Sightings Archive

Firsby Res: Swallow - 6+ ; House Martin - 8 ; Greenfinch - 1 - calling ; Pied Wagtail - 1 ; Mallard - 5 ; Gadwall - 2 - a pair

Fulwood garden: Brambling - 1 - Female at feeders

Low Moor, Upper Midhope: Red Kite - 1 ; Raven - 2 ; Golden Plover - 50 - flew north ; Crossbill - 10 ; 319 - 4 ; Kestrel - 1

Middleton Moor: Wheatear - 11 ; 320 - 3 - a pair plus a male. ; Little Ringed Plover - 2 ; Whimbrel - 1 - Left to north at 17.15

North Lees, Hathersage: Pied Flycatcher - 2 ; Cuckoo - 1 ; Redstart - 5 - inc. 1 pr.

Orgreave Lakes: BLACK-NECKED GREBE - 1 - still on large lake@13.00hrs ; Pink-footed Goose - 1 - with greylags. ; Oystercatcher - 5 - resident pair sitting 3 in @12.15 hrs ; Redshank - 6 ; Little Ringed Plover - 4 ; Common Sandpiper - 4 ; Great Crested Grebe - 14 - inc.pair with nest on island. ; Whinchat - 1 - with wheatears @footbridge. ; Wheatear - 7 ; Pied Wagtail - 1 - white wagtail. ; Whitethroat - 1 - between bridges. ; Willow Warbler - 4 - inc. 1 singing in plantation by small lake. ; Peregrine - 1 - Over northern end of large lake ; Goosander - 13 - 6 males and 7 redheads on large lake ; Swift - 1 - Over small lake

Padley Gorge: Cuckoo - 1

Poolsbrook CP: Common Sandpiper - 1

Poolsbrook Marsh: Reed Warbler - 10 ; Sedge Warbler - 3 ; Garden Warbler - 2 ; Willow Warbler - 11 ; Whitethroat - 3 ; Chiffchaff - 7 ; Little Grebe - 1 ; Grey Partridge - 2

R Don, Effingham St: Iceland Gull - 1 - Above Tesco at 13:15, and over Norfolk Bridge at 18:30. What is presumed to be the same bird roosted at Old Moor tonight at 20:39 (BBSG) ; Kingfisher - 1 ; Iceland Gull - 1 - Over Norfolk bridge at 18:30, presumed the same bird roosted Old Moor at 20:39.

Sheffield University: Peregrine - 2+ - 2nd chick hatched at St George's in the early hours

Stanage Edge, above: Raven - 2 - flying over the moor, calling and stopping to feed

Stanage Edge, below: Cuckoo - 1 - calling

Stone Moor: Lapwing - 6+ - six adults, plus at least 7 chicks in field near lay-by on Stone Moor Road ; Curlew - 1 ; Skylark - 1 - singing

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 4 - 02/01/2001 ; Cormorant - 1 ; Mute Swan - 23 ; Gadwall - 2 - mf ; Tufted Duck - 18 - 13m5f ; Scaup - 1 - m ; 319 - 1 - soar ne ; Pheasant - 5 - m call. ; Moorhen - 6+ ; Coot - 32+ ; Swift - 1 ; Skylark - 7 - sing ; Sand Martin - 80+ ; Swallow - 2 ; House Martin - 1 ; Wren - 8 - sing ; Dunnock - 16 - 15sing ; Robin - 14 - 9sing ; Song Thrush - 1 - sing ; Blackbird - 10 - 8sing ; Blackcap - 5 - m. inc.4sing ; Reed Warbler - 2 - sing ; Whitethroat - 4 - 3sing ; Willow Warbler - 9 - sing ; Chiffchaff - 7 - sing ; Starling - 9 - 06-Mar

Treeton Dyke: Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - Singing on western side of water ; Reed Warbler - 1 - Singing from north west corner of water

Wharncliffe Chase: Wheatear - 22 ; Tree Pipit - 9+ - singing ; Cuckoo - 3+ - singing ; Redstart - 2 - birds singing at Pales Wood and Roundabout Plantation ; Skylark - 7+ - singing ; Sand Martin - 1 - flew north ; Curlew - 1 ; Lapwing - 4

Wharncliffe Heath NR: Pied Flycatcher - 3 - all males, all three are ringed

Wharncliffe Wood: Wood Warbler - 2 - singing males ; Garden Warbler - 2 - singing ; Willow Warbler - 20+ ; Blackcap - 2

Whitwell Moor: Snipe - 3+ - Mucky Lane; two birds "drumming" over fields and adjacent moorland, plus at least one bird calling on ground. ; Wheatear - 1 - Mucky Lane;

Bamford Moor: Wheatear - 1

Barlow Common: Yellowhammer - 1

Canklow Woods: 319 - 1 - Over near KFC 07.10