Sightings Archive

Thrybergh CP: Willow Warbler - 3 ; Chiffchaff - 36 - 4sing ; Spotted Flycatcher - 1 - at s/end of site ; Goldcrest - 1 - sing ; Reed Warbler - 2 ; Linnet - 70+ - inc.flocks of 20+ 40+

Treeton Dyke: Cetti's Warbler - 1 - still singing at N corner of lake.

Wadsley Common garden: Long-tailed Tit - 17 - Through garden.

Walkley Bank: Swift - 1 - visiting nest on Bell Hagg Road

Wentworth Park: Yellowhammer - 1 ; Little Owl - 1 ; Stock Dove - 4 - 2 over; 2 perched in top of Ash ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - calling ; Common Buzzard - 2 - one calling from woodland, left S; second calling from top of telegraph pole ; Pheasant - common - hundreds of recently released poults throughout ; Blackcap - 1

Wentworth Park; Dog Kennel Pond: Nuthatch - 1 ; Coal Tit - 1 ; Moorhen - 10 ; Black-headed Gull - 42 ; Tufted Duck - 16 ; Coot - 7 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Cormorant - 2 - imms ; Great Crested Grebe - 4+ - + 1 dependent juv ; Mallard - 6 ; 320 - 1 - female ; Kingfisher - 1 - carrying food ; Red-legged Partridge - 1 - calling

Wentworth Park; Greasbrough Dam: Moorhen - 16 ; Nuthatch - 5+ - 2 car park; 2 Dam Head; 1+ Brookshank Wood ; Coal Tit - 1+ - car park ; Chiffchaff - 4 - inc 2 singing ; Blackcap - 2 ; Grey Heron - 2 ; Coot - 4 ; Yellow Wagtail - 1 - N (!) ; Great Crested Grebe - 6+ - + 6 juvs in 3 broods, all still dependent ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 2 - 1 N; 1 Brookshank Wood ; Black-headed Gull - 3 ; Treecreeper - 1+ - Dam Head ; Whitethroat - 1 - Dam Head ; Goldcrest - 1+ - Dam Head

Wentworth Park; Morley Plantation: Nuthatch - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 2 ; Sparrowhawk - 02-Mar - 1-2 juvs calling & female hunting ; Jay - 1 ; Blackcap - 1 ; Woodpigeon - c25 - inc at least 3 juvs

Wentworth Park; Morley Pond: Kestrel - 1 - female ; Cormorant - 1 - E ; Willow Warbler - 1 - calling ; Nuthatch - 2 - calling ; Great Crested Grebe - 3 - adults ; Grey Wagtail - 3 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 2 - males, agitated calling/interaction ; Moorhen - 2 ; Chiffchaff - 2 ; Woodpigeon - c50 ; Blackcap - 2 ; Grey Heron - 2 ; Swallow - c30 - feeding over adjacent stubble ; Common Buzzard - 1 - N ; Mistle Thrush - 14 ; Swift - 5

Carr Vale Nature Reserve: Grey Partridge - 1 ; Swift - 02-Mar ; Kingfisher - 1 ; Blackcap - 1 ; Willow Warbler - 3 ; Lapwing - c.25 ; Grey Heron - 3 ; Little Grebe - 1 ; Great Crested Grebe - 1 ; Sand Martin - 4+ ; Swallow - 10+ ; Stock Dove - 02-Mar ; Goldfinch - 100+ ; Linnet - 2 ; Long-tailed Tit - 2+ ; Gadwall - 3

Dale Dike Res: Red Kite - 1 - circled up and over to Hollingdale late morning.

Derwent Edge: Raven - 4 ; Kestrel - 3 - one bird catching insects over moor.

Manor Fields Park: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Willow Warbler - 2 ; Chiffchaff - 5 ; Sedge Warbler - 1 - central area 08:15. ; Blackcap - 3 - 1 male. ; Whitethroat - 6 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; House Martin - 4 ; Swallow - 2 - nort at 09:00

Middleton Moor: Greenshank - 1

Moscar Cross: Ring Ouzel - 1 - juv with Mistle Thrushes feeding in Rowan ; Mistle Thrush - 30 ; Tree Pipit - 1 - over calling ; Stonechat - 3 - males

Moscar Fields: Red-legged Partridge - 1+ - calling