juv incl. ; Tawny Owl - 1+ - Carrying food

Hurkling Edge: Cuckoo - 1 - pursued by Meadow Pipits

Orgreave Lakes: Sanderling - 1 - On island early morning ; Lapwing - 4 - Pair with 2 chicks around small lake. ; Redshank - 6 - 2 pairs, 1 with 2 chicks ; Little Ringed Plover - 4 ; Ringed Plover - 1 ; Yellow Wagtail - 2 - Pair on north shore. ; Great Crested Grebe - 30 - Including 2 pairs, both with 3 young.

Owlthorpe: Wren - 4+ - At least 4 singing ; Magpie - 2 ; Greenfinch - 2 ; Chiffchaff - 8+ - At least 8 singing ; Bullfinch - 2 - calling ; Blackcap - 2 - singing near Hanging Lea Wood ; Nuthatch - 4 - ad + 3 juvs in Ochre Dyke woodland ; Long-tailed Tit - 4 ; Blackbird - 3 - singing and foraging ; Robin - 7 - Numerous ; Goldfinch - 5 ; Swift - 3 - Screaming over the fields

Redmires: Curlew - 1 ; Swallow - 6 ; Lapwing - 6

Redmires conduit: Red Kite - 1 ; Curlew - 7+ - includes 3 chicks ; Red Grouse - 5 - includes 3 chicks ; Lapwing - 6+ ; Grey Wagtail - 2 - 1 male carrying food ; Grey Wagtail - 2 - female with food

Redmires Res: Greylag Goose - 50 - c. in fields ; Canada Goose - 30 - c. in fields ; Tufted Duck - 3 - 2m + 1f on Top Res ; Kestrel - 3 - inc male carrying food ; Common Buzzard - 2 - over Top Res ; Cuckoo - 1 - calling by Top Res ; Herring Gull - 2 - ads on Middle Res gantry ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2 - ads on Middle Res gantry ; Common Sandpiper - 4 - 2 pairs - Top & Middle Res ; Whitethroat - 4 - singing ; Garden Warbler - 1 - singing in trees by Top Res ; Sedge Warbler - 1 - singing on south side of Middle Res ; Stonechat - 1 - male alarming - south side of Middle Res ; Swift - 20 - c. feeding over Bottom Res - late morning ; Skylark - 3 - on Roper Hill

Rud Hill: Golden Plover - 5 - inc one alarming in areas of cotton grass - suitable breeding habitat ; Curlew - 13 - in fields - failed breeders presumably

RVCP: Common Tern - 1 ; Little Ringed Plover - 4 - 2 pairs,,poor year with no breeding evidence ; Egyptian Goose - 2 - Pair with one small young ; Oystercatcher - 6 ; Swift - 200+