Sightings Archive

Barbrook Res: Jack Snipe - 1 - Flushed twice from heather just north of res

Canklow: Kestrel - 1 - Hunting over AMG works 05.15

Canklow Woods: Garden Warbler - 1 - singing ; Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - singing

Centenary Riverside: Whitethroat - 6 ; Goldfinch - 2 - Pair ; Chiffchaff - 2 ; Blackcap - 1 ; Reed Warbler - 1 ; Reed Bunting - 1 ; Dunnock - 2 ; Robin - 3 - 2 singing ; Song Thrush - 2 - 1 singing ; Willow Warbler - 1 ; Great Tit - 1 ; Jay - 1 ; Canada Goose - 3 - On pond

Fulwood garden: Willow Warbler - 1

Greystones: House Sparrow - 7 - Males, females & 2 juveniles being fed - Observer's garden

Limb Valley: Wood Warbler - 1 - Singing male in same location as last year. ; Redstart - 1 - Singing

Longshaw: Redstart - 6 - Six singing males in a 3km circuit.

Middleton Moor: Shelduck - 2 ; Oystercatcher - 1 ; 320 - 3 - A pair plus a male.

Nether Edge: Swift - 2 - Over Tavistock Road

Orgreave Lakes: Canada Goose - 16 - adults - a pair with 14 young ; Dunlin - 4 - dep. N at 0732.

Oughtibridge garden: Blackcap - 1 - Female bathing in garden pond ; Siskin - 2 - Pair feeding on sunflower hearts. Regular visits during last week

R Don, Attercliffe: CASPIAN GULL - 1 - 2cy Caspian type on the weir at Norfolk Bridge at 18:30

R Don, Stevenson Rd: Dunlin - 1 - unexpected visitor to waste land next to the Don. ; Grey Wagtail - 4 - family party, 2 fledged juvs.

Rod Moor: Red Kite - 1 - Drifted East.

Rother Valley CP: Whimbrel - 1 - north over the Main Lake at 13.10, landed by Northern Lake, heard leaving at 13.14 ; Common Tern - 1 - Meadowgate Lake ; Egyptian Goose - 2 - 1 Main Lake, 1 Meadowgate Lake ; Little Egret - 1 - north over Rother, landed briefly then continued north ; Common Sandpiper - 1 - on island on Main Lake

Shepherd Wheel: Willow Warbler - 1 singing - singing in allotments

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 2 - singles ; Cormorant - 1 ; Mute Swan - 34 ; Gadwall - 2 - mf ; Tufted Duck - 11 - 7m4f ; Scaup - 1 - m ; 319 - 1 - flew north, a very black looking bird ; Kestrel - 1 - hovering s ; Red-legged Partridge - 2 ; Oystercatcher - 2 ; Black-headed Gull - 11 ; Arctic Tern - 1 - in at 1020 ; Swift - 12+ ; Sand Martin - 300+ ; Swallow - 20+ ; House Martin - 15+ ; Song Thrush - 2 - sing ; Whitethroat - 5 - sing ; Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - sing ; Blackcap - 10 - sing ; Willow Warbler - 8 - sing ; Chiffchaff - 4 - sing ; Reed Warbler - 2 - sing ; Arctic Tern - 7 - present at 1600 till 4 dep n 1620 ; Oystercatcher - 2 - Pair on shore in front of Cafe @ 20.00. ; Whooper Swan - 1 - Parkgate Juv. ; Common Sandpiper - 1

Wharncliffe Chase: Wheatear - 2 ; Lapwing - 4 ; Stonechat - 2 - pair alarming in bracken south of Wharncliffe Lodge

Wharncliffe Heath NR: Tree Pipit - 5 - 3+ singing, aggressive encounter between 2 birds in central heath area, pair seen together ; Pied Flycatcher - 4+ - 2 pairs, possibly 3rd female ; Blackbird - 4+ - Male seen food carrying, pair alarming ; Willow Warbler - 20+

Wharncliffe Wood: Wood Warbler - 1 - Heard alarming ; Lesser Redpoll - 30+ - Flock near grazing pasture to the south, several singing birds ; Garden Warbler - 4 ; Crossbill - 4+ - Pair with 2+ fledged juveniles, male fed one of the juveniles at one point

Abney Moor: 324 - 2+ - Green Hairstreak butterflies

Bleaklow: Golden Plover - 4 - just 2 pairs on the ridge ; House Martin - 2 ; Hobby - 1 - adult hawking moths Bleaklow Stones towards Bleaklow Meadows ; Raven - 21 - single flock over Barrow Stones before birds dispersed ; Peregrine - 1 - imm over Barrow Stones

Canklow Woods: Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - reeling ; Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - singing ; Common Buzzard - 1 - soaring over @ 1135hrs ; Lesser Whitethroat - 2 - 2 singing ; Garden Warbler - 1 - singing

Catcliffe Flash: Gadwall - 7 - 5m; 2f. aerial display ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing male ; Coot - 16 - inc pair with nest ; Canada Goose - 2 - N ; Greylag Goose - 1 - N ; Mute Swan - 1+ - pen presumably sitting ; Great Crested Grebe - 1 ; Kestrel - 1 - male, over ; Moorhen - 4 ; Willow Warbler - 1 - singing male ; Reed Warbler - 1+ - singing male(s)