Sightings Archive

Bolehill Flash: Yellowhammer - 1 - male ; Reed Warbler - 4 - singing

Bramley: Sparrowhawk - 1 - flew S over Bawtry Road carrying prey @ 0945hrs

Burbage Valley: Cuckoo - 2 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Woodcock - 5 ; Snipe - 1 ; Whinchat - 1 ; Blackbird - 2 ; Grey Partridge - 2+ - 2 poss 3 calling

Canklow Woods: Common Buzzard - 5 - 5 in the air together at 18:00

Gillfield Wood: Magpie - 28 - Flock of 28 birds feeding in meadow amongst a group of sheep

Langsett Res: Oystercatcher - 2 ; Common Sandpiper - 2 ; Swallow - 3

Lodge Moor: Tree Sparrow - 4+ - In hedgerow between children's park and Lodge Moor Road

Loundsley Green: Swift - 9 - Finally Back!

Midhope Hall Lane: Yellowhammer - 1 - Singing ; Curlew - 2 - Feeding in fields, one returned to Low Moor ; Oystercatcher - 1

Moorland Fringe: Nightjar - 1 - churring briefly 21:10

Orgreave Lakes: Cetti's Warbler - 1 ; Little Egret - 3 ; Great Crested Grebe - 10+ ; Oystercatcher - 4 ; Willow Warbler - 10+ ; Starling - 6

Ramsley Moor: Whinchat - 2 - Pair ; Tree Pipit - 2 ; Cuckoo - 2 ; Stonechat - 2 - Pair

Rawmarsh: Common Buzzard - 4 - soaring high over together with some calling @ 0935hrs

Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Greenfinch - 1 - singing ; Swift - 2 - over @ 1155hrs; drifted W @ 1215hrs

Redmires Top Res: Cuckoo - 1 - calling in Fairthorn Clough, mobbed by Mipits ; Whitethroat - 2 - singing S side of res ; Mallard - 4+ - Including female with 11 fresh chicks

Rivelin Valley: Blackcap - 6 - singing, Malin Bridge-Post Office ; Chiffchaff - 6 - singing ; Goldcrest - 7 - singing ; Moorhen - 3 - inc small chick Walkley Bank Tilt, and incubating bird by S bend. ; Dipper - 2 - by Fire Station and above S bend. ; Mandarin - 7 - 3m, 1f Walkley Bank Tilt, 3m near Post Office.

Rocher Wood: Redstart - 3 - singing males ; Pied Flycatcher - 2 - singing males ; Stonechat - 2+ - pair feeding chick in nest. ; Blackbird - 3+ - 3 males collecting food.

RVCP: Kittiwake - 2 - Ads ; Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Common Tern - 1

Stannington: Swift - 3

Thorpe Hesley: Swallow - 2 ; Swift - 1 ; Goldfinch - 3 ; Skylark - 1 - singing

Totley Moss: Curlew - 2 ; Lapwing - 3 ; Red Grouse - 1

Walkley Bank: Swift - 2 - High over Bentley Road

Wyming Brook: Wood Warbler - 5 - 5 singing males ; Blackcap - 3 - singing males

Baslow: Swift - 1 - First of year high flying south

Brincliffe Edge Wood: Tawny Owl - 1 - Adult sitting in usual tree

Broomhead: Mandarin - 1 - Alone today but last week with female

Canklow Woods: Woodcock - 1 - 1 roding at 2045 ; Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - 1 singing ; Whitethroat - 2 - 2 singing

Greasbrough: Swift - 10

Herringthorpe: Swift - 2 - Pair over ,calling. ; Chiffchaff - 1 - In tangled plum tree and shrubs ; Blackcap - 1 - In garden mature Ivy.

Kimberworth Park: Sparrowhawk - 1 - hunting over back gardens

Middleton Moor: Oystercatcher - 3 - 1 on lagoon, 2 in fields behind hide ; Shelduck - 2 - Pair ; Reed Warbler - 4 - Singing ; Shelduck - 3 - pair + a third bird which arrived from the north and was chased off west ; Greylag Goose - 8 ; Tufted Duck - 8 - 4 pairs ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 40 - c. ; Yellow-legged Gull - 1 - 2CY amongst LBBs ; Black-headed Gull - 8 ; Common Sandpiper - 1 - arrived from N ; Curlew - 1 ; Oystercatcher - 2 - pair - courtship & copulation observed - flew off S ; Reed Warbler - 3 - singing ; Reed Bunting - 1 - male singing ; Lapwing - 10

Orgreave Lakes: BLACK-NECKED GREBE - 2 - On main lake early morning. ; Mandarin - 1 - Drake south along river. ; Little Ringed Plover - 3

Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Greenfinch - 1 - singing ; Pied Wagtail - 3 - together

Redmires Res: Greylag Goose - 30 - inc 5 pairs with a total of 29 young ; Tufted Duck - 2 - pair ; Little Grebe - 1 - trilling on Top Res ; Moorhen - 1 ; Common Sandpiper - 6 - 3 pairs on territory ; Wheatear - 1 - female showing characteristics of Greenland Wheatear ; Whitethroat - 3 - singing ; Swallow - 4