Sightings Archive

Firsby Res: Whitethroat - 2 ; Yellowhammer - 1 - Singing.

Green Moor: Little Owl - 1 - Again this evening ; Little Owl - 1 - another photo

Rivelin Valley: Little Owl - 01-Feb - Coppice Farm ; Yellowhammer - 1 - singing near Coppice Lane

Silverwood Lagoon: Little Grebe - 10+ - including pair feeding 2 downy young (second brood) ; Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - reeling

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 8 - ads nest vacated no young seen ; Cormorant - 4 ; Mute Swan - 14 - inc.2jv ; Tufted Duck - 38 - 31m7f ; Kestrel - 3 - 1ad2j ; Black-headed Gull - 70 - inc.4jv ; Herring Gull - 3 - jv s ; Swift - 10 - high ; Sand Martin - 5 - past s ; Swallow - 2 ; Blackcap - 5 - sing ; Whitethroat - 3 - call ; Reed Warbler - 1 - sing ; Chiffchaff - 13 - 1sing 1ad 11j call ; Goldfinch - 60+ - inc.flocks of 40-10

Barlow Common: Kestrel - 3

Burbage Moor: Hobby - 2 - Circling and taking insects from the heather tops, feeding in the wing.

Catcliffe Flash: Gadwall - 8+ ; Pochard - 6 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Little Grebe - 6+ - ad pr with 2 chicks, ad + juv ; Moorhen - 6+ ; Coot - 50+ - c50 ads + young inc recently hatched ; Sand Martin - 6+ ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing

Green Moor: Little Owl - 1 ; Little Owl - 1 - again this evening - photo ; Pied Wagtail - 2+ - Feeding young at the nest site

Middleton Moor: Yellow-legged Gull - 1 - Adult ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 53 ; Curlew - 9 ; Redshank - 3

R Don, Norfolk Bridge: Yellow-legged Gull - 2 - near adult and juv on roof and weir.

Rawmarsh:Stubbin Old Pit Site: 319 - 2 - circling ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Kestrel - 2 ; Mediterranean Gull - 1 - adult circled low over Nether Haugh with BHG's @ 15.58 & headed SW towards Wentworth Lakes @ 16.00 ; Swift - 70 ; Green Woodpecker - 1 ; Bullfinch - 3

Stubley Hollow: Jackdaw - 234 - ; Lesser Black backed Gull - 21 ; Little Owl 3 - 1ad+1juv and 1 ad at other territory ; Buzzard - 2 - a pair ; Yellowhammer 2 - 1 carrying food

Waverley: Yellow-legged Gull - 4 - 3 adults and 1 3rd year ; Green Sandpiper - 1 - one from north calling over pools continued on in an orgreave direction.

White Edge: Wheatear - 2 - 2 juvs at widely spaced locations ; Whinchat - 1

Burbage Valley: Ring Ouzel - 1 - male. ; Meadow Pipit - 9+ ; Reed Bunting - 1 - male ; Stonechat - 1 - Male ; Snipe - 2 ; Swallow - 2 - 1 adult, 1 juvenile

Canklow Woods: Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - 1 reeling

Longshaw: Meadow Pipit - 2 ; Swallow - 2 ; Mandarin - 5 - females, on pond ; Green Woodpecker - 1 ; Nuthatch - 3 - 1 adult, 2 Juveniles ; Song Thrush - 1

R Don, Norfolk Bridge: Yellow-legged Gull - 1 - juv still present. ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - c60 ; Herring Gull - 5 - 2-3cy. ; Kingfisher - 1

Canklow Woods: Long-tailed Tit - 14 - 14 mostly juvs

Canyards: Woodcock - 1 - Roding

Green Moor: Little Owl - 1 ; Little Owl - 1 - photo ; Little Owl - 1 - Again late evening.

Moorland Fringe: Nightjar - 3

Old Ravenfield: Sparrowhawk - 1 - Juv sat outside nest. ; Kestrel - 1 - 2 fully grown juvs in Owl box.

Orgreave Lakes: Little Egret - 1 - Small lake. ; Common Sandpiper - 2 ; Ringed Plover - 1 ; Redshank - 1

R Don, Norfolk Bridge: Yellow-legged Gull - 02-Mar - juveniles, 3 juvs present, all 3 likely were YLG's. ; Yellow-legged Gull - 02-Mar ; Great Black-backed Gull - 1 - 2s/3cy ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - c40 - first 2 juveniles today.

Rivelin: Common Buzzard - 1 - In St Michaels cemetery.

Rivelin Valley: Little Owl - 3 - I adult and two juveniles on Coppice Farm

RVCP: Little Egret - 2 ; Oystercatcher - 3 ; Little Ringed Plover - 1 ; Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Kingfisher - 1 - male on River Rother ; Lapwing - 70 ; Pied Wagtail - 11 - Recently fledged young amongst count ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Tufted Duck - 30+ ; Mute Swan - 30 - Including 6 cygnets

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 7 ; Mute Swan - 28 - inc.res.pr with 2j+ 12 left w