Sightings Archive

Ramsley Moor: Cuckoo - 2

Ramsley Res: Snipe - 1 - on roadside post

Rawmarsh Cemetery: Chaffinch - 2 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Coal Tit - 1 - singing ; Blackcap - 1 - singing

Rawmarsh; Stubbin incline: Goldcrest - 1 - singing ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 4 - 3 singing ; Willow Warbler - 1 - singing ; Blackcap - 1 - singing

Redmires Res: Tufted Duck - 7 - 4m + 3f on Top Res ; Common Buzzard - 1 ; Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - reeling on south side of Middle Res ; Sedge Warbler - 1 - singing south side of Middle Res ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 4 ; Spotted Flycatcher - 2 - singing by Top Res ; Redstart - 2 - singing by Top Res ; Cuckoo - 1 - by Middle Res

Shillito Wood: Snipe - 1 - drumming

Totley Moss: Curlew - 5 - Pair and three chicks ; Curlew - 5 - Photo

Wyming Brook: Wood Warbler - 1

Bell Ground, Tankersley: Lapwing - 6 ; Red-legged Partridge - 4 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Mallard - 27 - incl 21 ducklings from 2-3 broods

Brightholmlee: Oystercatcher - 1 - flew over before sunrise ; Barn Owl - 3+

Canklow Woods: Common Buzzard - 2 - 2 in the air together at 1000

Centenary Riverside: Chiffchaff - 2 - singing ; Whitethroat - 4 - 2 singing + 1f; 1 singing Riverside Way ; Cormorant - 1 - on river ; Willow Warbler - 3 - 2 singing ; Long-tailed Tit - 5+ - noisy flock in canopy, inc fledged juvs ; Blackcap - 3 - singing ; Song Thrush - 4 - inc 2 singing ; Grey Heron - 2 - one on wetland + 1 W ; Gadwall - 2 - single drakes on river & wetland ; Sand Martin - 3 - max over ; Water Rail - 1 - surprised in open on wetland before scuttling into cover. My first record here in breeding season ; Mallard - 1+ - f + 8 ducklings on wetland ; Garden Warbler - 1 - singing ; Goldfinch - 5 ; Kestrel - 1 - male, hunting ; Moorhen - 2+ - pair + 2 well-grown juvs on wetland ; Bullfinch - 1

Cowell Flat: Cuckoo - 2 - one calling and one in flight ; Lapwing - 5 - adults, just one chick visible.

Dukes Road: Red Kite - 2 - on moors over towards upper Abbey Brook ; Hobby - 1 - catching moths at start of track

Green Moor: Tawny Owl - 1 - Very low deep in wood, presumably minding an Owlet

Greno Wood: Woodcock - 2 - Flying over calling from 21.30 ; Tawny Owl - 01-Feb

Greystones garden: Magpie - 2 - 1 juv in observer's garden

Longshaw: Spotted Flycatcher - 1 - NT Car park below Grouse Pub

Malin Bridge: Magpie - 2 - pair in gardens with 2 recently fledged chicks

Meersbrook Park: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1

Padley Gorge: Treecreeper - 1 - carrying food ; Spotted Flycatcher - 1 - collecting nest material

Parkgate Canal Basin: Mute Swan - 3 ; Mallard - 7 - 6m; 1f

Parkgate; *Banana* plantation: Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Willow Warbler - 1 - singing ; Blackcap - 1 - singing

Peat Pits: Lapwing - 8 - plus 4 broods of chicks, 2 large, 3 and 1 medium, 4 small (10 chicks)

Rotherham; Bow Bridge: Goldcrest - 1 - singing by Rother mouth

Roundwood Golf course: Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - singing

Thrybergh CP: Yellow Wagtail - 1 - male ; Chiffchaff - 2 ; Willow Warbler - 1 ; Lesser Whitethroat - 1 ; Blackcap - 4 ; Reed Warbler - 1 ; Swift - 5+ ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2 ; Kestrel - 2 - m+f

Wharncliffe Chase: Willow Warbler - 3 - Singing ; Stonechat - 1 ; Swallow - 2 ; Linnet - 2 ; Meadow Pipit - 5 ; Redstart - 1 - Male, visiting hole in barn wall in competition with Great Tit ; Tree Pipit - 1 - Singing ; Red-legged Partridge - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 1 ; Lapwing - 4 ; Skylark - 1 - Singing ; Reed Bunting - 2 - Males Singing ; Cuckoo - 1 - Calling ; Kestrel - 1

Wharncliffe Heath: Woodcock - 4 - Three flying together along the line of the crags on the edge and another over the northern part of the Chase

White Lee Moor: Curlew - 2 - pair with 4 small chicks in field by crossroads

Wortley: Oystercatcher - 1 - Calling over fields before headed towards Stocksbridge

Bell Ground, Tankersley: Ringed Plover - 1 - Left north towards Evri factory ; Chiffchaff - 01-Feb - singing ; 319 - 2 ; Black-headed Gull - 22 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 - Adult over