Sightings Archive

Thrybergh CP: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 2 - singles ; Swift - 15 - + ; Swallow - 12 - past s ; House Martin - 2 - s ; Robin - 23 ; Blackcap - 3 ; Whitethroat - 3 ; Chiffchaff - 22 ; Linnet - 26 ; Goldfinch - 90 - +inc flock 65 ; Reed Bunting - 2

Wadsley Common garden: Willow Warbler - 1 - Singing.

Aldwarke; Liberty Steel: Common Buzzard - 2 - one rose over complex & began soaring, joined by a second from E @ 1045hrs ; Cormorant - 8 - max on pylon by 1100hrs

Eckington: Green Woodpecker - 1 ; 319 - 1 ; Kestrel - 2 ; Swallow - 20+ ; Long-tailed Tit - 6+

Greasbrough; Church Street: Swallow - c10 - loafing on warm, sunward side of roof, Grayson's Farm ; House Martin - c50 - mostly juvs, loafing on warm, sunward side of roof, Grayson's Farm

Green Moor: Green Woodpecker - 1 ; Tawny Owl - 1 ; Tree Sparrow - 15+ ; Little Owl - 3 - Adult and two Owlets; one owlet landed on my head as I was leant against a wall fully camouflaged up. ; Chiffchaff - 1 - Having a bath in garden pond

Greystones garden: Nuthatch - 1 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1

Hangingwater garden: Woodpigeon - 3 - 2 ad + 1 juv at table

Hobson Moss: Marsh Harrier - 2 - together on and off during the afternoon.

Leash Fen: Whinchat - 2 ; Hobby - 1 - catching insects over Fen ; Peregrine - 2 - over together

Long Line: 319 - 1 - circling over

Millhouses, Sheaf Valley Walk: Ring-necked Parakeet - 1 - Flew SW ; Kingfisher - 1 ; Goldcrest - 2 - One singing

Nether Haugh; Back Lane: Linnet - c60 - feeding in stubbles

Orgreave: Grey Partridge - 4

Parkgate; *Banana* plantation: Coal Tit - 1 ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; Blackcap - 1 ; Swallow - 2 - SW ; Kestrel - 1 - male ; Bullfinch - 1

Porter Brook: Dipper - 1 - 1 flew downstream from bridge at entrance to General Cemetery.

R Don, Newhall Bridge: Kingfisher - 1 - Carrying a fish down stream .Poss second brood

Ramsley Moor: Stonechat - 5 - Adult male and 4 juvs ; Whinchat - 3 - Juvs ; Willow Warbler - 4 - Including 1 singing ; Chiffchaff - 1 - Singing ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - Female ; Meadow Pipit - 30 - Mobbing sparrowhawk

Rawmarsh: Black-headed Gull - c120 - drifted E @ 1755hrs

Redmires Res: Cormorant - 3 - sub-ads during the morning ; Mallard - 26 ; Tufted Duck - 1 ; Grey Heron - 1 - ad flew south ; Sparrowhawk - 2 ; Kestrel - 3 ; Hobby - 1 - ad hunting over Bottom Res at 0921 hrs ; Ringed Plover - 2 - flew NW calling at 0921 hrs ; Black-headed Gull - 74 - flew SW ; Common Gull - 1 - ad flew SW with BHGs ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 24 - flew SW ; Starling - 150 - c. in fields ; Mistle Thrush - 34 - post-breeding flock ; Whinchat - 1 - juv by Bottom Res ; Redstart - 1 - male flew in across fields by Bottom Res ; Goldfinch - 40 - c. post-breeding flock ; Meadow Pipit - 52 - c. 30 post-breeding flock + 22 flew SW ; Tree Pipit - 14 - flew S/SW in 3 hrs ; Swallow - 145 - flew SW in 3 hrs ; House Martin - 40 - c. SW in 3 hours ; Grey Wagtail - 8 - inc 4 SW ; Pied Wagtail - 5 - flew SW ; Goldfinch - 11 - flew SW ; Reed Bunting - 5 - flew SW ; Yellow Wagtail - 2 - flew SW

Shepherd Wheel: Moorhen - 8 - 2 Adults feeding 6 downy chicks ; Long-tailed Tit - 2+

Southgrove Road: Swift - 3 - 2 at 18:00, 1 leaving nest site at 19:45.

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 8 ; Little Grebe - 2 ; Cormorant - 4 ; Mute Swan - 47 ; Tufted Duck - 53 ; 319 - 2 - soar s ; Kestrel - 1 ; Black-headed Gull - 40+ ; Herring Gull - 2 - left w ; Swift - 20+ ; Swallow - 15 - 12 on r/tops ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Kingfisher - 1 ; Robin - 20 ; Wheatear - 1 - jv ; Blackcap - 4 ; Whitethroat - 3