Sightings Archive

Norton Lees: Swift - 7 max ; Goldfinch - 2 ; Chiffchaff - 1 - Heard on old quarry site, Derbyshire Lane

Orgreave Lakes: Little Ringed Plover - 3 ; Redshank - 5 ; Oystercatcher - 4 - pair+2 young,(coming on well.) ; Pied Wagtail - 1 - WHITE WAGTAIL

Padley Gorge: Redstart - 3 - 2 singing males ; Treecreeper - 6+ - Adults feeding 2 fledglings ; Pied Flycatcher - 5 ; Spotted Flycatcher - 1 ; Spotted Flycatcher - 5 - Including one collecting wool as nesting material.

Peat Pits: Wheatear - 2 - pair sat on wall .

R Don, Stevenson Rd: Sand Martin - 50+ ; House Martin - 5

Redmires: Whimbrel - 1 - Circling area calling

Thrybergh CP: Mute Swan - 28 - inc.pr. with 4 yng ; Scaup - 1 - m ; Kestrel - 1 - to se ; Swift - 5 - + ; Swallow - 60 ; Sand Martin - 100 - + ; House Martin - 60 - + ; Blackcap - 3 - sing ; Whitethroat - 9 - 8sing ; Reed Warbler - 2 - sing ; Willow Warbler - 7 - sing ; Willow Warbler - 9 - correction 9sing ; Chiffchaff - 4 - sing ; Barn Owl - 1 - a soggy bird sat in rain in field to w

Wyming Brook: Wood Warbler - 1

Aldwarke: Mute Swan - 5 - 4 SW @ 0629hrs; 1 SW @ 0910hrs ; Lapwing - 4 ; Pied Wagtail - 1pr ; Stock Dove - 6 ; Swift - 6 ; Linnet - 3 - 1pr + singing male ; Ringed Plover - 4 - no signs of nesting activity so far ; Willow Warbler - 1 - singing male ; Whitethroat - 1 - singing male ; Common Buzzard - 1 - mobbed by Lapwings ; House Martin - 2 ; Long-tailed Tit - 2+ ; Gadwall - 1pr - flushed from pond ; Little Ringed Plover - 1 ; Sand Martin - 8 - prospecting around small, exposed face of old mineral extraction workings

Aldwarke; Tata Steel: Peregrine - 2 - adult (male?) sat on water tower from 0630hrs before flying around briefly with a second bird

Bar Brook Valley between Barbrook Pools and Barbrook Plantation: Whinchat - 7 - Seven. Two pairs and three other singing males. ; Tree Pipit - 2 - Two singing ; Reed Bunting - 6 - Three pairs ; Linnet - 4 - Two Pairs ; Lapwing - 4

Barbrook cottage approach road: Whinchat - 2 - Pair

Barbrook Plantation: Redstart - 2 - Two males

Barbrook Pools: Curlew - 4 - Two alarming, Two display ; Lapwing - 4

Canklow: Goldfinch - 4 - On rock salt AMG works 07.20

Centenary Riverside: Chiffchaff - 1 ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Dunnock - 1 ; Whitethroat - 6 - 5 singing ; Willow Warbler - 2 ; Canada Goose - 2 - Pair on pond 07.40 ; Mallard - 10-Dec - 3 male, 1 female with 6-8 young. Pond. ; Moorhen - 2 - Pair with well hidden young. ; Kestrel - 1 - Flew over bridge towards Rotherham.

Endcliffe Park: Robin - 2+ - Adult feeding young. Possible second young nearby. ; Mandarin - 1 - male on lower lake

Lodge Moor: House Martin - 11 - over breeding site at Moorside

Longshaw Lodge: Cuckoo - 2 ; Redstart - 6 ; Willow Warbler - 30+ ; Blackcap - 2 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Stonechat - 1 ; Tree Pipit - 1 ; Treecreeper - 2 ; Green Woodpecker - 2 ; Mistle Thrush - 6

Low Moor, Upper Midhope: Red Kite - 1 ; Fieldfare - 1 ; Curlew - 12 - 12 chicks (4x3)

Lowedges: Goldcrest - 1 - singing in conifers off Gervase Road

Millhouses Park: Dipper - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 5 - Adult pair, female nest building and three independent juvs.

Orgreave Lakes: Cuckoo - 1 - Over at 7.15

Parkgate: Starling - numerous - lots of activity with adults carrying food & first noisy parties of fledged juvs noted

Parkgate; *Banana* plantation: Willow Warbler - 1 - singing male ; Whitethroat - 2 - singing males ; Lapwing - 1 - SW ; Herring Gull - 2 - SW ; Blackcap - 3 - 2 singing males; 1f ; Swallow - 3 - 2 E; 1 N ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 8 - 7 W/SW; 1 NE ; Bullfinch - 3 - 1pr + 1m ; Kestrel - 1 - male, over ; Long-tailed Tit - c15 - inc 7+ fledged juvs

Ramsley Moor: Redstart - 1 ; Tree Pipit - 01-Feb ; Reed Bunting - 2