Sightings Archive

Midhope Res area: Oystercatcher - 4 ; Kestrel - 1 - Display ; Mallard - 40+ - incl 8 ducklings ; Whitethroat - 1 - Intermittent song from fields off Midhope Hall Lane ; 321 - 1 - east ; Linnet - Pair - Male singing

Moorwood Farm, Stannington: Golden Plover - 26 - resting in horse pasture towards Moorwood Lane

Norfolk Park: Dunnock - 2+ - female nest building and pair(s) copulating in garden ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - flying over being mobbed by crow

Orgreave Lakes: Whitethroat - 1 - Singing. In plantation W of main lake.

Padley Gorge: Pied Flycatcher - 2 - 2m ; Willow Warbler - 2 ; Sparrowhawk - 2 - Pair m & f ; Jay - 3 - Foraging together ; Pied Wagtail - 2 - M & F ; Kestrel - 1 - F ; Siskin - 1 - Male ; Curlew - 1 ; 319 - 1

Rawmarsh; High Street: Greylag Goose - 2 - W @ 0700hrs ; Common Buzzard - 3 - over together @ 0925hrs; 2 left NW, followed by interaction/aerial display

Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Sparrowhawk - 1 - adult female in gardens around 0645hrs

Redmires: Mandarin - 2 - A pair of Mandarin Ducks (male and female) in private garden

Redmires Bottom Res: Oystercatcher - 2 - flying over towards Brown Hills Lane

Redmires Middle Res: Wheatear - 1 - male on path South side of reservoir ; 320 - 2 - 2 males

Redmires Top Res: Stonechat - 2 - m+f, cleared area on right of track to Stanedge Poll ; Goldcrest - 1 - top edge of trees on right of path towards Stanage Pole

Rocher End Brook: Wheatear - C10

Rother Valley CP: Whooper Swan - 2 - showing very well. ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; Grey Heron - 1

Silverwood Lagoon: Wheatear - 1 - on grassy track in valley bottom ; Chiffchaff - 10+ - at least 10 singing around pit top ; Willow Warbler - 7 - singing ; Blackcap - 5 - singing ; Yellowhammer - 1 - singing ; Sparrowhawk - 1

Sothall: Redwing - 1 - nocmig sound recorded over garden 0116hr ; Moorhen - 1 - nocmig sound recorded over garden 0228hr ; Water Rail - 1 - nocmig sound recorded over garden 2154hr

Strawberry Lee Pastures: Ring Ouzel - 6 - feeding beside wall at 15:45 ; Wheatear - 3 - 3 females

Blackamoor: Merlin - 1 - Female flew east low over the moor

Brough: Swallow - 2 - Perched on a wire on the industrial estate.

Canklow Woods: Willow Warbler - 1 - brief snatch of song considerably later than usual

Catcliffe Flash: Kingfisher - 1 - Male in bushes near lay-by @ 13.30

Fulwood garden: Brambling - 8

Langsett Res: Oystercatcher - Pair ; Blackcap - 1 - singing ; Tufted Duck - 5

Longshaw: Wheatear - 1

Midhope Res: Willow Warbler - 1-2 singing ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Little Grebe - 3 ; Oystercatcher - Pair ; Chiffchaff - 02-Mar

Morehall tip / R.Don: Kingfisher - 1 ; Dipper - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 2 ; House Martin - 6 - feeding on insects over river. ; Blackcap - 2 - both singing. ; Treecreeper - 3 ; Willow Warbler - 1 - singing.

Nether Green garden: Willow Warbler - 1 - Willow Warbler & Chiffchaff in birch tree together ; Willow Warbler - 1 - another photo ; Chiffchaff - 1

Orgreave Lakes: Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Wheatear - 2 ; Wheatear - 14 - On the plains. ; Yellow Wagtail - 12 ; Pied Wagtail - 4 - + 1 white feeding with Yellows on the northern shore. ; Swallow - c50 - roosting on fence during rain ; Sand Martin - c70 - roosting on fence with Swallows during rain ; Dunlin - 2 - 1 bird with damaged eyes. ; Curlew - 1 - 1 north at 12.55 ; Goldeneye - 2 - 1 pair ; 320 - 4 - 2 pairs ; Wigeon - 1 - Male ; Goosander - 4 - Females ; Shoveler - 5 - 3 males lots of courtship flights ; Swallow - 5 - 09:30-11:30 ; House Martin - 3 - 09:30-11:30 ; Sand Martin - 55 - 09:30-11:30 ; Willow Warbler - 4 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 2 - singing ; Great Crested Grebe - 16 ; Wigeon - 2 - pair ; Shoveler - 6 - 4 m ; Pochard - 2 - m ; Black-headed Gull - 45 ; Mute Swan - 5 - incl. pair on nest ; Tufted Duck - 54 ; Canada Goose - 40 - incl at least 6 nests occupied ; Gadwall - 8 ; Lapwing - 3 - incl display flight ; Oystercatcher - 2 ; Redshank - 1 ; Reed Bunting - 3 - singing ; Skylark - 8 - singing in rain