Sightings Archive

Firsby Res: Kestrel - 1 - Hunting. ; Sparrowhawk - 2 - Pair in willows. ; 319 - 1 ; Mistle Thrush - 5 - Family party? ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Swallow - 2 - On wires near houses. ; Goldfinch - 10+ - Inc nest with well grown chicks. ; Linnet - 10+ ; Bullfinch - 2 - Pair. ; Stock Dove - 2 ; Grey Partridge - 3 ; Blackcap - 4 - Singing. ; Reed Warbler - 1 - Singing in far Reed bed. ; Whitethroat - 6 - Calling in undergrowth. ; Willow Warbler - 3+ - Singing also nest With eggs on ground. ; Chiffchaff - 2 ; Skylark - 2 - Over farmland. ; Wren - 1 ; Goldcrest - 1 - Near road. ; Blackbird - 1 - Female sitting. ; Dunnock - 6 - Adult feeding chicks. ; Chaffinch - 2 - Singing Males. ; Yellowhammer - 4 - Singing. ; Reed Bunting - 1

Five Weirs’ Walk: 324 - 2 - Brimstone butterfly ; Grey Wagtail - 2 - singles

Foxhill, Shaw Hill: Bullfinch - 1 - male, calling - rare here

Ibbotson Wheel Dam: Sparrowhawk - 1 - Female flew low west from dam to Porter Brook

Ladybower Res, North arm: Greylag Goose - 8 - 2 adults with 6 goslings in meadow above reservoir.

Langsett Res: Wood Warbler - 3 - singing around reservoir.

Meadowhall area: 319 - 1 - mobbed by a couple of Crows

Meersbrook Park: Swift - 2 ; Treecreeper - 1 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1

Millhouses: Swift - 4 - Four over the roof tops this morning. Hardly an influx but better than earlier this week.

Moorland Fringe: Nightjar - 1 - churring Canyards

Moscar Cross: Lapwing - 25 - Including 5 pairs with at least 11 chicks

Orgreave Lakes: Cetti's Warbler - 1 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 2 ; Great Crested Grebe - 15+ ; Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Redshank - 4+ ; Shoveler - 1 ; Oystercatcher - 4+ ; Gadwall - 10+

Padley Gorge: Wood Warbler - 1 - Singing ; Pied Flycatcher - 3 - Males singing ; Redstart - 2 - 2 males singing ; Mistle Thrush - 2 - Pair chasing. ; Goldcrest - 2 - Pair. ; Dipper - 2 - Pair ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - Male ; Hobby - 1 - Flew west. ; Tree Pipit - 1 - on moor above, display flight.

Peat Pits: Lapwing - 8 - broods of 2 larger, 1 medium and 4 small chicks, and birds still incubating. ; Red-legged Partridge - 1 - calling from wall

R Don, Meadowhall: Sand Martin - 10+ - Hadfield’s Weir area

Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Blackcap - 1 - singing

Redmires Bottom Res: Mandarin - 1 - one male unusual here ; Linnet - 2 - Pair on gorse bank ; Song Thrush - 1

Rocher Flat: Golden Plover - 14 - feeding in fields and rough pasture ; Snipe - 4 - 3 chipping on posts

Rocher Head Fields: Lapwing - 5 - inc adult with 3 chicks ; Stonechat - 2 - pair with at least one fledged chick ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 15 - dropped into fields, ads and subads. ; Linnet - 30

Round Hill: Red Kite - 2

Shepherd Wheel Dam: Moorhen - 6 - 2 adults + 4 (visible) chicks ; Kingfisher - 1 - Half a dozen successful dives for food ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - Regular song post at east of dam

Sothall: Moorhen - 1 - nocmig recorded calling over garden 0223hr

Thorpe Hesley: Swift - 4 - 3 over early morning, 4 over afternoon ; House Martin - 4 ; Swallow - 2 ; Whitethroat - 2 - 2 singing males ; Skylark - 3 - singing

Thrybergh CP: Mute Swan - 33+3+4 ; Canada Goose - 8 - Joined by a handsome pair of Bar headed geese ; Chiffchaff - 3 ; Willow Warbler - 3 ; Whitethroat - 6 ; Blackcap - 8 ; Reed Warbler - 1+ ; Yellow Wagtail - 1 - male carrying food ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - male ; Pied Wagtail - 10+ - 6 fledged young ; Swift - 8 ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Linnet - 3 ; Tawny Owl - 1 ; 319 - 4 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Lapwing - 4

White Lee Moor: Spotted Flycatcher - 1 - calling in plantation.

Wyming Brook: Mandarin - 1 - Female flew across the moorland towards Redmires. ; Barn Owl - 1 ; Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - Reeling on the moorland.

Barbrook Plantation: Cuckoo - 2 - much chasing and calling ; Stonechat - 2