Sightings Archive

Harthill Res: Bullfinch - 1 - m ; Grey Wagtail - 2 - pr ; Swallow - 14 ; Swift - 12 ; Sand Martin - 4 ; House Martin - 2 ; Great Crested Grebe - 4 - 1pr courting ; Gadwall - 4 - 2 prs ; Mute Swan - 1 - resident pr sitting

Ickles: Bullfinch - 4 - family party 2ads 2juvs

Linacre Res: Tufted Duck - 16 ; Mandarin - 5 - 4 adults plus a female with a brood of 6 small young.

Orgreave​ Lakes: Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - Reeling between river and small lake ; Pochard - 12 ; Great Crested Grebe - 27 - Inc 3 young with pair on small lake. ; Ringed Plover - 6

Rawmarsh: Haugh Rd/Stubbin Pit Site: Herring Gull - 6 - On playing field feeding on earth worms ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 3 - on playing field ; Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - singing ; Garden Warbler - 1 - singing

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 3 ; Mute Swan - 45 - inc.2ad4y ; Whooper Swan - 1 - dep.w .with party of m/swan ; Gadwall - 2 - m ; Swift - 100 - feeding low over hedge tops ; Sand Martin - 4 ; Swallow - 16 - + ; House Martin - 12 - + ; Wren - 15 - 13sing ; Robin - 12 - 11sing +2jvs ; Song Thrush - 3 - sing ; Blackbird - 17 - 11sing ; Blackcap - 2 - sing ; Whitethroat - 7 - 6sing ; Reed Warbler - 3 - 2sing ; Willow Warbler - 5 - sing ; Chiffchaff - 4 - sing ; Great Tit - 17 - +3families ; Blue Tit - 10 - +inc.fam.7+ ; Greenfinch - 3 - sing. ; Bullfinch - 4 - inc.2m at feeders

Wentworth Lakes: Greylag Goose - 52 ; Gadwall - 1 - m on Dog Kennel Pond ; Common Tern - 1 - briefly on Dog Kennel Pond. Flew NE @ 06.55 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - drumming ; Kingfisher - 1

Aldwarke: Sparrowhawk - 1 - soaring over ; Mute Swan - 7 - SW 0705-0800hrs ; Canada Goose - 13 - 4 NE @ 0604hrs; 9 NE @ 0635hrs, latter continuing towards Denaby Common area

Aldwarke Lane: Kestrel - 1pr - around nesting area; m over carrying prey to f

Aldwarke SF: Pheasant - 3+ - 2m; 1f + juvs ; Whitethroat - 6 - inc 4 singing males ; Stock Dove - 3 ; Blackcap - 3 - singing males ; Reed Bunting - 1 - singing male ; Reed Warbler - 2 - singing males ; Sand Martin - 2 ; Coot - 10+ - #NAME? ; Lapwing - 4 - over from treatment works ; Black-headed Gull - 4 - 2 ads; 2 2cy ; Mute Swan - 1 - long-dead adult sat on nest platform; cause unknown ; Little Grebe - 3 - all adults = at least 2prs, but very elusive ; Gadwall - 3 - 2m; 1f ; Tufted Duck - 1pr ; Mallard - 1 - drake ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing male ; Moorhen - 1 ; House Martin - 1

Aldwarke; Tata Steel: Kestrel - 2 - hunting ; Peregrine - 1 - adult hunting, seen to take FP; then on rooftop/water tower ; Cormorant - 4 - on pylon

Bar Brook Valley: Whinchat - 3 - 2 males and a female ; Hobby - 1

Barbrook Plantation: Tree Pipit - 1 - Heard singing

Blackburn Meadows NR: Lesser Whitethroat - 1 ; Whitethroat - 1 ; Stonechat - 1 - male - unusual here ; Reed Warbler - 3 ; Gadwall - 2 ; Mute Swan - 2 - Landed on canal ; Oystercatcher - 1 - Circled over then left south east at 10.00 ; Reed Warbler - 10 - 8 singing males ; Whitethroat - 8 - Singing males ; 324 - 1 - Eyed Hawk Moth

Bolehill Flash: Sedge Warbler - 1 - Singing from willow scrub ; Reed Warbler - 8 - At least 8 singing birds

Dalton/Woodlaithes area: Common Buzzard - 3 - minimum in area early morning

Deepcar: Lapwing - 1 - adult with two chicks in field to south of Hollin Busk Lane

Hangingwater: Swift - 8 - max circling and screaming

Kentney Barn: Redstart - 1 - A female at edge of R. Derwent

Manor Fields Park: Lesser Whitethroat - 1 ; Whitethroat - 4 ; Blackcap - 1

Meadowhall: Common Buzzard - 1 - mobbed by crows

Orgreave​ Lakes: Sanderling - 1 - Single in transitional plumage on Small Lake AM.

Orgreave Lakes: Pochard - 10 ; Wigeon - 1

Orgreave​ Lakes: Lapwing - 1 - Chick taken by Carrion Crow

Orgreave Lakes: Sanderling - 1 - Still present

Padley Gorge: Pied Flycatcher - 3 - males