Sightings Archive

Monday 1st May 2023

• Moscar Cross Farm: Lapwing - 5 - 2 adults and 3 small chicks ; Mallard - 11+ - adult female with at least 10 ducklings in sheep pasture ; Oystercatcher - 5 - in flight
• Nether Handley: Whitethroat - 1 - green lane ; 324 - 1 - Small Tortoiseshell ; 324 - 1 - male Orange Tip ; Chiffchaff - 1
• New Stubbin colliery/tip: Chiffchaff - 2 - singles singing SK4396 & SK4296 ; Willow Warbler - 4 - 3 (SK4296), 1 (SK4297), all singing ; Yellowhammer - 8 - 7 inc 1 singing (SK4296); 1 singing (SK4297) ; Whitethroat - 2 - singing ; Blackcap - 2 - 1 singing ; Swallow - 1 - N ; Red-legged Partridge - 1 - calling ; Chaffinch - 3 - inc 2 singing ; Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - singing ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - calling ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing
• New Stubbin; Back Lane: Whitethroat - 1 - singing ; Skylark - 3 - inc 2 singing over cereals
• New Whittington: 324 - 1 - Speckled Wood
• Orgreave Lakes: Cetti's Warbler - 1 ; Swift - 20+ ; Raven - 2 ; Mute Swan - 6 ; Lesser Whitethroat - 2 ; Lesser Whitethroat - 2 ; Kestrel - 2 ; Whitethroat - 15+ ; Great Crested Grebe - 16 - 1 on nest on island. 2 in mating dance on main lake. ; Tufted Duck - 11 ; Whitethroat - 3 - Singing ; Skylark - 6 - Singing ; Willow Warbler - 7 - Singing ; 319 - 3 - 2 seen together ; Oystercatcher - 2 ; Lapwing - 3 ; Black-headed Gull - 17 ; Cormorant - 6 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Reed Bunting - 1 - Singing ; Gadwall - 7 ; Greylag Goose - 2 ; Swallow - 1 ; Sand Martin - 2 ; Little Egret - 1 ; Blackcap - 2 - Singing ; Song Thrush - 1 - Singing ; Coot - 4+ - 3 Chicks with adult on island ; 324 - 2 - Orange-tipped Butterfly
• Orgreave Tip: Swift - 1 ; Swift - 1
• Parkgate; Stubbin incline: Robin - 1+ - #NAME? ; Blackcap - 1 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 2 - 1 singing ; Chaffinch - 1 - singing ; Kestrel - 1 - male, settled on wires
• R Don, Effingham St: Sand Martin - 8
• Rawmarsh Cemetery: Stock Dove - 1 - singing ; Blackcap - 2 - 1 singing ; Chaffinch - 2 - singing ; Treecreeper - 1 - singing ; Long-tailed Tit - 2 ; Mistle Thrush - 1 - probably feeding young in nest
• Rawmarsh; Haugh Road: Starling - 31 - flock, on playing field ; Magpie - 10 - together on playing field ; Jackdaw - 10 - playing field ; Swallow - 2 - over playing field
• Rawmarsh; Stubbin incline: Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Blackcap - 1 - singing ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing ; Long-tailed Tit - 2+ ; Willow Warbler - 1 - singing
• Redmires conduit: Lapwing - 5 - adult with 4 small chicks in field adjoining White Rake
• Redmires Res: Mallard - 7 ; Tufted Duck - 3 - 2m + 1f on Middle Res ; Moorhen - 2 - on Top & Middle Reservoirs ; Common Sandpiper - 4 ; Lapwing - 30 - inc 4 pairs with a total of 10 young ; Curlew - 6 ; Whimbrel - 1 - in fields on Roper Hill - left to SSW calling at 10.25 hrs ; Oystercatcher - 1 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 - ad ; Herring Gull - 5 - flew W ; Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - reeling by Middle Res ; Willow Warbler - 25 - c. singing ; Chiffchaff - 3 - singing ; Whitethroat - 2 - singing ; Cuckoo - 1 - ad feeding on post by track up to Stanage ; Redstart - 3 - singing males by Top Res ; Siskin - 2 - pair feeding on track up to Stanage ; Wheatear - 2 - male on conduit + female showing characteristics of Greenland race ; Swift - 4 - flew W at 10:10 ; Sand Martin - 1 - flew N ; Swallow - 4 - singles N ; Snipe - 1 - displaying over Ocean View ; Greylag Goose - 18 - inc 2 pairs with 8 & 4 goslings ; Linnet - 10 - five distinct pairs on south side of reservoirs
• Rocher Head Fields: Merlin - 1 - female interacting with Hobby, and landed in Hawthorn. ; Hobby - 1 - interacting with Hobby