Sightings Archive

Middleton Moor: Yellow-legged Gull - 2 - 1 second summer,1 near adult ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 147

Orgreave Lakes: Common Tern - 1 ; Black-headed Gull - 50 - C.50 at dusk including 1 juvenile ; Common Sandpiper - 2 - On small lake this evening ; Grey Partridge - 1 - Calling on 'plains' at dusk.

R Don, Effingham St: CASPIAN GULL - 1 - 2cy on weir at 13:30, before flying to Tesco roof. Same bird last seen on 1st June.

R Don, Norfolk Bridge: Kingfisher - 1

Rawmarsh:Haugh Rd: 321 - 2 - SW @ 19.35 ; Mute Swan - 13 - ad's S @ 19.50

Shirecliffe: Swift - 6 - attending nest sites under eaves on Miles road .

Treeton Dyke: Gadwall - 1 - fem ; Great Crested Grebe - 2 - pair plus 3 chicks. ; Mute Swan - 2 - pair with 5 cygnets.

Walkley: Swift - 5 - circling houses near Asda

Agden Side: Redstart - 2+ ; Redstart - 2+ ; Wren - 5+ - Photo ; Curlew - 6+ - Confirmed breeding, juvs present ; Curlew - 6+ - photo ; Tawny Owl - 1 ; Raven - 2 ; Pheasant - 8+ - Family party

Aldwarke; Aldwarke Lane: Kestrel - breeding confirmed - 1pr carrying food to 3 fledged juvs

Aldwarke; Liberty Steel: Peregrine - 1 - (age unknown) sat on water tower from 0625hrs at least

Aldwarke; Waddington Way: Whitethroat - 1 - singing male ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing male ; Bullfinch - 1 ; Magpie - breeding confirmed - family party

Baslow: Oystercatcher - 1 - 1 north over observer's house calling loudly

Brightside: Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - singing in scrub near Brightside Weir

Dalton: Blackcap - 1 - singing male ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing male

Dunston, Chesterfield: Little Owl - 1 - Landed briefly on road sign on Dunston Lane just up from Dunston Lodge Boarding.

Harper Lees: Mandarin - 2+ - 2 females with broods of 4 & 2. ; Redstart - 1 - male carrying food. ; Garden Warbler - 1 - singing

Holmebrook Valley Park: Mandarin - 1 - Female on main lake ; Mute Swan - 2+ - with 3 cygnets ; Greylag Goose - 2+ - with 4 goslings ; 3 Bullfinch - 3 ; Chiffchaff - 1+ ; Willow Warbler - 1+ ; Blackcap - 1+.

Onesmoor: Pied Wagtail - 5 - 2 adults + 3 independent juv's feeding at roadside .

Orgreave Lakes: Redshank - 10+ ; Lapwing - 2 - Adult and well grown chick on western shore of big lake. ; Oystercatcher - 3 - 3 adults flew south

Parkgate; *Banana* plantation: Willow Warbler - 1 - singing male ; Whitethroat - 1 - singing male ; Blackcap - 3+ - singing males + several calling (family party?) ; Greylag Goose - 3 - low to E @ 0558hrs ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 6 - 4 SW; 1 W; 1 NE ; Magpie - breeding confirmed - 1-2 family parties ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; Mute Swan - 1 - SW @ 0641hrs

Peat Pits: Tawny Owl - 1 - hunting from telegraph poles. ; QUAIL - 1 - singing at dusk in grass field. ; Golden Plover - 1 ; Curlew - 23 - adults in cut field

R Don, Aldwarke: Cormorant - 1 - imm, fishing successfully on river ; Mallard - 1+ - f + 3 juvs ; Blackcap - 1 - singing male ; Kingfisher - 1 - adult, fishing ; Black-headed Gull - 4 - adults ; Chiffchaff - 2 - singing males ; Greenfinch - 1 - singing male ; Kestrel - 1

Ramsley Res: HONEY BUZZARD - 1 ; HONEY BUZZARD - 1 - another photo ; HONEY BUZZARD - 1 - another photo

Rawmarsh: Common Buzzard - 1 - drifted E/NE @ 1155hrs

Rawmarsh:Stubbin Old Pit Site: 321 - 1 - W @ 05.30 ; Greylag Goose - 3 - Feeding in recently cut field. Flew E @ 05.55 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; 319 - 2 ; Osprey - 1 - flew NW over Wentworth Park @ 06.05 carrying fish. Appeared to have left from Greasborough Dam. ; Grey Partridge - 1 ; Red-legged Partridge - 5 ; Lapwing - 8 - In area inc 4 juvs ; Common Gull - 1 - ad E @ 18.45 ; Woodpigeon - 250 - Feeding in recently cut field ; Swift - 40 ; Skylark - 5 - singing ; Meadow Pipit - 6 - Breeding confirmed. Ad with 2 juvs ; Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - singing ; Whitethroat - 3 - singing ; Willow Warbler - 4 - singing ; Long-tailed Tit - 21 - all juvs ; Jay - 1 ; Linnet - 4 - prs ; Goldfinch - 4 - pairs ; Bullfinch - 1 - pr ; Yellowhammer - 5 - Singing

Roundwood Golf course: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - calling ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing male ; Greenfinch - 1 - singing male ; Goldcrest - 1 - singing male ; Stock Dove - 3 ; Song Thrush - 3 - singing male + 2 (family party?) ; Blackcap - 1 - singing male ; Willow Warbler - 1 - singing male

Baslow: 319 - 3 - Circling & calling overhead

Bradfield Moors: Hobby - 1 - Flew across moor and perched on a rock, stayed put for 2 hours.

Canklow Woods: Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - 1 singing ; Common Buzzard - 1