Sightings Archive

Thrybergh CP: Gadwall - 2 ; Tufted Duck - 15 - 9m6f ; Kestrel - 1 - se hover. ; Sand Martin - 300 - circa ; Swallow - 4 ; House Martin - 2 ; Blackcap - 6 - sing. ; Reed Warbler - 1 - sing. ; Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - sing. ; Willow Warbler - 10 - sing. ; Chiffchaff - 9 - sing. ; Bullfinch - 4 - 2pr. ; Scaup - 1 - m

Aldwarke: Pied Wagtail - 3 - 1pr + 1m ; Swallow - 1 ; Sand Martin - 3 ; Lapwing - 4 ; Ringed Plover - 2 ; Willow Warbler - 1 - singing male ; Cormorant - 1 - on pylon briefly from 0630hrs ; Canada Goose - 8 - 2 NE; 6 SW ; Mute Swan - 13 - SW to canal basin, 0615-0900hrs

Aldwarke SF: Chiffchaff - 5 - inc 3 singing males ; Blackcap - 4 - 2 singing males + 1pr ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Stock Dove - 6 - over towards Tata Steel ; Swallow - 2 - N ; Black-headed Gull - c40 - on treatment works; mostly 2cy ; Whitethroat - 1 - singing male ; Song Thrush - 3 - inc 2 singing males; hatched eggshell found ; Gadwall - 3 - 1pr + 1m ; Coot - 11+ - + 9 juvs (broods of 2, 3 & 4) ; Reed Bunting - 1pr ; Mute Swan - 1pr - pen sat on partially built nest ; Moorhen - 4 ; Little Grebe - 1 - trilling ; Little Ringed Plover - 1 - N, calling ; Sand Martin - 1 ; 320 - 1 - drake ; Bullfinch - 1pr ; Sparrowhawk - 2 - over together

Aldwarke; Tata Steel: Sparrowhawk - 1 - in full aerial display

Blackburn Meadows NR: Goldfinch - 4 ; Bullfinch - 2 - Pair ; Linnet - 1 - Female ; Greenfinch - 1 - Calling from industrial site ; Chiffchaff - 3 ; Blackcap - 3 - 2 singing ; Robin - 6 - singing ; Long-tailed Tit - 2 ; Song Thrush - 2 - Singing ; Pheasant - 2 - Female, male calling ; Wren - 10 + ; Mute Swan - 2 - Pair ; Mallard - 2 - pair ; Coot - 1 ; Great Tit - 2 - Pair feeding ; Dunnock - 2 - 1 singing

Brinsworth: Song Thrush - 2 - Pair in garden Ivy 18.40 ; Blackbird - 2 - Pair feeding on Ivy berries 18.45

Centenary Riverside: Kingfisher - 1 - Flew under bridge upriver 11.25 ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Chaffinch - 1 - singing ; Moorhen - 1 - river ; Mallard - 3 - pair on river, male on pond. ; Blackcap - 1 - singing ; Canada Goose - 1 - pond ; Goldfinch - 1

Cowell Flat: Wheatear - 13 - in large field on Rocher Head

Dronfield garden: Blackbird - 2 - 2 recently fledged juvs ; Bullfinch - 2 - M+ F on feeder ; Siskin - 1 - male ; Lesser Redpoll - 1

Firsby Res: Coot - 2 ; Tufted Duck - 1 - Male still present. ; 319 - 1 - Perched on telegraph pole in set aside field. ; Willow Tit - 1 - Calling. ; Willow Warbler - 0.3 ; Chiffchaff - 5 ; Blackcap - 1 - Singing Male near road.

Fulwood garden: Willow Warbler - 1 - Heard singing for the last two days ; Brambling - 3 - m and 2f

Kiveton community woodland: Fieldfare - 1 - at least one still present on the woodland

Limb Valley: Wheatear - 1 - In 'horse' fields at top of the Valley ; 319 - 1 - Flew off from 'horse fields' at top of the Valley ; Swallow - 1

Lodge moor garden: Brambling - 1m - On feeder until put off by 6 Rooks! ; Siskin - 4 - Apparently 2 pairs ; Goldfinch - 4+ - Still at least 4 visiting feeders ; Greenfinch - 1 pair - Visiting feeders daily ; Greenfinch - 1 pair - Visiting feeders daily

Loxley Valley: Lapwing - 10 - Group flying above River Loxley ; Swallow - 10+

Midhope Res: Crossbill - 25

Orgreave Lakes: BLACK-NECKED GREBE - 1 - still present this morning ; Curlew - 1 ; Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Hirundine - steady trickle - northbound

Oughtibridge: Swallow - 1 - Flying north over Station Lane

Oughtibridge Garden: Willow Warbler - 1 - foraging in garden hedge