Sightings Archive

Orgreave Lakes: Common Tern - 1 ; Little Ringed Plover - 3 ; Oystercatcher - 2 ; Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Redshank - 9 - inc. pair copulating. ; Wheatear - 3 ; Whitethroat - 4 - Seen from path to bridge ; Garden Warbler - 2 - Seen from path to bridge. ; Linnet - 1 - Seen from path to bridge ; Willow Warbler - 4 - Seen from path to bridge ; Reed Bunting - 1 ; Redshank - 4 ; Skylark - 10+ - Around grassy areas ; 321 - 3 - Quite active around river bridge ; Kestrel - 1 - Hunting grass area near tip and settled with rodent prey. ; Dunlin - 1 ; Little Ringed Plover - 7+ ; Grey Partridge - 2 - presumed pair ; Great Black-backed Gull - 1 - adult at dusk ; Herring Gull - 1 - adult on island at dusk ; Yellow Wagtail - 2 - on island ; Canada Goose - 6+ - including 6 nests on the island ; Mute Swan - 1+ - including nest on the island ; Great Crested Grebe - 1+ - including nest on island ; Oystercatcher - 2+ - including nest on island ; Wheatear - 1 - very peachy female presumably GREENLAND ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - male briefly chasing Little Ringed Plovers along the shoreline of the small lake

R Don, Attercliffe: Peregrine - 1 - circling E of Norfolk Bridge.

R Don, Stevenson Rd: 319 - 1 - circling

Rotherham, Magna Way: Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - singing

Sheffield University: Peregrine - 2 - Unsuccessful food pass over Broad Lane ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - On roof of Regents Court, opp St Georges church

Shirebrook Valley: Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - Singing ; Willow Tit - 1 - Calling

Thrybergh CP: Mute Swan - 27 ; Gadwall - 1 - m ; Tufted Duck - 18 - 12m6f ; Scaup - 1 - m ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - flew e ; Common Sandpiper - 2 ; Herring Gull - 2 - 2cy ; Common Tern - 1 - present all morn. ; Sand Martin - 50 ; Swallow - 4 ; House Martin - 1 ; Swift - 1 - n ; Yellow Wagtail - 1 ; Blackcap - 10 - inc .8sing 1call. 1f ; Whitethroat - 2 - 1sing 1carry.nest mat. ; Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - sing. ; Reed Warbler - 2 - sing ; Willow Warbler - 9 - sing ; Chiffchaff - 8 - sing ; Long-tailed Tit - 4 - 2pr

Treeton: Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - Singing in scrub next to Hemmingway Close

Ulley CP: Sand Martin - 2 - carrying nesting material into old road drain pipes in road bridge before flying out through gap in kerb-stones on bridge.

Wharncliffe Heath NR: Pied Flycatcher - 2 - singing ; Tree Pipit - 3+ - 3 possibly 4 singing

Whiteley Woods: Dipper - 1

Big Moor: Whinchat - 1 - male ; Tree Pipit - 3 ; Stonechat - 2 ; Lapwing - 8 ; Swallow - 3

Bramley: Swift - 1 - Flanderwell Avenue @ 17.00.

Burbage Valley: Ring Ouzel - 2 - One at south end one at north end, both males ; Meadow Pipit - 11+ ; Reed Bunting - 2 - Males ; Wheatear - 1 - Male ; Stonechat - 2 - Male & female ; Willow Warbler - 3

Canklow Woods: Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - 1 reeling ; Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - 1 singing

Catcliffe: Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - 1 reeling

Centenary Riverside: Whitethroat - 2 - 2 singing ; Blackcap - 1 - 1 singing

Firsby Res: Tawny Owl - 1 - Roosting. ; Reed Warbler - 1 - Calling from reed bed. ; Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - Reeling from scrub. ; Willow Warbler - 6 ; Whitethroat - 2 ; Reed Bunting - 1 - Male.

Forge Dam: Mandarin - 1 - male

Fulwood garden: Brambling - 1 - male at feeders

Green Moor: Garden Warbler - 1 - Singing, first this year here ; Greenfinch - 2 - Few and far between at the moment ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Tree Sparrow - 2

Guilthwaite Common Lane: Whitethroat - 1 - Alarm call and singing 12.20 ; Linnet - 2 - Pair, male singing, pair carrying food to nest site. ; Skylark - 6 - 4 singing, 2 pair observed. ; Wren - 1 ; Chaffinch - 1 ; Pheasant - 1 - Calling ; 319 - 1 - On pylon, harassed by a single Carrion crow, eventually seen off ! ; Lapwing - 1 ; Bullfinch - 2 - near garden centre 13.00 ; Pied Wagtail - 1 - on gate fence.

Longshaw: Mandarin - 5 - Male & female in pond

Longshaw Lodge: Siskin - 4 - Male & female on feeders