Sightings Archive

Harthill Res: Willow Tit - 2 - pr ; Swallow - 6 ; House Martin - 2 ; Sand Martin - 4 ; Reed Warbler - 3 - singing males ; Reed Bunting - 3 - all male ; Blackcap - 5 - 4m 1f ; Great Crested Grebe - 4 - 2prs ; Chiffchaff - 6 ; Whitethroat - 1 ; Skylark - 2 - h ; Pied Wagtail - 1 ; Greenfinch - 2 ; Long-tailed Tit - 2 - building ; Goldcrest - 2 - h ; Gadwall - 2 - pr ; Mute Swan - 4 - 2ads nesting,2 imm seen off

Kimberworth: Bullfinch - 2 - Male and female on garden seed feeder ; Blackcap - 2 - Male singing most of the day. Plus brief odd sightings of a female this morning.

Lodge moor garden: Brambling - 5 - 3m, 2f

Orgreave Lakes: BLACK-NECKED GREBE - 1 - stil pesent ; Great Crested Grebe - 14 ; Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Ringed Plover - 1 ; Redshank - 9 ; Oystercatcher - 2 ; Wheatear - 4

Parkgate Canal Basin: Mallard - 42 ; Mute Swan - 32 - inc 13 2cy ; Chiffchaff - 3 - inc 2 singing males ; Willow Warbler - 1 - singing male ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing male

R Don, Norfolk Bridge: Iceland Gull - 1 - back again tonight

Rawmarsh Cemetery: Tawny Owl - 1 - calling briefly @ 0500hrs ; Blackcap - 1 - singing male

Rivelin Valley: Dipper - 2 ; Grey Wagtail - 4 ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - Near Third Coppice Wheel . Very vocal ; Lapwing - 2 - Pair over Coppice Farm ; Little Owl - 1 - On Coppice Farm ; Swallow - 1 - Over Oak Farm

Sheepbridge Ind. Est.: Dipper - 01-Feb - Sean in old breeding area, possibly two birds

Silverwood Lagoon: Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - reeling 08.20-10.30 in meadows to right of main Hollings Lane entrance ; Whitethroat - 3 - singing

Sir William Hill: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1

Smeltings Farm: Swallow - 10 - Flock increased from first arrival to 10 approx between 10 and 11am

The Cliffe, Stoney Middleton: Jay - 1

Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet: Swallow - 2+ - in and out of nest site

Abney Moor: Wheatear - 1

Catcliffe Flash: Mute Swan - 2 - ad pair - male a bit overwhelmed by presence of -- ; Canada Goose - 8 - 4x2 ; Gadwall - 4 ; Pochard - 1 ; Tufted Duck - 12 ; Cormorant - 1 ; Little Grebe - 2+ ; Great Crested Grebe - 1 ; Coal Tit - 8+ ; Blackbird - 2+ ; Blackcap - 2 - 2 singing ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Great Tit - 2 - 2 singing ; Magpie - 1 - nest building

Centenary Riverside: Blackcap - 1 - male ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Wren - 2 - singing ; Chaffinch - 1 - singing ; Great Tit - 1 - singing ; Greenfinch - 1 - calling ; Willow Warbler - 1 - singing , river ; Robin - 2 - singing ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing, river ; Swallow - 1 - Flew over ; 321 - 1 - river ; Mute Swan - 2 - pair, river ; Mallard - 7 - all drakes on river ; Gadwall - 1 - pond ; Moorhen - 1 - pond ; Canada Goose - 1 - pond ; Woodpigeon - 2

Damflask Res: Great Crested Grebe - 1 ; Canada Goose - 2 - pair

Firsby Res: Coot - 2 ; Gadwall - 2 - Pair. ; Mallard - 3 - 2 Males chasing F. ; Tufted Duck - 1 - M still present. ; 319 - 1 - Low over paddock calling. ; Kestrel - 2 - Pair calling and displaying. ; Tawny Owl - 1 ; Whitethroat - 1 - Calling ; Willow Warbler - 4 ; Chiffchaff - 3 ; Blackcap - 1 - Singing ; Willow Tit - 1 - Calling. ; Reed Bunting - 2 - Males ; Linnet - 20+ - On farmland. ; Bullfinch - 3 ; Swallow - 5 - 3,2. ; Sand Martin - 1 ; Snipe - 1