Sightings Archive

New Stubbin colliery/tip: Bullfinch - 1 ; Meadow Pipit - 1 - singing ; Common Buzzard - 1 - low to E pursued by crow

Old Ravenfield: Sedge Warbler - 1 - Singing in Oilseed Rape field at St James Church.

Onesmoor: Wheatear - 2 - seem to be late migrants this year

Padley Gorge: Wood Warbler - 1 - One short burst of song at 7:30.

Porter Valley: Green Woodpecker - 1 - heard only ; Mandarin - 7+ - 7+ adults including a pair with 7 small young ; Dipper - 3+ ; Swallow - 6 - around suitable nesting location at Farm barn ; Whitethroat - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Greenfinch - 1

Ramsley Moor: Stonechat - 8

Rawmarsh Cemetery: Blackcap - 1 - singing ; Tawny Owl - 1 - adult; forced out of tree by mobbing Blackbird

Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: House Martin - 2

Rawmarsh; Stubbin incline: Blackcap - 2 - singing ; Chaffinch - 2 - singing ; Long-tailed Tit - 1+ ; Chiffchaff - 3 - 1 SK4395; 2 SK4396, all singing

Redmires conduit: Wheatear - 2

Redmires Res: Greylag Goose - 8 - inc 3 pairs & 16 young ; Canada Goose - 6 - inc 2 pairs with 9 young ; Moorhen - 1 - ad still sat on eggs on Top Res ; Kestrel - 1 - male ; Common Sandpiper - 6 - 3 pairs ; Dunlin - 2 - ads moulting into summer plumage on Middle Res ; Lapwing - 4 - 2 pairs sat on eggs on Middle Res ; Sedge Warbler - 1 - singing from soft rush on south side of Middle Res ; Whitethroat - 2 - singing ; Willow Warbler - 12 - singing ; Stonechat - 1 - male ; Reed Bunting - 4 - singing on south side of Middle Res ; Linnet - 8 - 4 pairs along south side of Middle Res ; Siskin - 2 - pair - female collecting nest material + a nice male collecting grit from footpath ; Redstart - 3 - males singing by Top Res ; Garden Warbler - 2 - singing males ; Blackcap - 3 - singing ; Swift - 1 - flew S ; Swallow - 6 ; Grey Wagtail - 2 - pair by Top Res inc male carrying food ; Chiffchaff - 2 - singing ; Lesser Redpoll - 1 - calling by Top Res ; Cuckoo - 1 - singing

Redmires Top Res: Cuckoo - 1

Rivelin Valley: Dipper - 2 - Adult and what looked like a juvenile downstream of Third Coppice Wheel ; Grey Wagtail - 2 ; Pied Wagtail - 1 ; Mallard - 12 - 2 females each with 3 / 4 ducklings. Adult pair ; Jay - 2 ; Robin - 8 - Several carrying insects

Rocher Flat: Golden Plover - 5 - still in rough field

Rud Hill: Oystercatcher - 1 - seen flying low SE ; Snipe - 2 - ad with newly hatched chick

Shepherd Wheel: 319 - 1 - flew from perch

Stannington: House Martin - 12+ - In flight over Oldfield Rd.

Thrybergh CP: Egyptian Goose - 1 ; Oystercatcher - 2 ; Lapwing - 8 ; Yellow Wagtail - 1 ; Swift - 2 ; Swallow - 2 ; Sand Martin - 3 ; Blackcap - 4 ; Chiffchaff - 3 ; Willow Warbler - 4 ; Whitethroat - 3 ; Kestrel - 2 ; 319 - 5

Unthank: Spotted Flycatcher - 2 ; Nuthatch - 1 ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Blackcap - 2

Wentworth: Red Kite - 1 - over field @ Peacock Lodge farm, 07:15

Wharncliffe Heath NR: Oystercatcher - 2 - flew over calling, the first site record ; Pied Flycatcher - 6+

Wharncliffe Wood: Cuckoo - 1 - Flew over track that’s parallel to Wharncliffe Chase

White Lee Moor: Cuckoo - 1 - singing

Woodhouse Washlands: Kingfisher - 1 ; Goosander - 2 - male and female ; Reed Bunting - 2 - Two males in territorial dispute ; Grey Partridge - 2 ; Whitethroat - 2 - Singing males ; Skylark - 1 - Singing ; Little Egret - 1 ; Blackcap - 2 ; Willow Warbler - 1 - Singing ; Chiffchaff - 1 - Singing ; Sedge Warbler - 1 - Singing

Wyming Brook: Wood Warbler - 2 - Either side of track to Reddicar Clough at 15:00

Clod Hall Moor: Cuckoo - 3 - 2 males chasing a female

Cowell Flat: Red Kite - 1 ; Curlew - 5 - mobbing Kite

Cutthroat Bridge: Ring Ouzel - 5

Foxhill, Shaw Hill: Swift - 1 - Over W

High Green: Swift - 05-Jul ; Greenfinch - 2 - Separate singing males on territory

High Street,Ecclesfield: Swift - 6 ; House Martin - 4 - With swifts.