Sightings Archive

Sunday 22nd May 2022

• Harthill Res: Great Crested Grebe - 4 - one ad in reedbed presumably sat on nest ; Reed Warbler - 2 - singing - one from reedbed on Middle Res + one over the back near field ; Cetti's Warbler - 1 - singing by Top Res ; Song Thrush - 6 - inc 4 singing ; Yellowhammer - 2 - singing ; Sedge Warbler - 1 - singing
• Kiveton Community Woodland: Reed Warbler - 2 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 3 - singing ; Blackcap - 2 - singing ; Skylark - 1 - singing ; Blackbird - 5 - singing ; Whitethroat - 2 - singing ; House Martin - 1 - overhead
• Markham Vale: Water Rail - 1 - ad calling in reedbed + other weaker calls suggestive of young ; Sedge Warbler - 1 - singing ; Reed Warbler - 7 - singing ; Reed Bunting - 6 - Males ; Song Thrush - 2 - singing ; Kingfisher - 1 - calling from Doe Lea
• Meersbrook Park: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1+ - Occupied nest with young near fledging ; Stock Dove - 1 - singing ; Goldcrest - 1 - singing
• Middleton Moor: Hobby - 1 - low over fields towards Longstone Moor ; Wheatear - 2 - pair, fem carrying food ; Oystercatcher - 5 - in to roost ; Curlew - 21 - arriving up to dusk. Presumed failed breeders ; Dunlin - 1 - prob dropped in c20:00 ; Shelduck - 2 ; Little Ringed Plover - 1 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - c400 - numbers building and still coming in near dark ; Herring Gull - 1 ; 321 - 2 - dropped in flushing eveything ; Lapwing - c30 - 2o in one field
• Nether Haugh; Roman Ridge/Clay Hills: Blackcap - 1 - singing ; Long-tailed Tit - 6+ - flock, inc fledged juvs ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Whitethroat - 1 - singing
• New Stubbin colliery/tip: Chiffchaff - 5 - singing ; Long-tailed Tit - 30+ - 3 flocks, inc fledged juvs ; Chaffinch - 3 - 1 singing ; Yellowhammer - 4+ - 2 singing ; Blackcap - 3 - singing ; Willow Warbler - 4 - singing ; Swift - 8 - over ; Kestrel - 1 ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Common Buzzard - 1 - soaring over ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - soaring over/interacting with BZ
• Orgreave Lakes: Willow Warbler - 2 - Singing ; Swift - 3 ; Whitethroat - 2 - Singing ; Great Crested Grebe - 18 - 2 Juveniles ; Black-headed Gull - 20 ; Gadwall - 7 ; Reed Bunting - 5 ; Greylag Goose - 10 ; Skylark - 8 - Singing ; Lapwing - 4 ; Pied Wagtail - 5 - With food ; Pochard - 1 ; Tufted Duck - 12 ; Oystercatcher - 2 ; Kestrel - 3 - Together ; House Martin - 20 - Gathering mud ; Sand Martin - 5 ; Linnet - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 2 - Singing ; Blackcap - 1 - Singing ; Wheatear - 1 - Female on North shore ; Whooper Swan - 1 - Single adult.
• Parkgate; Stubbin incline: Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Blackcap - 2 - singing ; Kestrel - 1 - male ; Woodpigeon - c40 - in adjacent bean field ; Blue Tit - breeding confirmed - nest with young in metal fence post
• Peat Pits: Wheatear - 3 - all female feeding around site. ; Grey Partridge - 2 - flying into rape field.
• Poolsbrook CP: Great Crested Grebe - 4 ; Canada Goose - 4 - 2 pairs + 6 young ; House Sparrow - 6 ; Garden Warbler - 2 - male singing + other bird alarming ; Blackcap - 2 - pair - male alarming + female wing shuffling - presumed nest site
• Poolsbrook Marsh: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Jay - 1 ; Swift - 2 ; Sedge Warbler - 2 - singing ; Reed Warbler - 9 - singing ; Garden Warbler - 2 - singing ; Cetti's Warbler - 1 - singing ; Blackcap - 2 - singing ; Bullfinch - 2 - pair at nest site ; Gadwall - 1 - male
• Rawmarsh Cemetery: Chaffinch - 2 - singing ; Stock Dove - 3 - pair + 1 singing ; Blue Tit - breeding confirmed - nest 2.5m up in Ash, adults bringing food
• Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Greenfinch - 01-Feb - singing ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing, Rectory Fields allotments
• Rawmarsh; Stubbin incline: Chaffinch - 1 - singing ; Swift - 4 - over ; Blackcap - 1 - singing