Sightings Archive

Padley Gorge: Chiffchaff - 2 ; Pied Flycatcher - 1m

Poolsbrook Marsh: Cetti's Warbler - 1 - singing

R Derwent, Grindleford to Padley: Mandarin - 1 - male ; Grey Wagtail - 2 - 2 singles ; Mandarin - 1+ - 1f, 6 ducklings ; 319 - 1

Redmires conduit: Golden Plover - 3

Redmires Res: Greylag Goose - 40 - inc six pairs with a total of 22 young ; Canada Goose - 20 - c. in fields ; Moorhen - 4 - 2 pairs - Top & Middle Res ; Cuckoo - 1 - calling ; Common Buzzard - 1 - in Fairthorn Clough ; Redstart - 1 - male singing by Top Res

Thrybergh CP: Common Sandpiper - 2

Walkley: Swift - 12+ - Gathering overhead at 19:30, largest number seen together.

Wire Mill Dam: Stock Dove - 1 - singing

Aldwarke Lane: Willow Warbler - 1 - singing from railway embankment

Aldwarke; Liberty Steels: Lapwing - 2-3prs - breeding on open area in N of site ; Jackdaw - 30-40 - feeding on open area in N of site ; Skylark - 3 - 2 singing, over open area in N of site

Bar Brook Valley: Whinchat - 1 - male singing from top of tree just below the pool ; Whinchat - 1 - male ; Tree Pipit - 2 ; Stonechat - 7 ; Swallow - 1 ; Tree Pipit - 1 ; 319 - 1 ; Meadow Pipit - 7 ; Linnet - 3 ; Lapwing - 3 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Reed Bunting - 1 ; 324 - 1 - Common Lizard

Barbrook Plantation: Pied Flycatcher - 3 - Female with nesting material ; Spotted Flycatcher - 2 ; Redstart - 2 - 1 entering nest hole ; Tree Pipit - 2 ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Treecreeper - 2 ; Cuckoo - 1 - Sat in tree being mobbed by Chaffinch

Barbrook Valley: Raven - 1 ; Stonechat - 5

Bents Green: Blue Tit - 3+ - 1+ fledged this morning c. 08.00 near Bents Green School ; Mistle Thrush - 2 - Foraging on common on Common Lane; one of them found worm, and flew off with it ; House Martin - 4+ - Flying around on and off all day, and visiting previously-used nest site

Bole Hill, Treeton: Grasshopper Warbler - 1

Bolehill Flash: Yellowhammer - 3 ; Linnet - 8

Chapeltown: Swift - 2 - Pair regularly over traditional nest site at the house in the entrance to the cemetery. Low numbers though, hopefully more will arrive soon. ; Greenfinch - 4 - 2 pairs calling in area. ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; 319 - 2

Ecclesfield: Ring-necked Parakeet - 1 - Calling in pine tree, Cross Hill

Elsecar: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - Noisy agitated male calling @07.30 in Simon Wood ; Treecreeper - 1 - In trees on Laithwaite Lane. ; Red-legged Partridge - 1 - On Laithwaite Lane

Firsby Res: Mute Swan - 2 ; Mallard - 1 ; Coot - 2 ; Pied Wagtail - 1 - On sluice. ; 319 - 1 - Over woodland. ; 319 - 1 ; Swallow - 3 - Drinking from waters surface. ; Whitethroat - 1

Forge Dam: Ring-necked Parakeet - 1 - calling in trees- left to E ; Dipper - 1 - calling ; Mandarin - 6 - 2 females with 2 young each ; Moorhen - 2 - ad with single chick

Hangingwater garden: Jackdaw - 5 - squabbling over bird table and occasionally being driven from there by single Woodpigeon

Hathersage: 319 - 3

Hollow Meadows: Cuckoo - 2

Keppels Field: Bullfinch - 1 - male, calling from trees adj fencing

Leash Fen: Cuckoo - 1

Orgreave Lakes: Cetti's Warbler - 1 ; Sedge Warbler - 2 ; Skylark - 10+ ; Goosander - 1 ; Shoveler - 1 ; Mute Swan - 10+ - Cygnets at nest on island. ; Willow Warbler - 10+ ; Gadwall - 10+ ; Grey Heron - 2

Parkgate: House Martin - 7+ - over Lincroft Drive/ Larkhill Close/Mulberry Close

Parkgate; *Banana* plantation: Blackcap - 1 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Long-tailed Tit - 2+ - fledged juvs ; Stock Dove - 2 - left towards Liberty Steels ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - female, left over Roundwood golf course ; Willow Warbler - 2 - one singing

Ramsley Res: Tree Pipit - 1 ; Red-legged Partridge - 1 ; Willow Warbler - 2

Rawmarsh; Barbers Avenue: Blackcap - 1 - singing ; Chaffinch - 1 - singing

Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Greenfinch - 1 - singing

Roundwood Golf course: Blackcap - 1 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Whitethroat - 1 - singing ; Goldcrest - 1 - singing