Sightings Archive

Barlow Common: Kestrel - 1 ; Linnet - 2 ; Jay - 1 ; Goldfinch - 6 ; Swallow - 05-Jun

Broomhead Moor: Red Kite - 2 - Two birds together at 18:15

Crowhole Res: Little Grebe - 2 ; Swallow - 15+ ; Pied Wagtail - 2

Firsby Res: Moorhen - 2 ; 321 - 1 ; Kestrel - 1 - Male.

Green Moor: Little Owl - 4 - Two adults and two owlets still

Holmebrook Valley Park: Red Kite - 1 - Flew West but not seen again

R Derwent, Leadmill: Mandarin - 2 - Adult + young ~ 1 mile below Leadmill bridge

Strines Res: Swallow - 5 - including 1 juvenile ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 3 ; Linnet - 4 - Males & females bathing in puddle

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 8 - ads ; Little Grebe - 1 - jv ; Cormorant - 7 ; Mute Swan - 38 - inc.2y ; Shoveler - 3 - f/j ; Tufted Duck - 29 ; Black-headed Gull - 30+ ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 - pst e ; Common Tern - 1 - feeding then left w ; Swift - 8 ; Kingfisher - 1 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - feeding in dead tree ; Sand Martin - 1 ; Swallow - 5 - 1ad +fam.2ad 2j ; Wren - 12 - 10sing ; Dunnock - 12 - 9sing ; Robin - 11 ; Whitethroat - 5 - fam party ; Reed Warbler - 5 - jv ; Willow Warbler - 5 - 1sing ; Chiffchaff - 15 ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 16+ - 2 parties 6+-10+ ; Goldfinch - 40+ - inc flock 20 ; Greenfinch - 5 ; Bullfinch - 4 - 02-Feb ; Yellowhammer - 2 - m1sing

Elsecar Res: Mute Swan - 2 ; Great Crested Grebe - 9 ; Coot - 18 ; Common Sandpiper - 1

Green Moor: Little Owl - 1 - Adult hunting again

Orgreave Lakes: Little Egret - 2 - On small lake at midday ; Sanderling - 1 - summer plumaged adult with 3 adult Dunlin ; Dunlin - 5 - 3 with Sanderling plus another 2 flighty birds. ; Common Sandpiper - 2 - plus a probable Whimbrel through N ; Common Tern - 1 - first summer/2cy bird

R Don, Nolfolk Bridge: Yellow-legged Gull - 1 - adult/near adult on the weir and roofs tonight.

Stubley Hollow: Little Owl - 4 - 2 adults and 2 juvs

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 7 ; Cormorant - 6 ; Mute Swan - 34 - inc 2y ; Canada Goose - 13 ; Tufted Duck - 50 - 39m11f ; 319 - 2 - singles soar 1n1ne ; Coot - 80+ ; Black-headed Gull - 60+ ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2 - 1ad s1- 2cy s ; Swift - 16 ; Sand Martin - 5 ; Blackcap - 1 ; Whitethroat - 1 ; Willow Warbler - 2 - 1sing ; Chiffchaff - 9 - 1sing ; Reed Warbler - 5+ - call from reedbed prob jvs ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Bullfinch - 5

Barlow Common: Linnet - 2 ; Yellowhammer - 1 ; Kestrel - 01-Feb ; Swallow - 03-Apr ; Goldfinch - up to 15 ; Long-tailed Tit - 2

Canklow Woods: Peregrine - 2 - 2 drifted north at 1855

Green Moor: Little Owl - 1 - Adult hunting and being tormented by magpies ; Tree Sparrow - 6 - Family group at feeders ; Little Owl - 3 - Adult and two Owlets late evening

Midhope Res: Yellow-legged Gull - 1 - adult ; Kestrel - 4+ ; Hobby - 1

Norton Lees: Jay - 1 - In observer's garden - 1st for some time ; Robin - 1 juvenile - In observer's garden

R Sheaf, Abbeydale: Grey Wagtail - 1 - Near Broadfield Road

Rawmarsh: Common Buzzard - 1 - drifted high to W @ 1700hrs ; Swift - present - steady SW movement a.m., during period of heavy showers

Rawmarsh:Haugh Rd: Sparrowhawk - 1 ; 319 - 4 - circling @ 16.15 ; Kestrel - 4 - Family party ; Peregrine - 1 - imm male circled over playing field @ 16.55-17.00 ; Swift - 80 ; Sand Martin - 7 - W