Sightings Archive

Silverwood Lagoon: Hobby - 1 - chasing H Martins over southern end at 08.05 then flew SE

Agden Res: 322 - 1 - Black Swan, lumbered over towards Edgemount at 22:05

Canklow Woods: Common Buzzard - 2 - in the air together at 1200

Onesmoor bottom .: Kestrel - 1 - male carrying prey over to Coumes wood .

Orgreave Lakes: Sandwich Tern - 1 - Until 07:25 when circled high and lost to view ; Scaup - 1 - Drake still early morning ; Common Sandpiper - 3 ; Grey Partridge - 2 - On tip

Rawmarsh; Rectory Fields allotments: Chiffchaff - 1 - singing male

Redmires conduit: Ring Ouzel - 3 - Single fledgling being fed by both parents at a distance from the nest site.

Stubley Hollow: Swallow - 21 - House Sparrow - 25, Chiffchaff - 6, Whitethroat - 2, Buzzard -1 , Little Owl -1, Sparrowhawk - 1, Kestrel 1, Linnet - 6

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 7 ; Cormorant - 4 - 1jv ; Tufted Duck - 38 - incf1y ; 319 - 1 - drifting w ; Kestrel - 1 - to s ; Oystercatcher - 1 - in ; Black-headed Gull - 40 ; Common Tern - 1 - in brief stop left sw ; Swift - 10 - + ; Sand Martin - 8 ; Blackcap - 6 - sing ; Whitethroat - 4 - sing ; Reed Warbler - 4 - 3sing ; Willow Warbler - 5 - sing ; Chiffchaff - 4 - sing ; Long-tailed Tit - 6 - #NAME?

Agden Side: Hobby - 1 - fast flight from Agden Rocher over and behind Emlin Ridge.

Aldwarke SF: Blackcap - 3 - singing males ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - over ; Whitethroat - 5 - inc 3 singing males ; Kestrel - 3 - fledged juvs sat on spoil heap; probably from breeding site close by ; Reed Bunting - 01-Feb - singing males ; Grey Heron - 1 - over from river & returned ; Little Grebe - 1pr+ - + 3 small juvs ; Moorhen - 1 - adult ; Reed Warbler - 4 - inc 2 singing males ; Chiffchaff - 4 - inc 1 singing male ; Coot - 8 - inc juvs ; Mallard - 2 ; Sand Martin - 3 - feeding over ; Tufted Duck - 1pr ; Song Thrush - 1 - carrying food; presumed bred ; Bullfinch - 2 ; Pheasant - 1+ - f + 2+ juvs

Barbrook Plantation: Spotted Flycatcher - 2 ; Redstart - 2 - Adult male feeling juvenile ; 319 - 2 ; Tree Pipit - 1

Barbrook Res: Yellowhammer - 1 ; Tree Pipit - 2

Barbrook Valley: Stonechat - 2 - Adults ; Whinchat - 12+ - 7 adults and 4+ juv ; Whinchat - 11+ - another photo

Cinder Bridge Road: Stock Dove - 2 - picking grit from roadside?

Damflask Res: Oystercatcher - 1

Green Moor: Little Owl - 1 - Catching prey ; Common Buzzard - 1 - Moulting adult. ; Peregrine - 1 - Carrying prey ; Grey Partridge - 1 - My first here for many years

Hangingwater garden: Jay - 3 - 2 ad feeding juv at table

Kelham Island: Hobby - 1 - Interested in the Sand Martins then perched for a few minutes on scaffolding next to the Kelham Island Tavern before flying NW.

Keppels Field LNR: Yellowhammer - 1 - singing male ; Whitethroat - 2 - inc singing male ; Chiffchaff - 2 - inc singing male ; Bullfinch - 1 ; Skylark - 1 - singing male ; Kestrel - 1 - m, hunting ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing male ; Pheasant - 3 - well-grown juvs

Leash Fen / Far Lane: Curlew - 1

Orgreave Lakes: Little Egret - 3 - briefly mid-morning ; Scaup - 1 - Drake still present ; Ringed Plover - 1

Parkgate Canal Basin: Lesser Black-backed Gull - 22 ; Mute Swan - 28+ - + 1 cygnet ; Black-headed Gull - c100 - inc 4 'ginger' juvs ; Whitethroat - 1 - singing male ; Mallard - 22 ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing male ; Herring Gull - 2

Peat Pits: Mistle Thrush - 14 - single group feeding in recently mowed field .

R Don, Effingham St: Common Buzzard - 1 - low over N

Rawmarsh; Rectory Fields allotments: Chiffchaff - 1 - singing male

Rawmarsh:Haugh Rd: Siskin - 1 - SW

Redmires Res: Oystercatcher - 4+ - 2prs, one with fledged young

Rotherham; private site: Cetti's Warbler - 1 - singing frequently but no signs of breeding again

Scholes Coppice: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - calling ; Nuthatch - 1 - calling ; Coal Tit - 1 - calling

Scholes Village: Tree Sparrow - 2 ; Swallow - breeding confirmed - carrying food into outbuilding, Red House Farm

Scholes Village; fields to N: Yellowhammer - 1

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 8 - 3pr -1-1 ; Little Grebe - 1 - ad sum.plumage ; Cormorant - 3 ; Mute Swan - 9 - inc 2y ; Common Scoter - 1 - ad m ; Tufted Duck - 29 - 25m4f ; 319 - 3 - soar ( 1n 2se)